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Award for a Slovak-Czech Movie about the Roma Resistance

Movie about the Roma resistance against the Nazis "How I Became a Partisan" (Jak jsem se stala partyzánkou), won an award at the German goEast festival. The creators won the Prize for Cultural Diversity which is awarded in the main competition.

Film and digital

Two Awards from the CEE Animation Forum Goes to Michaela Režová

Michaela Režová, a doctoral student at the UMPRUM Studio of Film and Television Graphics, won two prizes in the CEE Animation Forum 2021 international competition.

Herrmann and Coufal Became the Grand Designer 2020

The fifteenth year of the Czech Grand Design Awards has its winners. The best performances for 2020 in the categories of design, fashion, jewelry, photography, illustration, and graphic design were announced live on Czech Television art.

Design and craft

Publications

Edgar Allan Poe in the Czech Visual Arts. New Publication

The new publication by the editors Veronika Hulíková and Otto M. Urban ´A dream within a dream´ examines the reception of the work of the American writer Edgar Allan Poe in the visual arts in the Czech lands, and the more general phenomenon of horror and fear.

Publication: Dance Zone – Round Tables (special edition)

Dance Zone (Taneční zóna), a Czech magazine presenting contemporary dance, physical theater, and performing arts, published a special edition called Round Tables (No. 1) with texts both in Czech and English.

Performing arts

Events

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The Zlín Film Festival – Online for the First Time

Although nothing can replace the sharing of film experiences together in full cinema halls, this year we have decided to shorten the wait for the classic version of the festival with an online version called Zlín Film Festival – Part 1.

Film and digital

3. 5.

Museums and Galleries Are Opening

Czech museums and galleries are finally opening on 3 May in seven regions, including Prague.

Calls

Theatre Conference JAMU 2021

Theatre Faculty of Janáček Academy of Performing Arts in Brno is pleased to invite you to the Conference in Theatre Practice and Theory. This year's topic is The Ever-expanding Horizons of Theatre. The conference will be held on 25 - 27 November 2021 in Brno, Czech Republic.

Deadline 15. 5.

Performing arts

Ji.hlava IDFF: Film Submissions

25th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival opened film submissions for this years' edition that will take place in Jihlava on October 26–31, 2021.

Deadline 31. 7.

Film and digital

Susanna Roth Award for Translators 2021

The task is to translate text from Lenka Elbe’s Uranova. The deadline is 15 April 2021.

Deadline 15. 4.

Literature

Stories

We share artist's and art professional's experiences during the pandemic era. We prepare new stories about artist residencies and trips.

How Should the Czech Art Reduce Its Carbon Footprint?

We are aware the climate crisis requires our involvement. With this conviction, for example, Arts and Theatre Institute in Prague began to meet with other cultural institutions on how to deal with sustainable operations. We bring you a short overview with comments by a local expert Viktor Třebický. ...

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Our websites

SoundCzech

Website of the Czech music export office.

IDU

Arts and Theatre Institute website.

Czech mobility info

Practical information about international collaboration of artists.

PerformCzech

Website promoting Czech performing arts.

Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space.