Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sat, 25 Jul 2026 15:42:03 +0200https://english.radio.cz/czechs-come-out-gay-and-lesbian-film-festival-8093109© 2026 Radio Prague International Although the Velvet Revolution has brought huge social changes, the gay and lesbian community in the Czech Republic still has a low profile. The Mezipatra film festival recently ended in Prague and is one of the most significant events celebrating gay and lesbian culture. In addition to films screened this year, there were also theatre performances, literary readings, photography and painting exhibitions and two festival parties. The first festival was held in 2000 and drew eight hundred viewers. Since then the popularity of the festival has exploded, drawing a crowd of seven and a half thousand people this year. Ales Rumpel is the festival's programmer and spoke about the festival's popularity. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/mezipatra.jpg?timestamp=1590307187 https://english.radio.cz/czechs-come-out-gay-and-lesbian-film-festival-8093109 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9