FAQ: What do you need to see&know

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Select one of the accreditation options, and then pick up your accreditation card before attending your first screening. This will give you access to the entire festival programme (except for Max Cooper and Gufrau feat. Victor Kal concerts that require special tickets).

You can pick up your accreditation card on the following dates and times:

• Arts Centre of Palacký University | Konvikt – Univerzitní 3 | Carolina – 1st floor
  Here you can pick up the following accreditations: Basic and Teleport
  Tuesday 28 April | 8 AM to 10 PM
  Wednesday 29 April – Saturday 3 May | 9 AM to 10 PM
  Sunday 3 May | 9 AM to 3 PM

If you have one of the cosmic accreditations (Star or Supernova), the same dates and times apply but the pick-up spot is at the Guest Service on the third floor of Konvikt.

• Metropol Cinema | Sokolská 25 | Vestibule
  Here you can pick up ONLY THE BASIC ACCREDITATION
  Tuesday 28 April – Sunday 3 May
  you can pick up basic accreditations always 30 minutes before each festival film screening.
  Tuesday 28 April – Sunday 3 May
  
  
• Horní náměstí | in front of city hall
  Here you can pick up ONLY THE BASIC ACCREDITATION
  Tuesday 28 April – Saturday 2 April | 10 AM to 6 PM
  Sunday 3 May | 10 AM to 4 PM

⚠ TELEPORT AND COSMIC ACCREDITATIONS CAN ONLY BE PICKED UP AT KONVIKT! ⚠

There are two seat reservation options at AFO:

1) For events labelled “Reservation required”, anyone who has already created a festival accreditation for AFO 61 can reserve their seat through their festival profile.

2) Holders of Teleport accreditation and cosmic accreditations can reserve a seat in the majority of the programme events after logging in to their profile. Each event shows how many places are still available in the venue. 

⚠ Important info ⚠

• Reservations can be made, changed or cancelled only up to 2 hours before the start of the particular event.
• Each reservation is valid only up to 10 minutes before the event starts. If not redeemed by that time, the reservation is forfeited and the vacant seats are offered to visitors without a reservation.
• The reservation system will be available from 24 April 2026.
• Not all seats at the venues can be reserved, and we always leave some of them open for visitors with basic accreditation.

You can get accredited for the AFO festival for free; however, you can purchase the music programme accreditation or Teleport accreditation, which allows you to reserve 2 programme blocks per day. Although, the most beneficial are the Cosmic accreditations Star and Supernova, which come with a range of rewards. Just beware – they are on sale only until 26 April 2026.

For more information, visit the ACCREDITATION page.

AFO has three basic types of accreditation:

1) Free festival accreditation Start – It will allow you access to the Festival Centre, all films, lectures, guided tours, panel discussions and the AFO Junior programme within the capacity of the particular venue.

2) Teleport accreditation – Are you tired of waiting in queues with uncertain results? Buy a Teleport accreditation for 599 CZK for the whole festival and you can reserve your seat for two programme blocks per day. Save time and teleport to the cinema halls!

3) Cosmic accreditations – For a one-time amount of 1 499 or 2 299 CZK, you will get the option to reserve seats at the festival’s events, and many other rewards, discounts and benefits. Support the festival and become part of our AFO universe!

4) Tickets for individual concerts (Max Cooper’s AV show at the Hussite Church and GUFRAU feat. Victor Kal on the courtyard garden (Parkán)) are available through GoOut. The rest of the programme on the courtyard garden (Parkán) as part of MUSIC IS SCIENCE is free for all visitors with festival accreditation.

The main source of information on the Festival programme is our website. It provides visitors with all the important information. And by signing in to your account, you will be able to customize your own individual program (this feature will be available from 24 April 2026; the same applies to bookings with space accreditations).

We will also issue a small number of the printed programme booklets.

AFO has its own Facebook and Instagram profiles which will inform you about the most interesting issues, the goings-on, what awaits you in the programme, where to find AFOSPOTS as well as photos and videos from the Festival.

Olomouc is accessible via train and bus (almost every hour, there are trains and buses coming to Olomouc from Prague, Ostrava, Břeclav, Brno etc.). In Olomouc, you may use public transport, or, if you are coming with a car, you may browse our overview of the parking lots near the Festival venues. For information on individual Festival locations, visit this link.

• Olomouc Public Transport Timetables 
• Parking in Olomouc

Olomouc offers plenty of accommodation. You can choose from hostels, hotels and other places near our screening venues. You will find an overview of our screening venues right here.

All Festival locations are wheelchair accessible except for the Corpus Christi Chapel. And if you have an assistant with you, you should know that a paid cosmic accreditation is necessary only for one person – your assistant’s accreditation is for free.   

As a registered visitor of our Festival, you have the option to buy refreshments from our partners. Feel free to visit the wide range of our partner bases designated as AFOSPOTS. Stop by for lunch, coffee, a glass of wine or beer. AFOSPOTS of 2026:

• Pikola
• Faency Fries
• Bugr Burgr
• KYŌMI
• UPoint
• Café na cucky
• Ladíme se Zu
• MARNE

Make this year’s AFO truly unforgettable at this must-visit shop. Step into this cosmic merchandise oasis, with both new arrivals and favourites from previous years. The shop is open daily at Carolina in the Festival Centre at Konvikt.

AFOSHOP opening hours
Tuesday 28 April– Saturday 2 May | 9 AM – 10 PM
Sunday 3 May | 9 AM – 4 PM

Discover limited-edition T-shirts, socks, bags, upcycled fanny packs, backpacks, and other festival gems. You’ll also find a curated selection of top science publications. No true AFO geek would leave these behind – not even on a deserted island… or another planet.

The AFO organisational team strives to reduce the Festival’s ecological footprint with each new year, and it offers its visitors the opportunity to participate as well. On all Festival venues, you can find waste bins with which you can separate your trash, you may munch on vegan treats in the Atrium bar, and you can get your drink into a washable cup. For more information, visit the AFO Sustainability page.

Smoking is banned at all Festival venues and premises. After all, the Festival takes place on University premises which could catch fire. 

At the Festival Centre, i.e. in the bar and our shop, we accept both cash and credit cards. 

If you lose something (phone, wallet, yourself), make for the direction of Accreditations at the Festival Centre in the Carolina Hall.