The 16th year of the festival of nordic culture will focus on the topic of progress.
The festival Nordic Days will commence on 30. 10. in both Prague and Brno and will last until 13. 11. in both cities. This year’s topic is progress understood in both positive and negative sense. We will focus on the impact that humans have on nature, places that are connected to discoveries and explorers, growing tourism, technological development or protests against inteference in the enviroment.
As is customary, the festival will host several Nordic writers, such as the author of historical thrillers, Indrek Hargla from Estonia, Estonian author of graphic novels Joonas Sildre and the Icelandic journalist Egill Bjarnason, who wrote the book How Iceland changed the world. The festival’s programme will also encompass film screenings, literary and musical events and travel lectures.
FESTIVAL PROGRAMME IN PRAGUE:
30. 10. 19:00 Beasts of the sea – a human, the destruction of all beings? (Božská lahvice)
– in Czech
– entrance fee is voluntary
1. 11. 16:00 Travel afternoon: To the wonders of the North (Municipal Library in Prague)
– in Czech
– entrance fee: 70 CZK; presale at www.mlp.cz
4. 11. 19:00 Screening: Let the River Flow (Evald Cinema)
– in original sound with Czech subtitles
– entrance fee: 165 CZK; presale at www.evald.cz
5. 11. 19:00 A crime in historical setting: Indrek Hargla and František Kalenda (Café Husovka)
– in Estonian and Czech, interpreted into Czech
– entrance fee is voluntary
6. 11. 19:00 #ReadNordicFilm: Bastard (Edison Filmhub)
– in original sound with Czech subtitles
– Entrance fee: 180 CZK; online at edisonfilmhub.cz
11. 11. 19:00 Icelandic transformations: Egill Bjarnason and Klára Dvořáková (Reading Room Unijazz)
– in Icelandic and Czech, interpreted into Czech
– free admission
13. 11. 19:00 Screening: The Feminister (Edvald Cinema)
– in original sound with Czech subtitles
– entrance fee: 165 CZK; presale at www.evald.cz
FESTIVAL PROGRAMME IN BRNO:
30. 10. 20:00 #ReadNordicFilm: Bastard (Art Cinema)
– in original sound with Czech subtitles
– entrance fee: 140 CZK (120 CZK for Scandinavian House members); online at kinoart.cz
4. 11. 17:00 A crime in historical setting: Indrek Hargla and Michal Sýkora (Jiří Mahen Library)
– in Estonian and Czech, interpreted into Czech
– entrance fee is voluntary
5. 11. 18:00 Pärt 90: Between two sounds (Philharmonic Brno)
– entrance fee: 100 CZK; presale at filharmonie-brno.cz
11. 11. 17:00 Travel lecture: Svalbard – a cruise to the end of the world (Jiří Mahen Library)
– in Czech
– entrance fee is voluntary
13. 11. 17:30 Icelandic transformations: Egill Bjarnason and Jana Jakšová (Café Trojka)
– in Icelandic and Czech, interpreted into Czech
– entrance fee is voluntary
The festival is organised by the Scandinavian House with the financial support of the Czech Ministry of Culture, the City of Prague, Estonian Embassy in Prague, Norwegian Embassy in Prague , Embassy of Sweden in Czechia and Icelandic Literature Centre.
