Various London locations

Don’t just carve your pumpkin this year – use it as a big orange canvas! Two of London’s Royal Parks are putting on free pumpkin painting sessions for kids in the lead-up to trick-or-treating night. Wear fancy dress for the occasion, and there’ll also be a Halloween treat up for grabs.  Sessions take place at Regent’s Bar & Kitchen, The Regent’s Park and Pavilion Café, Greenwich Park on October 29, 30 and 31. Sessions will take place at 10am and 2pm on 29 and 30 October, and at 10am, 11am, 1pm and 2pm on October 31.   

A month-long feast of contemporary Czech cinema, the Made in Prague Festival is back for its 30th edition with a thrilling selection of high-calibre dramas, comedies, docs and family films, hosted by venues including BFI IMAX, BFI Player, ICA, Regent Street Cinema, and The Garden Cinema. This year’s programme brings together two distinct strands: the first celebrating the legacy of the Czechoslovak New Wave, and the second showcasing a selection of acclaimed new Czech films, all accompanied by live introductions and post-screening discussions. Highlights include the award-winning documentary Better Go Mad in the Wild, which follows a pair of 60-year-old twin brothers as they ‘booze, banter and bicker’ in their remote home in the Šumava mountains; the Oscar-nominated Father, which tackles a phenomenon known as ‘Forgotten Child Syndrome’; and Changes, the latest film from acclaimed director David Ondříček, which builds on his cult comedy, Loners, bringing together seven characters navigating life in modern-day Prague, each finding themselves at a crossroads and taking stock of their relationships, careers and personal ambitions.