A young man with magical powers journeys to his uncle to request help in fighting his sorcerer father.

Literary historian Pavel Hruška will present the personality of Jindřich Chalupecký and a selection of his work from the PLATO library. Part of the Festival of Ostrava Libraries.

Screening of the only film directed by Czechoslovak New Wave icon, Ester Krumbachová.

Opening of the 31st year of the Jindřich Chalupecký Award exhibition.

Guided tour of the exhibition with curators Karina Kottová and Veronika Čechová and exhibiting artists.

The last, almost six hours long film novel by Karel Vachek.

French sound artist and experimenter Jessica Ekomane and Paris-based Iranian duo 9T Antiope (Sara Bigdeli Shamloo and Nima Aghiani).

Author screening of graduate film (self-portrait / action / performance) by artist active under pseudonym Markéta Wágnerová.

Creation of sound objects and stories with artists Barbora Kurtinová and Martin Kubica.

Reconstruction of A. Rogalska and Ł. Surowiec’s art project the Tear Dealer (2014) as a prototype example of decelerating actions. This event closes the Sand in the Gears exhibition.

The fifth edition of festival of theatre and contemporary art. The subtitle of this year’s festival edition is “Autonomous Zone”.

Inhabitants of Desert Island can never meet because it is desert.

Performance by internationally established dancer and performer Paweł Sakowicz. Jumpcore is the first dance project to be bought by the Zachęta – the Polish National Gallery of Art.

A series of videos by international artists discussing the autonomous zone. Selection by curator Martin Mazanec and visual artist Dominik Gajarský.

Multiple award-winning performance by French dancer Leïla Ka combines Schubert’s music and hip hop.

NORMA’s commission from artist Marek Meduna and his new group Grottup: a project on the borderline of performance and rap concert.

Guided tour of the exhibition with curators Karina Kottová and Veronika Čechová and exhibiting artists.

The third year of the Contemporary Art Academy for all those interested of any age and profession including students is dedicated to the phenomenon of videoart and other supporting topics.