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SUMMARY:Caught in the net
DESCRIPTION:Czech film screening at 21 Picturehouse Cinemas in Ashford\, Brighton\, Cambridge\, Edinburgh\, Exeter\, Liverpool\, Oxford\, Southampton\, York and in London – Brixton\, Bromley\, Clapham\, Crouch End\, East Dulwich\, Finsbury Park\, Greenwich\, Hackney\, Notting Hill Gate\, Piccadilly Circus\, West Norwood \nFor local times\, venues and booking see link below \nThree adult actresses posing as 12-year-old girls\, three fake girls’ bedrooms\, 10 days and 2\,458 sexual predators. Tasked with creating fake social network profiles\, the actresses chat or Skype with men of all ages who try to sweet-talk or browbeat them into taking off their clothes and sending them racy pictures. All conducted live on camera\, the documentary delivers the eye-opening\, gripping drama of the protagonists from casting and live chat accompanied by psychologists and others who monitor the interactions\, to face-to-face meetings with predators (watched by security and six hidden cameras). A radical social experiment highlighting the extent of the sexual abuse of young people on the internet in which the hunters become the hunted. Essential viewing\, not only for parents. \nBarbora Chalupová\, Vit Klusak\, Czech Republic 2020\, 100’   \nA Czech box-office phenomenon and the Grand Prize Winner at the One World International Human Rights Film Festival in Prague.\nPart of Czech Centre Made in Prague UK Tour
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/caught-in-the-net/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211128T142000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211208T224500
DTSTAMP:20260506T040401
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SUMMARY:Shadow country
DESCRIPTION:Czech film screening at 9 Picturehouse Cinemas in  Cambridge\, Edinburgh\, Exeter\, Liverpool\, Oxford\, York and in London – Crouch End\,  Finsbury Park\,  Hackney.  \nFor date\, time and booking link\, click on the location. \nA powerful and striking portrayal of a close-knit village community on the Czech-Austrian border between the 1930s and the 1950s where everyone must choose their allegiances when faced with shifting territories and conflicting ideologies. Marie\, a Czech\, is married to Karel\, an older German\, and lives with quiet dignity and kindness a happy family life. Persuaded by Karel she changes her nationality to German\, a decision they both regret when with the end of the war the village once again becomes Czech. Through the fates of individual villagers and their families Sláma\, inspired by a real case of the execution of Germans\, builds a tale of life-long neighbours who turn from allies to enemies. \nSeen by the director as a celebration of female sensibility and sanity\, this is an epic film based on an excellent script and filled with intimate intertwined stories\, stunning cinematography and nuanced acting. \nBohdan Sláma\, Czech Republic\, Slovakia 2020\, 135’\, English subtitles\nCast: Magdalena Borová\, Stanislav Majer\, Pavel Nový\, Barbora Poláková\, Csongor Kassai \nWinner of the main Czech Film Critics Award and of seven Czech National Film Awards.\nPart of Czech Centre Made in Prague UK Tour
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/shadow-country-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211127T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211216T224500
DTSTAMP:20260506T040401
CREATED:20211119T173047Z
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UID:5788-1638036000-1639694700@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Havel
DESCRIPTION:Czech film screening at 10 Picturehouse Cinemas in  Cambridge\, Edinburgh\, Exeter\, Liverpool\, Oxford\,  York and in London – Crouch End\, Finsbury Park\, Hackney\, Notting Hill Gate  \nFor date\, time and booking link\, click on the location. \n\n\nHavel\, up close and personal: such is the new biopic by director Slávek Horák of the critically esteemed Home Care. Focusing on the period 1968 – 1989 and Havel´s personal life\, Horák explores Havel´s metamorphosis from internationally celebrated but persecuted playwright to banned and jailed human rights defender and finally to president of Czechoslovakia. But it is his relationship with his first wife Olga\, suffering from her husband’s infidelities\, that is at the centre of the story. \nSituations from his life such as the secret police witnessing his failed attempt to resolve a love tringle in a restaurant mirror his absurdist plays\, provide humour and emotion while Horák’s imaginative use of actual theatre settings to stage key moments from Havel’s confrontations with communist power document his public persona. \nAn excellent cast including Viktor Dvořák capturing Havel’s moments of uncertainty and weakness\, and Anna Geislerová as direct and decisive Olga\, complement a portrayal depicting not an icon but a flawed man who steps out of his comfort zone to become politically engaged. Watch out for news footage from Havel’s life under the end credits including the Rolling Stones in Prague castle. \nSlávek Horák\, Czech Republic 2020\, English subtitles\nCast: Viktor Dvořák\, Anna Geislerová\, Martin Hofmann\, Barbora Seidlová \nNominated for The Czech Lions 2020 Best Actress\, Best Actor\, Best Screenplay and the Czech Film Critics Awards\nPart of Czech Centre Made in Prague UK Tour\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/havel-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211126T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211126T213000
DTSTAMP:20260506T040401
CREATED:20210901T171702Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211119T174342Z
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SUMMARY:Emmy Destinn Young Singers Awards 2021
