Program
1 Jan 2018 - 31 Dec 2018
Projecting Czech History: 1918 – 2018

A series of ten film screenings including fiction films, documentaries and archive footage illustrating ten key events which have shaped Czech society within the last ten decades. Accompanied by introductions and discussions with events participants, creative voices and leading thinkers and historians from the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom.
Film highlights include A Prominent Patient, Julis Sevcik’s take
on Jan Masaryk, Czechoslovak Foreign Minister 1940 – 1948 and former ambassador
to the UK, a record breaking film with 12 Czech film Awards; Lost in Munich by Petr Zelenka, a
successful comedy about the 1938 Munich crisis and winner of two Czech Film
Critics Awards; and a political thriller The
Confession featuring Yves Montand and Simone Signoret by the Oscar winning
director Costa-Gavras following the true story of Czech communist minister
tried for treason in the political show trial.
EVENTS:
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A PROMINENT PATIENT + DISCUSSION WITH DAGMAR HÁJKOVÁ AND MARK CORNWALL 10 March 2018, 5.45 pm Gate Picturehouse, London |
IT'S GONNA GET WORSE WITH WRITER JAN PELC 26 April 2018, 7 pm Goethe Institut, London |
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THE CONFESSION 17 June 2018, 2 pm Institut français du Royaume-Uni, London |
OCCUPATION 1968 23 August 2018, 7 pm Czech Embassy Cinema, London |
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LOST IN MUNICH 6 October 2018, 5.45 pm Gate Cinema, London |
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WENCESLAS + LIVE MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENT BY CAPPELLA MARIANA 28 October 2018, 3.30 pm Barbican Cinema, London |
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THE BIRTH OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA: MYTH AND REALITY 30 October 2018, 7pm Czech Embassy Cinema, London |
PRESIDENT BLANÍK 2 November 2018, 6.30 pm Regent Street Cinema |
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BAREFOOT + Q&A WITH ZDENĚK AND JAN SVĚRÁK 2 November 2018, 8.20 pm Regent Street Cinema |
THE VELVET REVOLUTION + DISCUSSION WITH PAVEL SEIFTER AND JIŘÍ PŘIBÁŇ 22 November 2018, 7 pm Czech Embassy Cinema, London |
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Venue:
London
Date
From: 1 Jan 2018
To:
31 Dec 2018
Organizer:
Czech Centre