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Current AffairsAlice Nellis film wins Czech Lion
Saturday night saw the Czech Republic host its annual national film awards,
known as the Český Lev, or Czech Lion. No single film swept the board,
but director Alice Nellis’s film Tajnosti, or Little Girl Blue came away
with best film.
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ArtsZelenka in post-production of anticipated Karamazov film
Petr Zelenka has long been recognised as one of the most talented
filmmakers of his generation, whose quirky films including a mockumentary
about a famous Czech folk singer have been well received by both critics
and wider audiences. This summer, the director completed filming on The
Karamazovs, a film - as the title makes explicit - which takes inspiration
from Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky's greatest novel, The Brothers
Karamazov. Zelenka is now in post-production, but already the film is being
viewed with great anticipation, a story which follows the lives of a number
of Czech theatre actors and their performance of the Karamazov story in
Poland.
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Current AffairsSomething like Happiness clinches seven prizes at Czech Lion Awards
Featuring the lives of a group of young friends who live in a shabby
housing development in a poor industrial region in Bohemia, Bohdan Slama's
film "Stesti" or "Something Like Happiness" has
received broad critical acclaim both at home and abroad. On Saturday, it
clinched seven prizes at the Czech Lion Awards (Cesky Lev) - the country's
own national version of the Oscars.
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Press ReviewPress Review
All today's papers analyse the current tension in the governing coalition.
Similar headlines in Mlada Fronta Dnes, Lidove Noviny and Pravo say that
the junior coalition partner Freedom Union has decided to stay in the
government after all. Lidove Noviny writes that after a five-hour long
meeting on Sunday night, the national committee of the Freedom Union gave
its chairman and Deputy Prime Minister Petr Mares a vote of confidence.
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ArtsArts news
Welcome to the programme. This week we take you to an unusual exhibition -
a bold and daring endeavour and certainly nothing for the squeamish. But
first of all we bring you the latest in the world of art in the Czech
Republic.
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The Arts features last week's tribute to Vaclav Havel at Prague's National Theatre, which brought together the absolute cream of the Czech music
and theatre worlds for a one-off event which may never be equaled. We also talk to the leader of the multi-talented Ecstasy of St Theresa, and
take a quick look at the arts news.
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Current AffairsDivided We Fall takes Cesky Lev awards by storm
On Saturday night the Czech Film and Television Academy hosted the eighth annual Cesky Lev, or Czech Lion, film awards. Eight of the 17 full-length features produced in the Czech Republic last year were nominated for a Cesky Lev. In the end, it was the film "Musime Si Pomahat", or "Divided We Fall" which scooped the lion's share - if you'll excuse the pun - winning five of its six nominations from the 12 main categories. Radio Prague's was there and brings back this report... More
