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Czech That Film Festival
Dear friends,
The time has come for another edition of the popular Czech That Film festival. After a great success last year of this yearly movie-watching treat in Orinda, we are happy to invite you to this year's event.
Festival will take place over two days between October 15 and 16 in Orinda. (See attached flyer) and will feature the most successful and best awarded Czech films of the last year. Firstly, it is Franz, the biopic about the great Czech writer Franz Kafka, shot on locations in Prague and directed by Oscar-winning director Agnieszka Holland.
The second night will feature the most talked-about movie of 2026, Broken Voices (Sbormistr), the scandalous story of a famous Czech choirmaster, based on an actual events, the account of which caught the attention of the entire nation.
All movies will be preceded by a Czech short film and all will be shown with English subtitles.
And here is a bonus! After a great demand we added one more show on October 17 at Santa Clara University, where we will screen Holidays on Four Wheels (Prázdniny s Broučkem) for families with children.
Tickets can be purchased at this link, or by the door on the day of show.
https://CTF2026.eventbrite.com
We hope to see you all AT THE MOVIES!
Pavel and Barbora Soltys, California Czech and Slovak Club
Citizen Diplomats Wanted
Czech Visiting Student Program
Visiting Students over the years
The Foundation has been proud to host a Czech student each Fall/Winter from Tabor at Miramonte High School for 22 years. A notice goes out to every high school in Tabor in November about applying to Orinda’s exchange program to study at Miramonte and live with an Orinda Host Family for any student aged from sixteen-eighteen. The student submits an English language autobiography in English, followed by an English language interview. The top five student essays are selected and forwarded to the Foundation Board. In their opinion, a number one student is recommended, and the final student is chosen.
All expenses are paid for our students by the Foundation, including airfare. Orindans have always generously agreed to be Host Families for this student’s six-month stay. It continues to be a mutually joyous event!
1999-2000 Barbora Batokova
2000 Petr Nemec
2000 Daniel Jancik
2000 Dominik Jancik
2005 Veronika Stepkova
2006 Michal Vasek
2007 Tereza Jandova
2008 Daniel Jancik
2009 Michaela Kopecka
2010 Martin
2011-2012 Stepanka
2012-2013 Michael Cizek
2013-2014 Roxana Rayova
2014-2015 Marek Fencl
2015-2016 Karel Balogh
2016-2017 Adam Kraus
2017-2018 Marek Vybiral
2018-2019 Marie Ruzickova
2019-2020 Erik Stoklasa
2021-2022 Denisa Dvorakova
2022-2023 Sofie Flaskova
2023-2024 Eliska Tumova