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Calendar of Events
Below
is a list of Czech Republic events and festivals in
chronological order.
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June 30 -
July 8, 2006
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One of the most
prestigious international film festivals in Europe. Classified
as a "Category A" festival, which puts it in
the same class as festivals in such cities as Cannes,
Berlin, Venice, and Tokyo. The festival presents
220 feature films and up to 40 short films from all over
the world each year. The Crystal Globe for
Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema will be
presented to Czech cinematic
legend Jan Němec. Czech actor Karel
Roden will be a member of the Grand Jury.
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September
2006
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September 12 - October 1, 2006
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During the last 15 years, there have been performances
by 79 orchestras, 110 conductors, 131 singers, 61 pianists,
35
violin players,
25 cellists,
18 choirs,
6 chamber ensembles, and 26 other instrumentalists. The
number of attendees has reached almost 270,000. In the
last year, the overall attendance of the festival reached
87%, with some of the concerts sold out
three months beforehand.
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September 15 - 16, 2006
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The Znojmo Wine Harvest Festival
(Znojemské vinobraní) has been going on since 1966 and attracts tens of thousands of visitors from
around the country each year. The
rich program will start with an evening procession of hundreds
of people dressed in period costumes and end with fireworks
on Saturday. Visitors will be able to watch a knights'
tournament, enjoy medieval music, dances and theatre performances,
visit a historical market, and celebrate wine
and the semi-fermented young wine called burčák.
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September 22 - October 7, 2006
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The theme of the forty-first annual Moravian Autumn Festival
is Three Giants, dedicated to the music of the three composers
whose anniversaries are celebrated this year: Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart (two hundred and fifty years since his birth),
Robert
Schumann (one hundred fifty years since his death in 1856),
and Dmitry Shostakovich (one hundred years since his birth
in 1906).
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September 30 - October 1, 2006
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Prague -
January/February 2007
Brno - Janaury/February
2007
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The festival presents contemporary
European films. The
festival draws over 20,000 moviegoers.
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2007
March/April
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Febiofest is the biggest audiovisual showcase in Central
Europe. It began as a small event in two Prague movie theatres.
This year, its programme will fill 14 theatres. As is the
case every year, the main part of the festival takes place
in Prague, where at least 400 feature films, short films,
documentaries, experimental
and animated films will be shown
during the week of the festival. After the Prague part of
the festival ends, a selection from the Febiofest programme
will also visit several other Czech cities (Brno, Ostrava,
Olomouc, České Budějovice, Liberec and Pardubice).
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May/June
2007
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The Prague Spring International Music Festival is a permanent
showcase for outstanding performing artists, symphony orchestras
and chamber music ensembles of the world. The festival commemorates
important musical anniversaries by including works by the
composers concerned on its programs, and presents Czech
as well as world premieres of compositions by contemporary
authors.
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