Czech Public Remembers Karlovy Vary Festival Head Jiří Bartoška at Prague Funeral

There was no coffin in the Dvořák Hall of the Prague Rudolfinum. Just an improvised office with a hanging coat and an empty chair. Jiří Bartoška no longer sits in it so that he can manage the Karlovy Vary Film Festival. The long-time boss succumbed to a serious illness on May 8 at the age of 78, and the public had the opportunity to say goodbye to him for the last time on May 20, 2025. According to available information, about three thousand peo…

She throws a party and buys the flowers herself. Magdalena Sidonová is charming as Mrs. Dalloway in the new production of the Na zábradlí Theatre. The actress, loyal to this theatre for thirty years, looks back on all her years on the renowned Prague theatre scene. And she also returns to the very beginning, to the legendary director Petr Lébl. To the strength of his personality and to the love triangle of which she was a part. “It was torture, …

Prague - Hundreds of guests - family, actors, politicians, colleagues and collaborators - came to the Rudolfinum in Prague this evening for the private part of the farewell to actor and president of the Karlovy Vary Festival Jiří Bartoška. Before that, the public was able to say goodbye to the popular actor for seven hours, with thousands of people walking down the red carpet to the Rudolfinum with flowers.

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Czech public remembers Karlovy Vary festival head Jiří Bartoška at Prague funeral

A public farewell to Jiří Bartoška, celebrated Czech actor and longtime president of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, takes place today at Prague’s Rudolfinum. Bartoška died on May 8 at the age of 78 after a prolonged illness. From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., members of the public are invited to pay tribute to the beloved actor and face of the country’s most prestigious film fest. At the Rudolfinum’s Dvořák Hall, a memorial installation has …

A public farewell to Jiří Bartoška was held at the Rudolfinum in Prague on Tuesday. Hundreds of fans of the popular actor and president of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival arrived for the memorial event. Bartoška died on May 8 at the age of 78.