Prague’s outdoor film season continues this summer as Pragovka launches the ninth edition of its annual Summer Cinema, bringing a selection of European feature films and documentaries to the city’s former industrial complex. Running every Tuesday from June 16 through Sept. 15, the series will feature 13 screenings in MaxSpace Hall, an indoor industrial venue behind the Permanent Beer Fest, with free admission and voluntary contributions.
The 2026 edition is organized under the theme “Mutual Benefits” and places a strong emphasis on contemporary European cinema, ranging from documentaries and social dramas to dark comedies and award-winning international productions. While the program is primarily aimed at Czech-speaking audiences, several screenings will also be accessible to international viewers through English-language presentations or subtitles.
Visitors can also combine an evening at the cinema with a visit to Pragovka Gallery, which will remain open with extended hours before each screening. Food and drinks will be available from the adjacent Permanent Beer Fest throughout the season.
European cinema and festival collaborations
The series opens June 16 with the Academy Award-winning Danish-Czech documentary Mr. Nobody Against Putin, which follows a Russian schoolteacher who secretly documents the effects of wartime propaganda after the invasion of Ukraine. The documentary sets the tone for a program focused on contemporary European stories exploring politics, identity, family and social change.
According to curator Pavel Soušek, this year’s selection highlights recent European productions across both fiction and documentary filmmaking. The schedule includes Hungarian director György Pálfi‘s dark comedy Hen, Czech art market satire Is It Worth It!?, Spanish drama Do You Hear Me?, German biographical drama Dear Thomas, and Never Look Away, inspired by the life of painter Gerhard Richter.
The season also features several collaborative evenings with Prague-based film festivals. A screening presented with Polish Film Festival Prague showcases the Polish drama Three Stories of Love, while Bardzo fajný festival brings the relationship drama That’s Not My Film. Another partnership with Das Sommerkino, the summer edition of Das Filmfest, contributes German-language titles to the lineup.
The program concludes Sept. 15 with Danish comedy The Last Viking, starring Mads Mikkelsen and directed by Anders Thomas Jensen, closing nearly three months of weekly screenings.
Several screenings welcome international audiences
Although the majority of the program will be presented in original languages with Czech subtitles only, Pragovka has included several screenings that are accessible to international audiences living in Prague.
The Ukrainian science fiction drama U Are the Universe, screening June 23, will be presented in Ukrainian with both Czech and English subtitles. Set after the destruction of Earth, the film follows a lone Ukrainian space worker who establishes contact with a French scientist while drifting through the solar system, combining science fiction with an intimate story about isolation and hope.
Two additional screenings will be shown in English. On July 28, audiences can see the Irish comedy Four Mothers, which follows a writer unexpectedly left caring for four elderly women over one chaotic weekend. Later in the season, on Sept. 1, Bugonia arrives in English. Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons, the dark comedy centers on two conspiracy theorists who kidnap the CEO of a pharmaceutical company after becoming convinced she is an alien intent on destroying humanity.
The remaining films will generally be screened in their original languages with Czech subtitles. Screenings begin after dark, with start times gradually moving earlier as daylight shortens—from 9:30 p.m. in June to 7:30 p.m. for the final September screening. Admission remains free throughout the season, with voluntary contributions supporting the event.
As in previous years, the combination of contemporary European cinema, the industrial setting of the former Pragovka factory complex, and the opportunity to visit the gallery before each screening makes the annual series one of Prague’s distinctive summer cultural offerings. More info can be found at the official Pragovka website.
Summer cinema at Pragovka 2026 schedule
- June 16: Mr. Nobody Against Putin
- June 23: U Are the Universe
- June 30: Hen
- July 7: Do You Hear Me?
- July 14: Is It Worth It!?
- July 28: Four Mothers
- Aug. 4: Three Loves
- Aug. 11: It’s Not My Film
- Aug. 18: Dear Thomas
- Aug. 25: Never Look Away
- Sept. 1: Bugonia
- Sept. 8: Homeless Blues
- Sept. 15: The Last Viking
Lead photo: Facebook / Pragovka