DESCRIPTION:The Emmy Destinn Young Singers Awards competition was established in 2000 in London and takes place every two years. \n\n\n\n12th Competition Final  –  talented young singers performing Czech arias and songs. \nLara Harvey (mezzo soprano) \n\n\n\n\n\n\nCatherin Hooper (soprano) \nSamantha Quillish (soprano) \nCaroline Taylor (soprano) \nNikola Uramová (soprano) \nSam Utley (tenor) \n  \nTickets £5 on the day at the venue (includes a glass of wine) \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/emmy-destinn-young-singers-awards-2021/
LOCATION:Velehrad London\, 39 Lonsdale Road\, London\, SW13 9JP\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211123T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211123T201500
DTSTAMP:20260506T040401
CREATED:20211022T132459Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211022T132627Z
UID:5617-1637694000-1637698500@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:A marriage
DESCRIPTION:Love against all the odds. Can a meaningful relationship be forged online disregarding borders\, age and cultural differences? \nStrong willed\, charismatic Zdenka\, from the Czech Republic\, and Tabish\, IT engineer from Pakistan met playing online games on Facebook\, became friends\, fell in love and married. Five years later they still live their married life on screen\, Skyping every day except for their annual three week holidays in Sri Lanka. Tabish is younger than wheelchair user Zdenka and the Czech authorities won’t accept theirs is a genuine relationship repeatedly refusing Tabish an entry visa while his own family remains suspicious of the relationship. After years of trying to prove their ‘real love’ to the authorities\, a breakthrough in their case gives Tabish and Zdenka new hope that their dream of living together could finally come true. \nShot in traditional verité style\, the directors\, Czech Katerina Hager and Emmy award winning Pakistani director Asad Faruqi\, capture the couple’s spontaneity and love while exposing the social prejudices of the digitally connected but divided world we live in. \nsee booking link below \nKaterina Hager\, Asad Farugi\, CZ/USA 2021\, 74’\, English subtitles \nFor booking details see website link below \nPremiered at the 2021 HotDocs Festival in Toronto\nPart of the 25th Made in Prague Festival 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/a-marriage/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy cinema\, 26 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211121T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211121T191500
DTSTAMP:20260506T040401
CREATED:20211022T132226Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211022T132226Z
UID:5614-1637514000-1637522100@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Shadow country
DESCRIPTION:A powerful and striking portrayal of a close-knit village community on the Czech-Austrian border between the 1930s and the 1950s where everyone must choose their allegiances when faced with shifting territories and conflicting ideologies. Marie\, a Czech\, is married to Karel\, an older German\, and lives with quiet dignity and kindness a happy family life. Persuaded by Karel she changes her nationality to German\, a decision they both regret when with the end of the war the village once again becomes Czech. Through the fates of individual villagers and their families Sláma\, inspired by a real case of the execution of Germans\, builds a tale of life-long neighbours who turn from allies to enemies.  \nSeen by the director as a celebration of female sensibility and sanity\, this is an epic film based on an excellent script and filled with intimate intertwined stories\, stunning cinematography and nuanced acting. \nsee booking link below \nBohdan Sláma\, Czech Republic\, Slovakia 2020\, 135’\, English subtitles\nCast: Magdalena Borová\, Stanislav Majer\, Pavel Nový\, Barbora Poláková\, Csongor Kassai \nWinner of the main Czech Film Critics Award and of seven Czech National Film Awards.\nPart of the 25th Made in Prague Festival 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/shadow-country/
LOCATION:The Gate Picturehouse\, 87 Notting Hill Gate\, London\, W11 3JZ\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211120T184500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211120T203000
DTSTAMP:20260506T040401
CREATED:20211022T131749Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211022T131749Z
UID:5610-1637433900-1637440200@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:My sunny Maad
DESCRIPTION:When Herra\, a Czech woman\, falls in love with Nazir\, an Afghan man\, she has no idea about the life that awaits her in Afghanistan\, nor about the family she is about to join. \nWhile studying Economics in Prague\, blue-eyed\, blonde Helena falls in love with her schoolmate Nazir and a few months later moves with him to Kabul as his wife. Changing her name to Herra and swapping a single western-style of life for her husband’s large family in post-Taliban Afghanistan\, she quickly assimilates into the family dynamics. She adores the grandfather\, allies with her sister-in-law against her abusive husband\, and supports her teenage niece who is to be married against her will\, striking a balance between the sheltered life of a married woman in a burka with her work for the US Embassy. But it is Maad\, an abandoned child who she and Nazir adopt\, who brings love and sunshine to her family. \nLeaving politics in the background while focusing on the family relationships\, Pavlátová uses her skills as an award winning animator  (1993 Oscar Nominee\, winner at the Berlin and Annecy Film Festivals) to bring the touching story vividly to life letting Herra and Maad drive the narrative with their insightful matter-of-fact commentary. \nFollowed by Q&A with director Michaela Pavlátová \nsee booking link below \nMichaela Pavlátová\, Czech Republic\, France\, Slovakia 2021\, 81 mins\, English subtitles   \nFeature Films Annecy Film Festival 2021 Jury Award\nPart of the 25th Made in Prague Festival 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/my-sunny-maad/
