The 57th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, a non-specialized festival with two competitive categories, took place from June 30th to July 8th. It was organized by Film Servis Festival Karlovy Vary, a.s., with Jiří Bartoška as the president of the festival, Karel Och as its artistic director, Kryštof Mucha as the executive director and Petr […]
At the opening ceremony of the 57th Karlovy Vary IFF a new festival trailer starring JohnnyDepp was introduced to the audience. You can now watch the new festival trailer at the festival’s streaming platform KVIFF.TV. “Two years ago, Johnny Depp received an immensely warm welcome from audiences and fans, thanks to which he has become […]
ANOTHER BIRTH. IRANIAN CINEMA, HERE AND NOW.The 57th KVIFF celebrates independent Iranian cinema with a selection of singular works made in the past four years. Collectively these works offer an insightful testimony of the burning creativity of Iran’s artists in face of the challenging reality. Nine mostly young filmmakers – urgent, unheard, voices – who […]
The 56th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, a non-specialized festival with two competitive categories, took place from July 1st to July 9th this year. It was organized by Film Servis Festival Karlovy Vary, a.s., with Jiří Bartoška as the president of the festival and Karel Och as its artistic director. The 57th Karlovy Vary IFF […]
NEW TALENT PLATFORM KVIFF TALENTS The organizers of the Karlovy Vary IFF are expanding the festival’s portfolio of activities aimed at systematically supporting filmmakers with a new talent platform: KVIFF Talents. The objective of the year-around program is to identify talented filmmakers and to support the creation of creative audiovisual projects with international ambitions possessing […]
The 55th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, a non-specialized festival with two competitive categories, took place from August 20th to August 28th this year. It was organized by Film Servis Festival Karlovy Vary, a.s., with Jiří Bartoška as president of the festival and Karel Och as an artistic director. The 56th Karlovy Vary IFF will […]
The official selection of the 55th KVIFF, which takes place from 20 to 28 August, 2021, features 32 premieres. The films will make their bow in the fest’s two competitions and Special Screenings section. Karlovy Vary will also celebrate the work of The Film Foundation via an extensive tribute. In 2019, the festival adjusted the […]
“A perfect life is a perfect trap” – such could be the tagline describing the meticulously constructed psychological British-Canadian drama The Nest starring Jude Law. Part of the Borderline Films collective (tribute at KVIFF 2013), director Sean Durkin (Martha Marcy May Marlene) introduced the film to the public at this year’s Sundance festival in January. […]
In view of the ongoing lockdown announced by the government in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the special Karlovy Vary IFF 54½, originally scheduled for 18–21 November, will not take place. “When we announced the special Karlovy Vary IFF 54½, we were met with much enthusiastic feedback. People were looking forward to visiting Karlovy Vary to see new films at an unusual […]
The Father, an intimate family drama about the difficulties of connecting with those close to us, told through thoroughly conceived absurd or comic situations, is the winner of the Main Competition at the 54th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. The Bulgarian directing duo Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov, also known for their films The Lesson and Glory, accepted the […]