Culture
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Czech-produced video game Mafia II proves international hit
The long-awaited video game Mafia II, produced by the Brno-based 2K Czech studio, came out last month and has since become a huge success with gamers around the world…
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Charles Bridge: the MTV years
The hugely successful American musician Kanye West was in Prague recently making what is being described as a movie to accompany his as yet untitled new album. The rapper…
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Petr Ginz: a moving dramatization of a wartime diary
It is not often that school plays get to be performed at international theatre festivals, still less so when it involves taking performers, props and scenery hundreds of…
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International cinematographers’ festival bringing film culture to old industrial heartland of…
Though it only began last year, the International Cinematographers’ Film Festival Ostrava is fast becoming an important part of the cultural calendar in the old industrial…
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Plzeň triumphs in culture capital bid
The Czech city of Plzeň – best known for its world-famous lager – has reason to celebrate: on Wednesday shortly after 4 pm, members of an international jury announced that…
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Controversial Entropa gets permanent home in Plzeň
A controversial sculpture known as Entropa, by the famous Czech artist David Černý, has found a permanent home in Plzeň. The giant artwork was unveiled this week at the…
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Gipsy.cz – A phenomenal mix of hip hop, rap, r‘n’b and traditional gypsy music
In this week’s Music Express my guest is the talented singer, rapper and composer Radek Banga, the frontman for one of the Czech Republic’s best-known bands Gipsy.cz. The…
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Memorial to two bears from popular Czech cartoon unveiled in Kolín
The central Bohemian town of Kolín, some 60 km east of Prague, was the scene of an unusual ceremony on Sunday. Local enthusiasts unveiled a memorial to two cartoon…
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Ivan Blatný: a great Czech poet lost and found
August 5 was the 20th anniversary of the death of one of the most important Czech 20th century poets. Ivan Blatný spent his last years in Clacton-on-Sea, a resort on the…
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New documentary takes close look at Czech BDSM scene
Thursday saw the premiere of a new documentary on HBO Czech Republic by respected filmmaker and cameraman David Čálek. Called Heaven, Hell – the film was aired as part of…
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A festival the kids can see, feel, smell
As the school year begins, an uncommon sort of festival for children kicks off on Prague’s ancient hill of Vyšehrad. “Vyšehrátky” as it’s called, a romp on the old high…
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Febio demise marks the end of an era in Czech documentary filmmaking
Perhaps the most successful Czech documentary film studio, Febio, has produced over 1300 programmes since it was established in Prague in the early 1990s. At the height of…
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