LOCATION:The Gate Picturehouse\, 87 Notting Hill Gate\, London\, W11 3JZ\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211120T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211120T180000
DTSTAMP:20260506T040401
CREATED:20211022T131055Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211022T131431Z
UID:5607-1637424000-1637431200@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Every single minute
DESCRIPTION:Are we doing enough or too little for our children? In this absorbing documentary Erika Hníková raises questions about raising children following hyper-competitive parents who devote all their time to maximising their son’s physical and academic potential. \nSwimming\, running\, piano lessons\, hockey practice\, endurance training\, bilingual language games\, bike riding and tennis; every possible exercise and training over and over again. This is the everyday reality for Miško\, a three-year old boy whose loving and hyper-competitive parents devote all their time to making him a future top athlete and successful human being according to the principles of the Kamevéda childrearing method – a complex approach to developing a child’s motor abilities and intellect. In their attempts to maximise their son’s potential\, not one minute is wasted. A busy schedule doesn’t spare time for friendship and social interaction for either of them but Miško\, who is expected to excel in everything\, surpasses his peers in academic and physical performance. Keeping her distance and leaving the audience to form their own opinion\, Hníková provokes discussion on the meaning of parenting today while following the family dynamic throughout the year in this absorbing documentary\, unique in depth and focus. \nFollowed by Q&A with director Erica Hníková. \nsee booking link below \nErika Hnikova\, CZ  / SK 2021\, 80’\, English subtitles \nSpecial Jury Prize at the 2021 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival\nPart of the 25th Made in Prague Festival 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/every-single-minute/
LOCATION:The Gate Picturehouse\, 87 Notting Hill Gate\, London\, W11 3JZ\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211119T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211119T194500
DTSTAMP:20260506T040401
CREATED:20211022T130640Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211022T130640Z
UID:5603-1637346600-1637351100@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Diary of a modern dad
DESCRIPTION:Buoyant romantic comedy about non-traditional parenting and love inspired by a popular blog by Dominik Landsman describing his experience as a new father who decides to stay at home and look after his child. \nWelcome to my world\, welcome to hell’. The world and words belong to Dominik\, anaspiring young writer and now stay at home father. A pragmatic decision taken by him and Nataša when their one night stand turns unexpectedly into conception. Postponing his departure for a creative writing course in England for 12 months to look after their baby\, Dominik hopes to write his book while Nataša returns to her high paid job. Čeněk\, his new-born son\, soon turns this plan on its head and Dominik has to apply all his ingenuity just to survive. Based on a successful blog by Dominik Landsman describing the joys and troubles of a new father\, the real life situations accompanied by the dry first person commentary are pitch perfect and bring a lot of humour supported by a great cast utilising Mádl´s comic talent and Tereza Ramba´s recent experience of motherhood as young parents whose relationship changes with a growing love for their child. Stylized\, playful and fun.  \nsee booking link below \nJan Haluza\, Czech Republic 2021\, 101 min\, English subtitles\nCast: Jiří Mádl\, Tereza Ramba\, Lukáš Hejlík\, Ondřej Malý\, Pavla Tomicová   \nPart of the 25th Made in Prague Festival 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/diary-of-a-modern-dad/
LOCATION:The Gate Picturehouse\, 87 Notting Hill Gate\, London\, W11 3JZ\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211112T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211112T213000
DTSTAMP:20260506T040401
CREATED:20210828T120435Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210828T122623Z
UID:5401-1636745400-1636752600@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Vilém Tauský   Coventry: a meditation
DESCRIPTION:A programme by the Jubilee Quartet based on the moving work that Vilém Tauský wrote in November 1940 after going into Coventry with a Czech Free Army ambulance and seeing the smouldering ruins of the cathedral. Tauský was stationed in Leamington with the Czech Free Army [see his profile]. \n2021 Leamington Music Autumn Season \nTauský   Coventry: A Meditation\nMendelssohn  Quartet in A minor Op 13\nSchubert   Quartet in D minor D810 ‘Death and the Maiden’ \nTereza Privratska and Julia Loucks violins\nLorena Cantó Woltèche viola\, Toby White cello \nTickets: £25 centre | £15 sides (see link below) \nConcert generously supported by the Low-Beer Trust
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/vilem-tausky-coventry-a-meditation/
LOCATION:Royal Pump Rooms\, The Parade\, Leamington Spa\, CV32 4AA\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211112T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211112T220000
DTSTAMP:20260506T040401
CREATED:20211020T113915Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211020T122144Z
UID:5596-1636743600-1636754400@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Zátopek
