All Karlovy Vary articles
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News
Tinatin Kajrishvili’s ‘Citizen Saint’ named Georgia’s Oscar submission
Third feature premiered at Karlovy Vary.
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Features
14 films to watch from the summer festivals
Includes titles from Locarno, Edinburgh, Sheffield, Annecy, Karlovy Vary, Bifan, Karlovy Vary, New York Asian Film Festival, Galway and Fantasia.
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Pascal Plante’s Fantasia winner ‘Red Rooms’ scores US distribution deal (exclusive)
Film is repped by Montreal-based H264.
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Reviews
‘The Hypnosis’: Karlovy Vary Review
A professional woman undergoes hypnotherapy to surprising results in this Karlovy Vary prizewinner
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Karlovy Vary Proxima opener ‘The Lost Children’ scores world sales representation (exclusive)
The fantasy title follows a group of siblings stuck in an isolated house in a forest.
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‘Blaga’s Lessons’: Karlovy Vary Review
Karlovy Vary’s Crystal Globe winner is a tense thriller about an elderly Bulgarian woman who falls for a telephone scam
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Five major European film festivals unite on industry network Launchpad
Locarno, Thessaloniki, Tallinn, IFFR and Karlovy Vary are collaborating on the initiative.
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Stephan Komandarev’s ‘Blaga’s Lessons’ dominates Karlovy Vary 2023 winners
Prizes also for ‘The Hypnosis’, ‘Fremont’.
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Reviews
‘Fremont’: Karlovy Vary Review
An Afghan woman living in California dreams of new adventures in Babak Jalali’s fourth feature
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Features
Who are the new wave of Czech filmmakers looking to break out internationally?
Czech features including ’We Have Never Been Modern’ and ‘Restore Point’ have played at this week’s Karlovy Vary.
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Filmmakers and industry execs debate the future role of film academies in Europe
The European Film Academy hosted a series of conversations in Karlovy Vary.
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Reviews
‘The Girls Are Alright’: Karlovy Vary Review
Five women spend a week at a Spanish creative retreat in this delicate portrait of female friendship
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News
Czech Republic to introduce streamer levy and boost incentives for international shoots
Streamers to allocate 3.5% of revenues to Czech content and more will be available for international productions.
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Reviews
‘Red Rooms’: Karlovy Vary Review
A young woman becomes obsessed with a serial killer in this intense Canadian chiller
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News
Sahraa Karimi’s project ‘Flight From Kabul’ heads Karlovy Vary’s Eastern Promises awards
Other winners included Klára Tasovská’s documentary ’I’m Not Everything I Want To Be’
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Director Babak Jalali on subverting refugee stereotypes in his comedy drama ‘Fremont’
After successful US screenings at Sundance and SXSW, Fremont has its international premiere at Karlovy Vary.
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Reviews
‘Slow’: Karlovy Vary Review
A new couple navigate their sexual differences in this accomplished Sundance prize-winning drama
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‘Restore Point’: Karlovy Vary Review
Ambitious Czech thriller is set in a near future where dead bodies can be restored to life
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Features
Pascal Plante on his ‘anti-serial killer’ film ‘Red Rooms’: “Even if it is quite dark, it is not sadistic in the least”
Canadian director’s latest feature world premieres this week at Karlovy Vary and is the opening film of Fantasia Film Festival later in the month.
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Reviews
‘Empty Nets’: Karlovy Vary Review
German/Iranian director Behrooz Karamizade makes a powerful debut with his story of a young Iranian diver