Ostrava ProTibet Festival in March

Published: 15.2.2026

The 25th annual ProTibet Festival will take place in Ostrava from March 1 to March 18. During the festival, visitors will meet journalist Tomáš Etzler, actor Vladimír Polák, Buddhist scholar Luboš Bělka, and singer Terez Wrau. There will be discussions and concerts at the Poklad Cultural Center in Poruba, the Pant Center, or the Minikinokavárna in the city center.

“We always organize the festival in March, when we annually commemorate the bloody suppression of the uprising in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet. The Tibetan uprising against Chinese occupation began on March 10, 1959, and more than 80,000 Tibetans paid for the rebellion with their lives. His Holiness the Dalai Lama was forced to flee to Indian exile,” says Jana Ďásková, director of the Ostrava association MOST ProTibet ('Bridge for Tibet), which has been organizing aid for Tibetan communities for 25 years, on behalf of the organizers.

“For twenty-five years, we have been building bridges between cultures and people. Come and find out what has changed, what has remained, and why the Tibetan issue still resonates. The ProTibet festival will take you on a journey full of stories, humor, and thought-provoking ideas,” invites Jana Ďásková, adding what festival visitors can specifically look forward to.

Minikino kavárna: Help of the Invisible – The Himalayan Oracle by Viliam Poltikovič. The film will provide an intimate and captivating insight into the remarkable and mysterious world of Himalayan oracles, which is completely unknown to the West. It can thus be an extraordinary experience for all thoughtful viewers – is our world not different than it seems at first glance?

DK Poklad: Tibet – the silence that speaks. Serious and frivolous about Tibetan matters with actor Vladimír Polák, Tibetologist Jarmila Ptáčková, journalist Tomáš Etzler and traveler Pavlína Adam in DK Poklad.

Živa Health and Education Center: Nuns from the Himalayas among us. How do young Tibetan nuns live in the mountainous wildernesses of the Himalayas? What are their traditions, culture and rituals that can help us too? Discussion with guests.

Pant Center: Buddhist scholar doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. will lecture on the topic: The Road Leads to Tibet. A week later, traveler Šárka Hermanová will share her experiences from her trip to Tibetan communities in India and from her meeting with the Dalai Lama.

Stará aréna: Benefit concert by charismatic singer Terez Wrau that will caress the soul.

The 25th anniversary of Ostrava-Tibetan friendship will be presented by a photo exhibition in the Forum Nová Karolina Shopping Center called Happy Stories of Tibet. It will open on March 1st and will last a whole month until March 31st.

More at www.protibet.cz.