1. Jiřina Bohdalová will show up in the new intro

True to its tradition, the festival prepared a new intro with the winner of the KVIFF President Award, actress Jiřina Bohdalová. It’s director was Martin Krejčí, who has filmed with stars such as Jiří Menzel, Helen Mirren and Mel Gibson.

2. The Cremator will be presented digitally restored

Juraj Herz's luxury film The Cremator, one of the key works of the Czechoslovak New Wave of the 1960s, is prepared for the audience in digital form this year. At the same time, it will also be a tribute to the recently deceased filmmakers Juraj Herz and Stanislav Milota.

3. The new visual carries on the wave of optical illusion

This year, the key visual works with optical illusion, simple typography, and playing with numbers. The author of the design is graphic designer Jakub Spurný. In the case of the festival, you need to find the number 54 within the lines.

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4. The President Award will go to cinematographer Vladimír Smutný

Cinematographer Vladimír Smutný, the winner of seven Czech Lion awards for the best camera and the double winner of the Czech Film Critics' Prize, will receive the award for outstanding personalities of Czech film this year. Currently, he's also working as a professor at FAMU in Prague.

5. The festival will commemorate the famous director Yushuf Shahin

This year, the luxury work of the iconic Egyptian director Yousuf Shahin will be commemorated by a retrospective of eleven remastered films, from early works to classic pieces.

I didn't want to believe it!

How could this happen? Donald Trump also wondered: "Don't you have units in Paris that would be able to extinguish it?” The firefighters didn't have it easy. At 19:00 Paris experiences a daily traffic collapse and that was the case yesterday, too - fire trucks got stuck in traffic jams.

People kneeling in front of the building in flames, singing, praying and crying. Outside, the building looks like nothing is going on, while 400 firefighters do everything in their power to extinguish the fire. There's a sharp smell everywhere, and siren sounds are all over Paris. People feel helpless.

I went to Notre Dame. What are the streets like on April 16th?

The day after the fire, I'm heading for the 4th circuit of the eastern part of Paris to find out what the situation is like. From a distance, Notre Dame really seems like nothing happened here. Currently the area is partially closed, you cannot cross the Saint-Michel bridge or the Notre-Dame bridge, and the Au Change bridge is also marked with tape, the object is guarded by police. The areas around Notre Dame are crowded, everybody has a camera and news reporters are countless. The streets are absorbed by sadness, as if Paris has lost a part of itself. People are just shaking their heads.

The cause is still unknown and is being investigated. We can only hope that the reconstruction of Notre Dame will be successful and that life will return there again.

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The cathedral of the city's archdiocese of Notre Dame is a symbol of Paris and the most visited monument of France. The construction of this iconic building took nearly 200 years, from 1163 to 1345. Therefore, its architecture is not defined by a single style. It is one of the largest cathedrals in the world!