Come listen to the discussion or watch the film, remember and celebrate the principles of freedom, democracy and humanism. The 89-Ty Festival is an intimate city event, with which we commemorate the Gentle Revolution every year in Modra. The legacy of November 1989 is an opportunity for us to discuss contemporary social, political and cultural topics. They organize the festival Artforum Pezinok, Cultural center Modra and Michal Kaščák with the help of friends. Thank you for the financial support of the project City of Blue.
Main program:
14.11. at 18.00 h: Emília Sičáková-Beblavá and Ľubomír Morbacher – discussion
City library, Modra House of Culture
E. Sičáková-Beblavá is a Slovak anti-corruption expert, teacher, activist and was the first and long-term president of Transparency International Slovakia. She is the director of the Institute of Public Policy. In 2017, she was appointed a university professor.
Ľ. Morbacher is a graduate of the Faculty of Education of the Charles University in Bratislava. Until 2014, he worked at the Institute of National Remembrance in Bratislava, where he dealt with the documentation of the victims of the Iron Curtain in the years 1948-1989 and the mapping of the structures of the ŠtB in Slovakia. Since 2014, he has been cooperating with the Platform of European Memory and Conscience, based in Prague. He is the co-author of the book Crimes of Communism in Slovakia 1948 – 1989, which won the Dominika Tatarka Award in 2001.
The discussion will be moderated and co-commented by Adam Herceg. (admission optional)
November 16 at 6:00 p.m.: The story of Slovakia: What happened to our democracy?
Modra House of Culture, small hall
On the eve of the Gentle Revolution, we invite you to a discussion. Our invitation was accepted by the former Slovak prime minister, today a professor of sociology and dean of the Faculty of Mass Media of the Pan-European University, Iveta Radičová, and lawyer Roman Kvasnica, who persistently defends people whose basic human rights have been violated by state authorities. Michal Kaščák will talk with the guests about the (post)revolutionary events, the development or twilight of democracy, the crisis of the political regimes of the Eastern European states and the constant struggle for basic human rights. (admission optional)
November 16 at 8 p.m.: Beat or Nebeat - concert
Modra House of Culture, Za Oponou Club
To be or not to be - that is the question! The discussion will be followed by a concert in the intimate premises of the Klub za Opona. Bene and Roland Kaník from the band Modré hory released a new album together. Come and listen to their rap beats passing sometimes into slam poetry and storytelling, in which they search for an answer to the age-old question "beat or not beat?" (admission optional)
11/17 at 5:00 p.m.: Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo + Blue Maco
Mier Modra Cinema, €6 | CAN, FR 2023 | animated, family film
Six-year-old Dounia leaves war-torn Syria to find a new home with her grandparents. They have to overcome many obstacles along the way, but she knows she can count on a few magical blackberry seeds in her hand, as well as the help of the Princess of Aleppo.
November 17 at 7:30 p.m.: THE MAN WHO STANDED IN THE WAY
Mier Modra cinema, €6 | CR 2023 | drama, historical film
The gripping story of the doctor and politician František Kriegl captures the dramatic events of August 21, 1968, when he was arrested and kidnapped at night together with the main representatives of the Communist Party (Alexander Dubček, Oldřich Černík, Jozef Smrkovský, Jozef Špaček, Bohumil Šimon). He was the only Czechoslovak politician who stood up to Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev in captivity and under the threat of liquidation and did not sign the Moscow Protocol, a document that signified consent to the occupation of Czechoslovakia.
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