2003 – FESTIVAL ON THE CZECH TELEVISION – “ROOTS “
In 2003, the Czech Television crew arrived to Pilsen and under the direction of Radovan Urban a documentary film about folklore ensembles of the wider Pilsen Region and the International Folklore Festival Pilsen was created. The composer and musician Jaroslav Krcek guided the audience of the documentary through the whole programme. The ROOTS (“Koreny”) documentary featured folklore ensembles Jiskra and Mladina from Pilsen, Rokytka from Rokycany and Usmev from Horni Briza.
Participants of the 7th IFF Pilsen 2003
Pilsen ensembles
- Jiskra
- Jiskra 58 SOKOL Valcha Plzeň
- Jiskřička
- Meteláček a Malý Meteláček
- Mladinečka
- Mladinka a Mladinečka
- SOP (Spolek odvážných pedagogů)
Other Czech ensembles
- Lidová muzika z Chrástu
- Máječek
- Nisanka
- Národopisný soubor Postřekov
- Oldrzychowice
- Ostravička
- Úslaváček
Foreign ensembles
The festival is a regular member of the International Council of Organizations of Folklore Festivals and Folk Arts CIOFF.