29th Made in Prague Festival
A vivacious celebration of Czech culture featuring film, music, literature, theatre, and visual art.
Returning for its 29th edition, from 31 October – 30 November, the renowned Made in Prague Festival offers a vibrant showcase of Czech culture. Highlights include UK premieres of award-winning films fresh from international festivals, along tributes to composer Leoš Janáček. With unique theatre performances and art exhibitions in the mix, the festival channels the richness and creativity of the contemporary Czech cultural scene to London audiences.
Across almost three decades, the festival has grown into one of the most distinctive showcases of Czech culture abroad, bringing together artists, audiences, and institutions in a vibrant dialogue between the Czech and British nations. The 2025 programme reflects the richness and diversity of contemporary Czech cultural life, as well as its deep historical roots.
On 31 October, the Festival opens in style with a dazzling performance by Aiko, a UK-based, internationally acclaimed Czech singer who became the first Czech artist to light up Times Square and an exhibition by a Czech–British group of visual artists in the Bouda and Vitrínka gallery spaces.
There are special film galas with UK premieres at the Regent Street Cinema, The Garden Cinema and BFI IMAX, including the films Waves and Caravan. Screenings of top review titles such as Girl America and Actress further enrich the cinematic journey, complemented by a special film presentation at the ICA about the celebrated photographer Libuši Jarcovjáková.
The Festival is excited to be collaborating with the Royal Ballet and Opera to present an exhibition centred on Leoš Janáček’s opera, The Makropulos Case, its beginnings and history up to the present day; and will be staged alongside the Royal Opera’s first ever production of this great Czech masterpiece, under the baton of the newly appointed Music Director of the Royal Opera, Jakub Hrůša. In music, theatre, and photography, the festival continues to offer a platform for outstanding talent: from the virtuosity of young and talented pianists in the Future Tones concert at the Royal Academy of Music, to the poetic physicality of Radim Vizváry’s solo performance at the The Coronet Theatre, and a symposium on photography and visual practices at the V&A.
Family and younger audiences can look forward to Living Large, a film screening and workshop for children, while literature and theatre lovers can look forward to an evening dedicated to the iconic Semafor Theatre. This year’s edition will close with a Gala Concert by the English Chamber Orchestra, joined by Czech virtuoso Pavel Šporcl, in the spiritual space of the Holy Sepulchre church in the City, a fitting finale to a month of cultural encounters.