Cycle Every Film is a Small Victory Restitution and repatriation of Ghanaian Art
On Monday, March 9, 2026, at 6 p.m., the Ponrepo Cinema (Bartolomějská 11, Prague 1) will host another film evening from the series Every Film Is a Small Victory, focusing on the restitution and repatriation of Ghanaian art. Short films will be screened You Hide Me and You Can’t Hide Me.
The screening will be followed by a discussion with film director Nii Kwate Owoo and a panel on the current state of museum restitutions, featuring Vjera Borozan (AVU), Vojtěch Šarše (Center for African Studies, Charles University), Edwin Otta (Acra Art Week), Kafui Danku (National Film Authority of Ghana), and Kwesi Essel-Blankson (Ghana Museums & Monuments Board).
At 8:30 p.m., there will be a series of short documentaries and feature films by emerging Ghanaian filmmakers who address social and environmental issues in contemporary Ghanaian society. The screening will be followed by a discussion with the filmmakers and Edwin Otta (African Movie Box, Accra Art Week).
The program is organised in cooperation with the Institute of Contemporary History of the CAS with the support of the Academy of Sciences and the Programme Strategy AV21. Introductory words by H.E. Theresa Adjei-Mensah, Ghanaian Ambassador to the Czech Republic, and historian Jakub Mazanec (Institute of Contemporary History, CAS).