DESCRIPTION:The riveting story of a Czech Olympic icon and one of the greatest runners of all time\, Emil Zátopek\, who became a global byword for sportsmanship and generosity and who was driven into obscurity by the Communists after standing up for ‘socialism with a human face’. \nAn inspiring portrayal of the Czech Olympic legend Emil Zátopek\, one of the greatest long-distance runners of all time\, who won five Olympic medals\, set eighteen world records and redefined the limits of human endurance.  It´s autumn 1968 and in the wake of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia the Australian runner Ron Clarke visits the retired Zátopek\, his friend and role model\, to help him to overcome a crisis in his sporting career. With Zátopek in the midst of his own marital and personal crises\, they walk down memory lane recalling Zátopek’s athletic career from Zlín factory worker who had never taken part in a race to Olympic hero in Helsinki\, while mapping the inner journey of a single-minded man whose unprecedented athletic success made him part of Communist propaganda with devastating results. \nWonderfully portrayed by lead actors Václav Neužil and Martha Issová\, it is the relationship between Zátopek and his wife Dana\, champion javelin thrower\, which is at the heart of the story. As past and present alternate\, emotions and adrenalin run high culminating in a breathtaking reanactment of Zátopek’s 1952 Olympic gold hat-trick in Helsinki. \nFollowed by Q&A with director David Ondříček\, Václav Neužil\, Martha Issová and Kryštof Mucha \nFor booking details see Eventbrite link below \nPart of the 25th Made in Prague Festival \nAudience prize winner at the 2021 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival\nCzech entry in the best international film category at the 2022 Oscars
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/zatopek/
LOCATION:Vue West End\, 3 Cranbourn Street\, London\, WC2H 7NG\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211107T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211107T163000
DTSTAMP:20260506T040401
CREATED:20211012T143323Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211012T143323Z
UID:5592-1636297200-1636302600@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Ecstasy
DESCRIPTION:A special screening of the digital restoration in 4K of Gustav Machatý’s 1933 defiant masterpiece: the UK premiere of this cult classic film.  \nProbably the most widely seen Czech film of all time\, it stirred controversy and uproar due to its portrayal of female nudity and suggestive sexual content and shot its director and the actress Hedy Lamarr to international recognition. Lamarr plays sexually frustrated newlywed Eva whose older husband is interested in anything but her. After returning to her father’s house Eva\, while swimming in the lake\, meets Adam\, a young engineer\, and starts an adulterous affair. \nExploring erotic desires and romantic themes already present in his previous films\, Machatý teams up with cinematographer Jan Stallich to transform a simple story into a visual feast of passion rich in symbolism\, using exquisite compositions\, thrilling montage and outstanding exterior photography full of unconventional shots. \nFinan Jones conducts the Silk Street Soloists performing a newly commissioned overture by Anna Vöröšová based on the original score by the film composer Giuseppe Becce. \nGustav Machatý\, Czechoslovakia 1933\, 90’ DCP\nCast: Hedy Lamarr\, Aribert Mog\, Zvonimir Rogoz   \nBest Director Award at the 1934 Venice International Film Festival and Venice Classics Award for Best Restored Film at the 2019 Venice Film Festival.\n25th Made in Prague Festival Opening Gala\nBooking open see website link below
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/ecstasy/
LOCATION:Barbican Centre\, Silk Street\, London\, EC2Y 8DS\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211104T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211104T183000
DTSTAMP:20260506T040401
CREATED:20211022T104104Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211022T104104Z
UID:5657-1636045200-1636050600@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Prague: Belonging in the Modern City
DESCRIPTION:A  SSEES Study of Central Europe Seminar with Chad Bryant. \nVojtěch Berger was a carpenter\, a member of the interwar Czechoslovak Communist Party\, and an obsessive diarist who lived in Prague from 1921 until his death forty years later. For Berger and other party members\, including top Communist leaders\, Communism was much more than a political ideology or movement. It was world unto itself that offered radical leftists a shared sense of security and place following the horrors of World War I and the emergence of a hostile\, yet tolerant\, First Czechoslovak Republic. Berger’s self-documented life offers a rare window into Communist practices of belonging between the wars – participation in a wide range of associations\, marching on May Day\, and joining comrades for a drink at the local pub\, to name just a few. Eschewing terms such as “identity\,” Bryant argues that pursuing questions about how and where people pursue a sense of belonging offers more than just a fresh perspective on the interwar Czechoslovak Communist Party. They touch on broader themes in modern European history\, including the ever-present burden of creating for oneself a sense of home and community in the face of unrelenting change and dislocation. \nTo register use Eventbrite link below \nThis event will take place on UCL campus. Should circumstances change\, the event will be delivered online. \nChad Bryant is the author of the recently published Prague: Belonging and the Modern City as well as Prague in Black: Nazi Rule and Czech Nationalism\, winner of the Hans Rosenberg Book Prize. Bryant is Associate Professor of History at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and has received fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies and the National Humanities Center. He is\, with Kateřina Čapková and Diana Dumitru\, embarking on a study of the Stalinist-era show trials in Communist Czechoslovakia.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/prague-belonging-in-the-modern-city/
