3KinoFest successfully brings best new films from Visegrad countries to Prague this week

3Kino FilmFest has been bringing the best of Central European culture to the Czech Republic for 11 years. Film, art, music, exhibitions, theatre, workshops, personal meetings with leading creators, world premieres. 

3KinoFilm Fest is a competitive film festival which takes place in the historic center of Prague and for 10 years it has focused exclusively on the cinematography of the countries of the Visegrad region. There are many film festivals in the V4 capitals, but no other is focused exclusively on the cinema of the region in such a breadth and context. The uniqueness also lies in the organization of festival echoes that bring the culture of the V4 region to the Prague-Bratislava-Warsaw-Budapest axis. The echoes fulfill the notion of Visegrad as an independent region with a common historical and cultural basis.

Movies in the main competitive section are awarded in the following categories: Best Film Award, Golden Debut (Best Feature Debut Award), Special Award (Special Jury Award).

The main goal is to draw attention to the high quality of the cinematography of the entire region and to stimulate the interest of mainly young people in the contemporary culture of Central Europe. The program board of the festival (CZ, PL, SK, HU) nominates 18 films for the competition in the feature film category every year. Subsequently, an international jury will select the three best films of the region. An important part of the festival is also the accompanying program, which presents important personalities from the field of culture. The added value of the festival is the linking of film and art of the Central European region.

This year’s 11th edition will take place on November 11-16 in the cinema halls of the Municipal Library in Prague.

The opening ceremony is taking place on November 11 in the exclusive premises of the Lord Mayor’s Residence of the city of Prague on Mariánské náměstí. At the opening evening in Prague, we will reveal unknown/rediscovered painting to the public. The curator is a historian prof. Ivo Barteček (CZ).

The closing ceremony with the announcement of the winners and the presentation of prizes is taking place on November 16 in the Clam-Gallas Palace in Prague.

The long-term goal of the 3KFF is to present the cinema of the V4 region in an attractive way so that it is appealing enough to the young audience. Our aim is to combine film and other art forms in order to reach not only the young generation but also the general public in an adventurous way. Therefore, in addition to the main competition section, we present individual personalities-thinkers-visionaries of the V4 region and show them from a current point of view. We have simplified a rather complicated philosophical topic by asking the general public a poll question: What was visionary Karel Čapek mistaken about?, which allows us to present V4 culture in a broader context.