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Current AffairsHollywood star Zellweger presents award to Czech great Pojar at Karlovy Vary Film Festival
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is one of the biggest cultural
and social events in the Czech Republic. The 42nd Karlovy Vary got underway
in the pretty spa town on Friday evening, with the Oscar-winning Hollywood
star Renee Zellweger perhaps the biggest name ascending the red carpet at
the Thermal hotel for the official opening. Ian Willoughby was at the
glitzy ceremony. Radio Prague's Rosie Johnston spoke to him over the phone
and begun by asking about the gala opening ceremony.
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ArtsJan Hrebejk's Beauty in Trouble / Jan Tomanek on animated film
This week's Arts focuses on Czech film. Jan Velinger looks at "Beauty
in Trouble" - a new feature by director Jan Hrebejk - while Jarka
Halkova talks to the creator of a new animated movie currently in
production.
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ArtsHistory of Czech puppet theatre recalled, Stereolab explain Czech influence on new track
In this week's edition of the Arts a curator of a new museum of puppets and
the circus in south Bohemia tells us about the history of puppetry in the
Czech Lands. And the leader of the English rock band Stereolab explains
why a track on their new album has the Czech name Kyberneticka Babicka.
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Czechs TodayMichaela Pavlatova: an Oscar-nominated Czech animator
The animated film director Michaela Pavlatova is in the limelight for this
week's Czechs Today. Her films have received numerous awards at
international festivals, including an Oscar nomination.
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Current AffairsEva Svankmajerova 1940 - 2005
The Czech Republic lost one of its finest artists this week, Eva
Svankmajerova: writer, painter, and Surrealist artistic collaborator with
her husband Jan on numerous mixed live-action/stop animation films
including the award-winning "Little Otik" in 2000. Over
forty-five years Eva and Jan Svankmajer became inseparable on the Czech
arts scene. They collaborated on deeply visceral works that echoed the
darkness of totalitarian life as well as life in general, hiding and
subsequently revealing surfaces beneath surfaces: sexuality, corruption,
hidden violence, and sporadic beauty. More
PanoramaVecernicek celebrates 40 years
The Czech children's program "Vecernicek" is practically a
national institution at the age of 40. The program, which has consistently
combined the talents of excellent Czech illustrators, writers, animators
and directors, is by now a part of the Czech cultural heritage. Kate
Barrette finds out more about the show which has helped make animated
fairy tales a part of this nation's identity.
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ArtsA new animated film originated in Czech-Japanese co-production
Animated film is a very important part of Czech cinema. Names like Jiri
Trnka, Hermina Tyrlova or Bretislav Pojar are very well known to every
animated film fan. Friends of Bretislav Pojar's work can now enjoy a new
film. As Czech animated film is well known even in Japan, Japanese film
producers asked him to make a film based on a story written by the
Japanese writer Yeto Sato.
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Current AffairsChildren's TV show aims to raise awareness of Roma history and culture
The International Day of the Roma, celebrated around the world this
Thursday, has also been the occasion for a number of events to celebrate
Romany history and culture here in the Czech Republic. This year a series
of specially commissioned children's stories depicting Roma life down
through the ages is being broadcast to coincide with the event.
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ArtsArts news, Kids in refugee camps turn to art to cope with new environment
In this week's edition of the Arts, we look at a unique way in which
children in refugee camps are helped to adjust to their new environment.
First, though, some of the stories making headlines in Czech arts and
culture:
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