Culture
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Prague-born documentary maker shows ‘man of the people’ side of Iran’s Ahmadinejad in Letters to…
Letters to the President is a documentary about the president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, known around the world for his verbal attacks on America and Israel. In this…
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Documentary maker hoping states including US and Czech Republic sign up to International Criminal…
The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court, which has been shown in the One World film festival, focuses on the work of the permanent tribunal…
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Sinocisation policy working, says exile who went undercover in Tibet
Undercover in Tibet, one of over 120 films at this year’s One World festival, features the testimonies of victims of Chinese repression, including a Tibetan monk who…
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Village where signing is lingua franca focus of Israeli documentary Voices from El-Sayed
The film Voices from El-Sayed, currently being shown in the One World festival, focuses on a Bedouin village in the Negev desert in Israel which has the highest…
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Ruth Ellen Gruber, an expert on Jewish heritage and Europe’s country music
For four decades, the countries trapped behind the Iron Curtain attracted only a few travellers from the West. Our guest in this week’s edition of One on One is the…
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Jaroslav Rudiš: craving for noise and silence
If you live in Prague, it is quite likely that you will have encountered Jaroslav Rudiš as a rock musician, performing with gloom and late ‘70s angst with Jaromír 99 and…
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Exchange at last year’s One World inspiration to Czech director of Welcome to North Korea!
Unable to get permission to film there, the young Czech documentary maker Linda Jablonská took a different approach after learning that tourists are allowed to bring video…
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Festival opener focuses on work of Burma’s underground video journalists
The One World festival was launched in Prague on Wednesday night with a powerful documentary called Burma VJ, highlighting the work of brave journalists who secretly film…
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11th One World festival turns spotlight on two decades since fall of communism
A decade after it was launched, the One World (Jeden Svět) festival of human rights documentaries has become one of the most exciting events in Czech culture. Organisers…
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Zelenka’s The Karamazovs wins Best Film at Czech Lion Awards
This weekend saw the staging of the 16th annual Czech Lions – the country’s main film awards – at Prague’s Lucerna ballroom. On Saturday evening movie stars and movie…
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Soundman Petr Forejt – Academy Award nominee for action thriller Wanted
The sci-fi action thriller Wanted, starring Angelina Jolie, and shot largely in the Czech Republic, received a nomination for Best Sound Mixing at this year’s Academy…
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Prague Playwriting Contest holds 3rd annual event
Recent statistics revealed that every tenth inhabitant in the Czech capital is a foreigner. Ever since the fall of communism, the English-speaking community has been one…
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