Kino Utajeno
Submitted project: Kino Utajeno │ rerun
Name of the submitted file / artist / artistic group, etc.: Kino Utajeno
Kino Utajeno is a site-specific format combining film projection, immersive performance, film education, and a guided architectural tour. Each performance is created for a specific, normally inaccessible space and offers viewers a comprehensive experience that goes beyond the scope of classic cinema. The project has had several successful seasons in Prague and has long been dedicated to audience development and formation. In 2026, Kino Utajeno will cross the borders of Prague for the first time! And it wouldn’t be Kino Utajeno if it didn’t remain a secret for a while longer. However, the project will head out into the region during the summer months. There, it will also test the adaptation of the format to a new community and architectural context.
Project founder: Barbora Podškubková
Production manager: Kristýna Votavová
PR manager: Michaela Sikorová
Theater director: Adéla Holemá
Performers: Adriana Ihumentseva, Kapitolina Kolobova, Barbora Kůtová, Kristýna Zinková, Alessandra Točoňová, Neda Taslimian, Stanislava Spišiaková, Barbora Špačková, Viktorie Hrachovcová, Veronika Švejdová
Film education and gamification: Theodora Pfeffermannová, Oleksej Melnyčenko
Lysistrata Reloaded
Submitted project: Lysistrata Reloaded │ rerun
Name of the submitted ensemble/artist/artistic group, etc.: Lysistrata Reloaded / Live Creation
Aristophanes’ ancient comedy expressed in contemporary language. Lysistrata Reloaded is a multi-genre movement production that raises questions about war, power, and social order. The project combines dance, performance, and drama acting and works with various movement styles and the cultural experiences of the creators. The scenography and changing costumes play a significant role, creating a powerful visual metaphor for social structures and their transformation together with upcycled materials. The production combines personal testimonies with feminist and socio-philosophical themes and emphasizes physical energy, humor, and the urgency of the message.
Team: Anežka Rusevová, Emma Fiala, Josefína Prachařová, Naya, Alyssa Dillard – Ledet, Vlada Klimek, Flamboy, Matěj Výborný
Metal on Metal
Submitted project: Metal on Metal │ rerun
Name of submitted ensemble/artist/artistic group, etc.: Emily Jane Steele
The interdisciplinary dance-performance Metal on Metal is a project exploring the relationship between the human body and metal as a material and symbol, involving it as an active partner on stage. The production combines choreography, concert, installation, and sound design, working with metal in movement, scenography, costumes, and music. The project is based on the principles of new materialism and explores how materials shape human experience and imagination. It is currently being developed from a shorter version into a full-length format and is conceived as a flexible production intended for both theatrical and alternative spaces.
Concept, choreography, and performance: Emily Jane Steele
Composition and sound design: Ali Debbie
Costume designer: Moryana Filipova
External eye/mentoring: Samuel Baidoo, Draft 8 collective
Tůň
Submitted project: Tůň │ premiere
Name of the submitted ensemble/artist/artistic group, etc.: Iva Ščerbáková
Tůň is a puppet and object performance inspired by the environment of periodic wetlands and their importance for biodiversity. The production combines theater, installation, and environmental themes and follows the transformation of a pool from drought through a period of full life to gradual decline. The audience is involved in a shared discovery through working with objects, puppets, and natural materials. The project emphasizes sensory experience, poetics, and the popularization of ecological themes and is being created in two versions, solo and accompanied by live music.
The performance will premiere in June at Studio Alta.
Set design, production, performer: Iva Ščerbáková
Dramaturgy, music, performer: Tomáš Zahrádka
IPUP
Submitted project: IPUP Collective │ annual mentoring free of charge
Name of submitted file / artist / artistic group, etc.: IPUP
The mentoring is intended for the development of an artistic project by the IPUP collective, which works at the intersection of theater, documentary film, and socially engaged art. The program focuses on stabilizing and professionalizing the collective’s creative background and developing their long-term dramaturgical and community activities. The outputs of the mentoring will be used in the further presentation and development of their existing productions and in the preparation of new projects. Emphasis is placed on strategic planning, production skills, sustainability of creation, and orientation in the current cultural environment.
Team:
Mikuláš Zelinský
Josef Neudeker
Alena Novotná
Jakub Vaverka
Marek Mrkvička
Tereza Zlochová
Matěj Peterka
Adam Trcka
Dominik Neudeker