KomiksFEST! 2008 full program

PROLOGUE

Thursday October 30th

• (18:00) Karel Jerie – Poslední leč / vernissage of the exhibition, galerie Michal’s Collection gallery, Husova 13 (do 5.12.)

Friday October 31st

(20:00) Hygienická stanice / Hygiene station / new gallery and workshop opening by HURA.CZ group, Italská 34
East 1st! / the best of central and eastern European comics, exhibition in Světozor Cinema foyer, Vodičkova 41 (until 25.11)

MAIN PROGRAM

Saturday November 1st

• (20:00) OPEN-PARTY KOMIKSFEST! / La Fabrika, Holešovice, Komunardů 30
  Festival opening by Nicolas Mahler (A) and Michaela Pavlátová (czech film director, Muriel award chairman). LIve music Jaromír 99 & The Bombers, visual performance, laser show and hip-hop Vladimir 518 & friends: Hugo Toxxx, David Vrbík, Ondřej Anděra (WWW), PARAZIT fashion show (Lucie Mareš & Marie Silondi), projections, DJ Tobiáš Jirous, t-shirts and much more.
  Energia Drink Man.
• Pavel Reisenauer / exhibition in the Archa Theatre foyer (until 30.11.)

Sunday November 2nd

• (18:00) 1. podzemní výstava Pavla Čecha / Pavel Čech‘s 1st underground exhibition / vernissage, 1. podzemní antikvariát, Hybernská 22 (until 21.11.)
• (19:30) Jiří Zimčík – Imago / vernissage, Café Alternatif, Mezibranská 21 (until 9.11.)

Monday November 3rd

• (18:00) Nicolas Mahler and the Tonto group (A) – Komiks po svém / vernissage, Austrian Cultural Forum, Jungmannovo nám. 18 (until 5.12.)
• (19:30) Andraste – Mechuplné pletichy / vernissage, Café Jericho, Opatovická 26 (until 30.11.)
• (20:00) Crumb (Terry Zwigoff profile 1) / movie, Documentary Mondays at Světozor Cinema, Vodičkova 41
• (20:00) Kuře / The Chicken (based on Marjane Satrapi) / marionette punk theater by Tichý jelen + short animated films / Alfred ve dvoře theatre, Fr. Křížka 36

Tuesday November 4th

• (17:30) Varlen der Grosse / comics performance, Polí pět Bookstore, Dittrichova 13
• (18:00) Kocour v polském komiksu / The tom-cat in Polish comics / vernissage opened by Krzysztof Gawronkiewicz in the presence of authors, Polish Institute, Malé nám. 1 (until 24.12.)
• (19:30) Jaromír Plachý – Koule a krychle na návštěvě u Řehoře Samsy / Sphere and cube visiting Řehoř Samsa / vernissage + short animated films projection, Gallery of Samsa Bookstore, Vodičkova ul. 30 (until 15.11.)
• (20:00) Vojta Švejda – BLISS / scenic comics + short animated films / Alfred ve dvoře theatre, Fr. Křížka 36
• (18:00, 20:30) Přízračný svět / Ghost World, Umění musí bolet / Art School Confidential (Terry Zwigoff profile 2,3) / films, Aero Cinema, Biskupcova 31

Wednesday November 5th

• (17:30) Ulf K. (D) – Prosté linky / Plain lines / vernissage, Goethe-Institut, Masarykovo nábřeží 32 (until 30.11.)
• (20:30) Comics vs. Temporary art, vernissage + live music Anymade DJs & VJs, Roxy/NoD, Dlouhá 33 (until 21.11.)

Thursday November 6th

• (10:00) Workshop Komiksfest! / led by Ulf K. (D),Czech Centre Prague, Rytířská 31
• (17:00) Alexandru Ciubotariu (RO) – Čtvercová kočka / Square cat / vernissage, Romanian Cultural Institute, Anglická 26 (until 5.12.)
• (20:30) Audiovizuál – Heroes Unseen - rare and obscure comics adaptations, Světozor cinema, Vodičkova 41

Friday November 7th

• (18:00) Lewis Trondheim (F) / vernissage + animated films projection, French Institute, Štěpánská 35 (until 30.11.)
• (18:00) Velké putování Vlase a Brady / inscenation based on František Skála’s comics, Minor theatre, Vodičkova 6 (repeat 8.11. and 9.11. at 15:00)

Saturday November 8th

• (11:00 to 23:00) COMICS SATURDAY – KOMIKSFEST! / Roxy/NOD, Dlouhá 33
  On program: Meeting the authors, presentation of new books, exhibitions, projections, animation, lectures, workshop, comics battle, stalls, DJ and Muriel awards ceremony.
  Special quests: Bryan Talbot (UK) and Lewis Trondheim (F)
  Presenting: AARGH! (Singaporean special), Mars 44 (Jan Jiříček and Petr Krejzek), Nikkarin (Bunkr anthology), VŠUP / Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design Prague (Atelier of Illustration and Graphics), Kája Saudek & 60’s, Drawetc, Monstrkabaret Freda Brunolda, Pavel Ryška, comics collector Kamil Bernášek, Lucie Lomová, Renata Fučíková, Comics Centrum, Seqoy, Mot, Hura.cz, LIN_C (A), Voleman, Černá sanitka / Black ambulance, George contest with Moleskine notebooks etc.

EPILOGUE

Monday November 10th

• (18:00) KOMIKSFEST! 2008 AFTERDRINK / visual remix and meeting with Muriel award winners / Café DOX, Holešovice, Poupětova 1

KOMIKSFEST! RECOMMENDS

• Bimba / Dobrodružství Bohumila Konečného / The adventures of Bohumil Konečný / exhibition, Obecní dům, Náměstí Republiky 5 (until 11.1.2009)
• Pixy / theatre performance based on comics by Max Andersson, Ježek & Čížek ensemble, premiere 15.11. (19:00, repeat 16.11.), Prostor Skutečnost, Francouzská 76
• Anča a Pepík, puppet show based on comics adventures of two little mice, Buchty a Loutky ensemble, premiere 29. 11. (15:00 and 17:00), Švandovo divadlo, Štefánikova 57
• Strach(y) ze tmy / Fear(s) of the Dark, film
  1.11. (20:00), kino Aero, Biskupcova 31
  24. 11. (19:00) Palace Cinemas Slovanský dům, Na příkopě 22