LOCATION:University College London\, Gower Street\, London\, WC1E 6BT\, United Kingdom
ORGANIZER;CN="UCL SSEES":MAILTO:ssees-events@ucl.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211101T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211126T233000
DTSTAMP:20260506T040401
CREATED:20211020T121216Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211031T171720Z
UID:5647-1635753600-1637969400@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Jenůfa
DESCRIPTION:The first Royal Opera House production of Janáček’s opera since 2001 is now available to watch on demand until 14 November\n\nhttps://stream.roh.org.uk/free-titles/videos/jenufa\n\nIt will also be broadcast on 23 October on BBC Radio 3 @ 6.30pm and subsequently available for about a month see here\n\n\nphoto \nAsmik Grigorian (Jenůfa)\n© ROH | Monika Rittershaus
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/jenufa/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211027T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211027T200000
DTSTAMP:20260506T040401
CREATED:20211009T144644Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211009T224459Z
UID:5546-1635359400-1635364800@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Czech protest music past & present
DESCRIPTION:An online Zoom talk by Daniel Majer about the political role Czech protest music has played in Czech and Slovak history from the Austro-Hungarian empire until today. \nFollowing the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968\, Karel Kryl composed ‘Bratříčku\, zavírej vrátka’ (Keep the gates closed\, little brother) as his reaction to the occupation. In 1972 the Slovak dissident Ján Ladislav Kalina was given a two-year prison sentence for\, among other things\, playing a record of Kryl’s songs to friends in the privacy of his home. In the eyes of the law during the period of normalization\, that amounted to incitement. \nIn the early 1970s the Czech rock band\, the Plastic People of the Universe\, began using the lyrics of the poet Egon Bondy and other poets for their songs. In 1976 they were sent to prison for up to 18 months for performing at a festival which the court condemned as “an organised disturbance of the peace”.  The group continues to perform despite the death of its founder\, Milan “Mejla” Hlavsa. Their music is the focus of a new book in English ‘ A consumer guide to the Plastic People of the Universe’. \nIn 1989 Czech musicians\, many of them banned from performing or in exile\, played a significant role in toppling the communist regime. In 2007 the Czech daily MFDnes published the results of a poll to name the most important song associated with the Velvet Revolution. Marta Kubišová’s ‘Modlitba pro Martu’ (Prayer for Marta) won by a landslide.  \nDaniel Majer\, born in Britain of Czech and Slovak parentage\, will present musical excerpts from Brno where he is studying as part of his course in Czech and Spanish at Bristol University.  \nIf  you wish to participate please register with bcsa@bcsa.co.uk by 25 October
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/czech-protest-music-past-present/
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211015T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211017T170000
DTSTAMP:20260506T040401
CREATED:20210901T165800Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210901T165800Z
UID:5426-1634292000-1634490000@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Lakes International Comic Art Festival
DESCRIPTION:Working in partnership with the Czech Literary Centre\, the Lakes International Comic Art Festival has announced the addition of five Czech comic creators to the Festival’s line-up in October\, including award-winning Kateřina Čupová and Václav Šlajch. \nThe Czech Literary Centre is also supporting two international artists’ residencies in association with LICAF. Kateřina Čupová and Štěpánka Jislová will be working in Kendal before this year’s weekend-long Festival\, and a similar exchange enabled graphic novelist Sayra Begum to work in Prague this summer\, and Rachael Smith\, the creator of Quarantine Comix\, is set to visiting the European capital later this year. \nRead more plus profiles of the five Czechs here \ntickets available from link below \nArt from Kateřina Čupová’s debut graphic novel\, Rossum’s Universal Robots\, an adaptation of Karel Čapek’s drama R.U.R
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/lakes-international-comic-art-festival/
LOCATION:Lakes International Comic Art Festival\, Kendal\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211003T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211003T210000
DTSTAMP:20260506T040401
CREATED:20210915T121633Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210915T121633Z
UID:5487-1633287600-1633294800@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:My Seven Lives and More
DESCRIPTION:This Zoom event will introduce Agneša Kalinová (1924-2014) – a Slovak-Jewish journalist\, film critic and translator. Agneša’s fascinating story has been captured in Mojich sedem životov\, a book-length conversation conducted by the Slovak playwright\, writer and social activist Jana Juránová\, which was published by the feminist publishing house ASPEKT in 2012. Translated into Czech\, German and Hungarian\, this captivating narrative will  be published by Purdue University Press as My Seven Lives on 15 October 2021. \nAgneša’s daughter\, Julia Sherwood (who has translated the book into English with her husband Peter)\, will join the conversation from London and the book’s co-author and Agneša’s interlocutor Jana Juránová will speak from Bratislava. They will be interviewed by Peter Brod\, Agneša’s former colleague from Radio Free Europe\, who now lives in Prague. \nTo register use Eventbrite link below. \nThe event is a part of lecture series Literature by and about Czech and Slovak Jews organized by the Society for the History of Czechoslovak Jews and Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences\, New York Chapter\, with support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic and Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association. \nThe lecture will be streamed on ZOOM\, recorded and available on YouTube.  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/my-seven-lives-and-more/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210925T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210926T180000
