Laskar Pelangi opened Festival Film Indonesia 2009 in Prague, Czech Republic, Tuesday (19/5) night. The festival was themed Retrospect of Riri Riza Films and was held at the City Library Hall Prague until May 21 2009.

The movie caught the attention of Oscar winner from Czech, Jiri Menzel. Press Officer to the Indonesian Embassy in Prague, Azis Nurwahyudi, said that government officials, diplomats, students from film schools and the general public attended the event’s opening.