Provided you had a student or journalist accreditation, it was possible to beg at the entrance of each room and bargain a free entrance to see the less requested films. A schedule of screenings and tickets are available at the Hotel Thermal. The weather is the second test for the film festival fan. Not only from the ground springs, but also from the sky. And this year was no exception, it was raining from the very first minute to the very last.
Accommodation is another priority on the agenda.
Cedok, at the corner of Bechera and Moskevska or at Karla IV 1, can help you locate a private room. For lower budgets, several youth hostels around the city offer doubles for Kc 300. I recommend the woodsy setting of Juniorhotel Alice, south of town near Brezova at Petiletky 1. To get there take Bus 7 from the bus center, or walk through the park and turn left on Brezova. The old days of the 60s and 70s when people were camping on the lawn in front of the Hotel Thermal, the ugly building that hosts a majority of the movies, are over.