Czech Centre
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Instant Highway: Connectivities in a 15-Minute City
Czech Centre London 30 Kensington Palace Gardens, London, Kensington, United KingdomIn this workshop, we will explore together the urbanist concept of the ‘15-Minute City’ alongside London-based architectural group Archigram’s ‘Instant Cities’. You will be invited…
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Women in Focus: Eva Jiřičná
Czech Embassy London 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens, LondonOur popular Women in Focus series is set to continue after the summer with a talk by the world-renowned, Czech-born architect Eva Jiřičná. During the…
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Václav Havel European Dialogues 2023
The Czech Centre, together with the Cardiff University, Oxford University and UCL, and in collaboration with the Václav Havel Library, organises the second annual symposium…
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Nightsiren + Q&A with director Tereza Nvotová
The Gate, London 87 Notting Hill Gate, LondonA harrowing, yet beautiful take on patriarchy and internalised misogyny. 30 year-old-Šarlota returns to the mountain village she escaped from 20 years earlier following a…
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Art Talent Show
The Garden cinema 39-41 Parker St, LondonWelcome to 2020’s entrance exams at the Prague Academy of Fine Arts, where hundreds of wannabe artists are battling for a coveted spot in one…
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The Book of Prague; A City in Short Fiction
Czech Centre at the Czech Embassy Cinema, London LondonThe winner of two Magnesia Litera Awards Marek Šindelka, the book´s co-editor Jan Zikmund and writer Veronika Bendová will launch an anthology of short stories…
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Il Boemo + Q&A with actor Vojtěch Dyk and director Petr Václav
the prince charles cinema 7 Leicester Pl, London, United KingdomA biopic of Josef Mysliveček, one of the most prolific opera composers in 18th century Italy, who was admired by Mozart and forgotten by history.…
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The Crucified
Jw3 341-351 Finchley Rd, LondonFilmed in 1921, this classic silent Czech film offers a fascinating, if troubling, representation of Jews and antisemitism in 19th Century Europe. Tormented by his…
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Fifty + Q&A with playwright Petr Zelenka
The Coronet Theatre 103 Notting Hill Gate, LondonInternationally successful architect David had it all – money, fame, family, women… But one affair too many ended his marriage and he got fleeced in…
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Kapr Code
The Garden Cinema, London WC2B 5PQ, United Kingdom LondonA documentary opera featuring the contradictory life of the ‘Czech John Cage‘, progressive composer and prominent communist Jan Kapr (1914-88), a Stalin award laureate, later…
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Victim + Q&A with screenwriter Jakub Medvecky
Genesis Cinema 93-95 Mile End Rd, Whitechapel, LondonIrina, a single mother from Ukraine, lives with her son Igor in a Czech border town. When she discovers that Igor has been assaulted by…
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Electronica: Vision of Sound V
Rich Mix London 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London, United KingdomThe one and only Electronica event returns to Rich Mix in its fifth year with a cherry-picked line up of remarkable artists from the Czech…
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Restore Point + Q&A with director Robert Hloz, actress Andrea Mohylová and producer Jan Kallista
BFI IMAX, 1 Charlie Chaplin Walk, London SE1 8XR, UK LondonAmbitious and stylish sci-fi crime thriller set in the near future where dead bodies can be restored to life. Have you backed up your biometric…
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Made in Prague Festival Closing Gala: One Life + Q&A with Nick Winton and screenwriters Lucinda Coxon and Nick Drake
curzon soho Curzon Soho, LondonThe Festival Closing Gala is a preview screening of the upcoming highly anticipated 2023 biographical drama One Life. Directed by James Hawes, the film tells…
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Women in Focus: Ivana Kottasová
FeaturedCzech Embassy London 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens, LondonCzech Centre's Women in Focus series continues with a talk by CNN journalist Ivana Kottasová. Ivana will speak about her work as a reporter and…
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ULTRA-SUPER-NATURAL
Vitrinka Gallery 30 Kensington Palace Gardens, LondonThe multimedia project entitled ULTRA-SUPER-NATURAL is an exhibition as an organism, composed of films, animations, photographs, drawings by BARBORA ŠLAPETOVÁ and sculptures by LUKÁŠ RITTSTEIN.…
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Czech Documentary Now: Photophobia + Q&A with director Pavol Pekarčík
Czech Embassy London 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens, LondonTo commemorate the two-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Czech Centre screens the UK Premiere of an original documentary telling the story of…
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Women in Focus: Lady Milena Grenfell-Baines
Czech Embassy London 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens, LondonCzech Centre's popular Women in Focus series presents a very special speaker this February: Lady Milena Grenfell-Baines. During her talk, Lady Milena will share her…
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Czech Documentary Now: Is There Any Place For Me, Please? + Q&A with screenwriter and producer Maja Hamplová
Czech Embassy London 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens, LondonShot over the course of nine years, this affecting documentary charts the life of acid attack survivor Martina Půtová, the challenges she faces and her…
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PRIVATE VIEW: Infinite Universes – Czech Games and Their Global Success
Vitrinka Gallery 30 Kensington Palace Gardens, LondonFind out all about the contemporary Czech gaming industry, discover (and play!) fascinating games from global hits to indie games by small studios, and learn…
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Kukal Quartet: UK Debut
Czech Embassy London 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens, LondonTo celebrate the Year of Czech Music, the Czech Centre presents the UK debut of the Kukal Quartet, with a repertoire centered around Smetana's last…
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A Scent of Zeros and Ones: Artist Talk
Czech Embassy London 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens, LondonCzech artist and researcher Tereza Stehlíková will discuss her artistic practice concerned with the role our senses play in aesthetic experience. The talk will include…
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Vladimir 518: Rethinking Architectural Narratives in Czech Architecture 1958 -1989
Czech Embassy London 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens, LondonOrganised as part of this year’s London Festival of Architecture, this event will see Czech visual artist and musician Vladimir 518 discussing his seminal publication…
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DAISIES
The Garden cinema 39-41 Parker St, LondonVěra Chytilová’s classic of surrealist cinema is the most adventurous and anarchic Czech movie of the 1960s. Two young women, both named Marie, revolt against…
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