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Comparing Miro Žbirka’s life to a great song, Šimon Šafránek creates an honest and dynamic close-up portrait of a music legend. It’s 1982 and a bespectacled outsider the Slovak singer Miro Žbirka, known as Meky, wins the Czech Grammy Awards (Golden Nightingale) beating the long-term reigning champion. In 2020 his songs are still played on... Read more »
The merry adventures of two cuddly and constantly hungry bears. Stories for young children and their parents full of humour and delicious food. As everyone knows, bears tend to be loners, but Ned and Mishka are best friends who share a cosy house in the forest. One of them is big, the other one is... Read more »
The dramatically revealing story of Czech born Antonín Kratochvíl, a four-time World Press Photo winner, who photographed celebrities such as David Bowie, George Clooney and Johnny Depp, as well as wars and human catastrophes. In this personal encounter with his son and fellow photographer Michael, Antonín Kratochvíl, a founding member of the legendary VII Photo... Read more »
The Minister of State for Trade Policy and MP for Chelsea and Fulham, Greg Hands, will share his thoughts via Zoom on business and economic recovery post Brexit and Covid-19 with reference to bilateral trade between the Czech Republic and the UK. As a student in the mid to late 1980s, Greg travelled to Czechoslovakia,... Read more »
The self-taught Czech healer, Jan Mikolášek, who cured millions with herbal medicine is threatened by the communist authorities in Agnieszka Holland’s biopic. The film is inspired by the true story of herbalist and faith healer, Jan Mikolášek, who dedicated his life to caring for the sick in spite of the immense obstacles he faced in... Read more »
Circumstances prevent us from holding our special 30th anniversary dinner this year but you can meet our keynote speaker from the comfort of your home on Zoom. It also offers an opportunity to say a fond farewell to L’ubomir Rehák, the Slovak Ambassador, who is leaving his post in London for Moscow and to welcome... Read more »
A candid insight into Jan Švankmajer's artistic workshop in which a grand master of puppetry and animation conjures his sharp and merciless exploration of human nature The legendary artist, filmmaker and surrealist, Jan Švankmajer, whose work has inspired artists such as Terry Gilliam and the Quay Brothers, bade farewell to feature filmmaking in 2018 with... Read more »
The extraordinary story of a Central European Jewish family to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2021. When Oxford-based Colin Wels first opened a box that his father Tomáš had kept for decades in the back of a cupboard, he entered an unknown past. Through the contents of the box, made up of hundreds of letters and... Read more »
In this online discussion we will explore the Visegrad countries’ cultural development since 1991 with a particular focus on film and theatre. We will consider how these Central European countries have explored and expressed their identities in a post-cold war space, how the arts and cultural scenes have responded to global market economy conditions, and... Read more »
Author Vicky Unwin in conversation with Sarah Helm Join The Wiener Holocaust Library for this online event to mark the publication of Vicky Unwin’s memoir about her father. Vicky Unwin had always known her father – an erstwhile intelligence officer and respected United Nations diplomat – was Czech, but it was not until a stranger... Read more »
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