DTSTAMP:20260506T040401
CREATED:20210831T150659Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210831T150659Z
UID:5416-1632592800-1632679200@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Largo desolato
DESCRIPTION:The Barnes Community Players will perform rehearsed readings of this extraordinary play.  \nLargo Desolato was written by Václav Havel and translated by Czech-born Tom Stoppard.  \nThe play speaks to our present obsession with “fake news” and our constant fear for our privacy. Havel struggled to accept the importance his words held for those who leaned on them during the troubled times of the Cold War; it might startle him to learn that they have transcended time and are still relevant.  \ntickets £10 see link below \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/largo-desolato/
LOCATION:Velehrad London\, 39 Lonsdale Road\, London\, SW13 9JP\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210920T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210920T194500
DTSTAMP:20260506T040401
CREATED:20210809T222839Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210809T222839Z
UID:5332-1632162600-1632167100@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:TON Bentwood Furniture
DESCRIPTION:TON\, the renowned Czech furniture maker\, celebrates 160 years of bentwood production. \n Join this free online panel discussion on Zoom with designer Florian Kallus from Kaschkasch Studio\, Adam Štěch\, the author of the publication +-160 Years\, and Alex Gufler\, designer and Artistic Director of TON\, and explore the story of bentwood furniture from the radical invention of Michael Thonet to the present day.  \nDiscussing their personal stories with TON and the role of designers and master craftsmen in building a sustainable brand identity\, the panellists will highlight TON’s iconic designs and introduce a new collection.  \nChaired by Max Fraser\, Director of Spotlight. \nregister on Eventbrite link below to receive Zoom link \nAdam Štěch: +-160 YEARS; THE ORIGIN AND EXPANSION OF BENTWOOD FURNITURE FROM BYSTŘICE POD HOSTÝNEM \nAdam Štěch documents the fascinating birth and dynamic development of the revolutionary wood bending technology through the combination of historical facts with personal stories\, famous names\, iconic products\, forgotten witnesses\, and little-known historical artifacts. The result is a visual and textual collage about the past\, present\, and future of bentwood in Bystřice pod Hostýnem. www.plusminus160.com \nTON | Four Seasons. – YouTube \nPart of the London Design Festival
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/ton-bentwood-furniture/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210918T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210918T210000
DTSTAMP:20260506T040401
CREATED:20200801T181507Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210713T164355Z
UID:3976-1631988000-1631998800@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Folkový recitál
DESCRIPTION:Music recital by Czech songwriter Slávek Janoušek. \ntickets £10 via Eventbrite link below \nBohemia House \n \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/czech-folk-music-recital/
LOCATION:Bohemia House\, 74 West End Lane\, London\, NW6 2LX\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210917T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210917T203000
DTSTAMP:20260506T040401
CREATED:20210714T170817Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210911T105331Z
UID:5194-1631869200-1631910600@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Reimagining 'The Heart of Europe'
DESCRIPTION:Inaugural Online Conference of the UK Czechoslovak Studies Network University of Oxford. \nThe day will bring together researchers on the region to discuss current projects\, establish connections\, and spotlight areas for collaboration. Following our call for papers\, we welcomed proposals for papers from researchers of all disciplines within the humanities\, arts\, and social sciences. \nFor full details see Reimagining ‘The Heart of Europe’ Conference | TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities \nTo register see link below. \n  \nThis conference is generously supported by The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH)
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/reimagining-the-heart-of-europe/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210913T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210913T210000
DTSTAMP:20260506T040401
CREATED:20210903T143016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210903T143016Z
UID:5447-1631559600-1631566800@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Bye Bye Shanghai
