We’re serving up the ninth edition of the Summer Cinema at Pragovka – this time under the overarching theme of Mutual Benefits. This year, screenings will take place every Tuesday after dark in MaxSpace Hall, located behind the Permanent Beer Fest. Admission is free (voluntary contributions are welcome). Until the screening begins, you are welcome to visit Pragovka Gallery during its extended opening hours. Refreshments will be available from Permanent Beer Fest.
On 8 September we will screen Homeless Blues (70 min).
The film will be shown in its original language with English subtitles.
Documentary, Czech Republic, 2026
Directed by: Libuše Rudinská
Written by: Libuše Rudinská
On the northeastern edge of Prague, a unique social project called Homeless Blues was created ten years ago. The Prague 9 district decided not to push people experiencing homelessness away, but instead to offer them a chance: modular housing units, work opportunities, and the possibility of regaining dignity. The documentary follows several residents of this community over the course of one year: Margita, who finds support in animals after the death of her partner; Karel and Martin, a couple living under the railway tracks who decide to get married; Karel “the Carpenter,” a skilled craftsman unable to leave the settlement; and Hanka and Naďa, two women building a new home under a highway overpass. Their lives are connected by outreach worker Karel Valenta, the moral support of the entire community. The film is a quiet portrait of hope, fragile stability, and human dignity on the margins of society. (Source: Czech Film Center)
Because It’s About the Person / Barbora Petružálková
What would the ideal social service look like if its clients could design it themselves? Three people with long-term experience of homelessness, who keep falling through the cracks of the social support system, and one boy who still knows how to see the world – and the people in it – with his heart.