DESCRIPTION:Comparing making a film about exile to a highly painful but necessary visit to the dentist\, Bokova\, herself an émigrée\, sets out to explore various aspects of emigration\, its effect on people’s lives and the impossibility of stepping into the same river twice. \n\nAs one of her protagonist says: “You return to your 30s but everyone around you is 60.“ Moving betwen the streets of Prague\, Paris and Buenos Aires and talking to a fascinating variety of émigrés such as philosopher Vaclav Belohradsky who left because of the 1968 Soviet Invasion; singer songwriter Vlasta Tresnak\, endlessly interrogated and tortured by the state secret police\, who had to choose between prison and emigration; poet and translator Petr Kral reflecting upon the mechanism of totalitarian power\, Bokova builds a captivating documentary essay about home\, the world and staying in those fictious spaces. And about friends. \n\n\n\n\n\nCzech Republic/Argentina 2008\, 114’\, English subtitles\n \nUK PREMIERE \nFree entry\, reservation necessary see link below \n\n\n\n\n\nFollowed by Q&A with Jana Bokova and Henrietta Foster on exile and identity \nFilm director Jana Bokova has been living between London\, Paris and Buenos Aires since 1968 making films in four countries and four languages – English\, French\, Spanish and Czech. Czech-born Bokova left her home country in 1968 at the time of the Soviet invasion  \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/bye-bye-shanghai/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy cinema\, 26 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210912T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210912T120000
DTSTAMP:20260506T040401
CREATED:20210706T171959Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210905T162217Z
UID:5115-1631448000-1631448000@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Highlights from the National Gallery Prague
DESCRIPTION:Featuring paintings by Alfons Mucha\, Toyen\, František Kupka\, Gustav Klimt and other artists\, this online video series introduces selected works from the collections of the National Gallery in Prague presented by art historian Veronika Wolf. \nJoin every Sunday at noon and discover paintings that have shaped Czech cultural history on the Czech Centre London website\, You Tube\, Facebook and Instagram. \n\n12 September 2021 \nToyen (Summer)
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/highlights-from-the-national-gallery-prague/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210901T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210930T193000
DTSTAMP:20260506T040401
CREATED:20210412T164537Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210901T165934Z
UID:4811-1630483200-1633030200@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Antonín Kratochvíl: Testimonies
DESCRIPTION:Czech Centre’s Window Gallery & Czech Embassy London (outdoor exhibition)\n\n\n\nAn outdoor exhibition of striking black and white photographs by four-time World Press Photo winner Antonín Kratochvíl. Highly expressive\, evocative photographs provide a cross section of Kratochvíl’s work featuring show-business celebrities such as David Bowie and Bernardo Bertolucci as well as war and human catastrophes. With his unique style of photography marked by the depth of his understanding of his subjects Kratochvil\, one of the leading representatives of social documentary photography and photojournalism\, provides testimonies to the problems of modern society and civilization while portraying the state of the human soul and its prospects in today’s world.\n\n\n\n\n\nAntonín Kratochvíl (b.1947) is a Czech photojournalist of international renown. After five years of exile in Europe (1967–1972)\, including life-changing experiences from his time in a refugee camp\, in prison\, and in the French Foreign Legion\, he studied art and photography at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam and moved to the United States in 1972\, where he became one of the top photojournalists and war photographers. A turning point in his career came with his self-published book Broken Dream: Twenty Years of War in Eastern Europe (1997). \nHe has worked for prestigious American newspapers and magazines including Rolling Stone\, New York Times Magazine\, Newsweek\, Mother Jones\, Smithsonian\, Condé Nast Travel\, Geo\, Playboy\, Penthouse and Vogue. He has received many international awards including the Dorothy Lange Prize\, the Ernst Haas Award\, the Golden Light Award\, the Gold Medal for Photography from the Society of Publishing Designers in New York\, the Gold ARC Award for the Best Annual Report\, the Lucie Award and World Press Photo of the Year. In 2014 he was named the Czech Photography Personality of the Year.  \nThis exhibition would not have been possible without the generous participation of Antonín Kratochvíl\, the Czech Embassy in London and the Czech Embassy in Paris. 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/antonin-kratochvil-exhibition/
LOCATION:Czech Centre\, 30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210821T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210821T120000
DTSTAMP:20260506T040401
CREATED:20210804T230951Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210806T103310Z
UID:5289-1629541800-1629547200@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Even Mice Belong in Heaven
DESCRIPTION:UK premiere of a new Czech animation film telling the story of a friendship between a little mouse and a fox. Following an accident\, little mouse Whizzy and and the fox Whitebelly meet up in animal paradise. In this new world\, they must relinquish their old animal instincts and follow a path to a new life.\n\nHaving lost their natural instincts\, they subsequently become best friends and overcome what would normally be hailed impossible.\n\nThis film for young children and stop-motion animation lovers is about hope and courage.\n\nThe film includes over 100 puppet characters and 11 sets.\n\nTicket £5 see link below
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/even-mice-belong-in-heaven/
LOCATION:FIlmhouse\, 88 Lothian Road\, Edinburgh\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210728T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210730T193000
DTSTAMP:20260506T040401
CREATED:20210707T161607Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210723T164436Z
UID:5122-1627500600-1627673400@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:The Cunning Little Vixen
DESCRIPTION:Energised by Janáček’s exuberant rhythms\, The Cunning Little Vixen captures the joys\, thrills\, fears and sorrows of our existence – whether or not we have a tail. \nVixen lives by her instincts and by her wits. Something about her strikes a chord in the Forester. They first meet when she is just a cub. He takes her captive\, but she soon breaks free and sets about finding a home and the fox of her dreams. As animals\, insects and people take their chances and make their choices\, or simply watch the world go by\, Nature renews its miraculous\, eternal cycle. \nA new production of Janáček’s opera sung in English with English surtitles. \nTickets still available for performances on 28 and 30 July
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/the-cunning-little-vixen-2/
LOCATION:Opera Holland Park\, 37 Pembroke Road\, London\, W8 6PW\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210712T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210715T100000
DTSTAMP:20260506T040401
CREATED:20210704T160933Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210704T160933Z
UID:5100-1626084000-1626343200@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:K2: My Way
DESCRIPTION:A documentary about Klára Kolouchová\, the first Czech climber to conquer K2. \n\nKlára is a mountain climber\, a mother and a woman\, and she is going to climb K2. To be a woman in a man’s world is not easy but Klara pursues her dreams. She has already climbed Mount Everest\, the deadlier K2 is next. Although her two previous attempts have failed\, she is heading there again. A film about one individual’s need to challenge herself\, the limits of  endurance and the difficulties of balancing the roles of woman\, mother and climber. Are women really free to attempt great achievements without neglecting their family responsibilities? \nJana Počtová\, Czech Republic 2020\, 93´ \n\nThe film will be available to rent (UK only) for free see link below
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/k2-my-way/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210630T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210630T200000
DTSTAMP:20260506T040401
CREATED:20210616T112213Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210616T112213Z
UID:5047-1625079600-1625083200@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Vivienne Cato discusses the story of her mother Eva
DESCRIPTION:Eva Cato\, née Rotenstein\, was born in Czechoslovakia 13 years before the outbreak of World War Two. An only child growing up in a small town in Slovakia with her mother and grandparents\, she witnessed the encroachment of anti-Semitic hostilities and regulations on the life of her small Jewish community. \nEscaping to Hungary in 1942\, she and her mother spent the last three years of the war hiding under false identities\, in constant fear of discovery. \nThe presentation by Eva’s daughter\, Vivienne\, takes us through the key points of this story\, using footage of Eva recorded in 1992 by the British Library with Yale University as part of their Holocaust testimony project. \nVivienne Cato is a teacher\, facilitator\, and writer. She has published in the fields of literacy\, Judaism\, and the environment. \nOriginally a primary school teacher\, and a past Synagogue Director of Education\, she has worked with many mainstream schools and teacher-groups supporting the delivery of Judaism education. \nFree online event. Register via Eventbrite link below. \nBarnet libraries in association with Generation2Generation \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/vivienne-cato-discusses-the-story-of-her-mother-eva/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210627T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210627T211500
DTSTAMP:20260506T040401
CREATED:20210522T153902Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210522T153902Z
UID:4988-1624822200-1624828500@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:2020 Leamington Music Prize winners
DESCRIPTION:Smetana   From my Homeland JB 1:118\nMartinů   Three Madrigals H313\nDvořák  ‘Song to the moon’ from Rusalka Op 114\nDvořák   Piano Quintet No 2 in A Op 81 \nOlga Eckert and Mafalda Galante violins  \nMaria João Antunes viola  \n Griff Wadkin cello  \n Beth Haughan piano \nTickets: £15 (inc. glass of wine) to book see link below \nThe Sonia & Harry Hyamson concert generously sponsored by Bonhams \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/2020-leamington-music-prize-winners/
LOCATION:The Dream Factory\, Playbox Theatre\, Warwick\, CV34 6LE
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210623T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210623T193000
DTSTAMP:20260506T040401
CREATED:20210506T163138Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210506T163450Z
UID:4935-1624471200-1624476600@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Adolf Loos in Pilsen - the Interiors
DESCRIPTION:One of the great pioneers of Modern architecture\, Adolf Loos\, between 1907 and 1932 enriched the architectural environment of Pilsen for affluent Jewish clients. They had in common not only commercial\, social and family ties\, but also a desire for lavish\, impressive interiors which he unquestionably satisfied. Born in Brno in 1870\, he was famous for the ‘Raumplan’ (spatial design) as well as for writing the 1908 essay ‘Ornament and Crime’. His work can be found throughout Europe including the department store Goldman and Salatsch (1910) in Vienna and his masterpiece\, the Villa Müller (1930) in Prague. \nPetr Klíma\, Vice-chairman of Pilsen’s ‘Pěstuj prostor’ (Foster the City) association and manager of the Pilsen Architectural Manual project\, will navigate us through Loos’ realisations in the city.  \nBooking through Eventbrite here. \nThis online event via Zoom is free but please consider making a donation at: \nwww.czechfriends.net/payments \nImages: interiors by Robert Dowden. Image of Loos by Mayer in the public domain
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/adolf-loos-in-pilsen-the-interiors/
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