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Karlovy Vary Features
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Features20 films to watch from the 2025 summer festivals
Includes titles from Locarno, Edinburgh, Annecy, Karlovy Vary, Transilvania, Munich and Fantasia.
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FeaturesGözde Kural talks Afghanistan-set ‘Cinema Jazireh’: “Every partner had to be convinced one by one”
Turkish director’s sophomore feature, which world premieres at Karlovy Vary, is a co-production between Turkey, Iran, Romania and Bulgaria.
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FeaturesWhy the role of festival manager has become more significant for a successful film launch
Competition for festival slots is becoming fiercer than ever as filmmakers look to secure distribution.
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FeaturesNelicia Low explains how fencing and brotherly love inspired her Karlovy Vary premiere ‘Pierce’
Singaporean director’s feature debut premieres this week in main competition at Karlovy Vary
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FeaturesLilja Ingolfsdottir talks divorce drama ‘Loveable’: “I wanted to challenge the narrative of break-ups”
Norewegian director’s debut feature world premieres this week at Karlovy Vary Film Festival.
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FeaturesUkrainian soldier and director Oleh Sentsov on his “immersive” battlefield documentary ‘Real’
World premiering at Karlovy Vary, the documentary takes place in real time over 90-minutes within the confines of one Ukrainian-held trench.
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Features14 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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FeaturesWho 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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FeaturesPascal 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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FeaturesNaqqash Khalid on his UK debut ‘In Camera’: “I’m not interested in a more palatable version”
Khalid’s debut feature, starring Nabhaan Rizwan, premieres at Karlovy Vary.
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FeaturesItsaso Arana on her Karlovy Vary title ‘The Girls Are Alright’: “Don’t be fooled by its apparent summery lightness”
Film world premieres on July 1 in festival’s Crystal Globe Competition.
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Features17 films to watch from the summer festivals
Screen tracks the films from the summer festivals with strong word-of-mouth and positive reviews.
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FeaturesHow film festivals are navigating the international boycott of Russia
Some festivals are looking to encourage dialogue between the warring countries.
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Features‘A Room Of My Own’ filmmakers hope their Karlovy Vary contender will liberate Georgian women
The film is co-written by lead Taki Mumladze, alongside director Ioseb ‘Soso’ Bliadze.
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FeaturesKarlovy Vary artistic director Karel Och addresses the new ‘Czech Intimacy’ filmmaking manifesto
“A detailed, elaborate, radical statement on the state of contemporary cinema.”
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FeaturesDirector Andreas Horvath on his Karlovy Vary doc ‘Zoo Lock Down’: “The animals are like actors on a stage”
Austrian filmmaker’s latest is a lockdown profile of the inhabitants of Salzburg Zoo.
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Features‘America’ director Ofir Raul Graizer: “This obsession with fast editing is terrible…it’s killing storytelling”
The Israeli filmmaker’s follow up to The Cakemaker plays in competition this week Karlovy Vary.
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FeaturesDirector Tomasz Wasilewski on ‘Fools’: “I wanted to make a film about the most difficult love I could imagine”
Polish filmmaker’s latest work world premieres at Karlovy Vary.
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FeaturesKarlovy Vary 2021: Why Sonja Tarokić focused on warring teachers for her debut feature ‘The Staffroom’
Starring Marina Redžepovic, ‘The Staffroom’ chronicles petty cliques and power struggles between both teachers and parents.
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FeaturesKarlovy Vary 2021: Philip Barantini talks filming ‘Boiling Point’ in one take
Boiling Point is based on a 2019 BIFA-nominated short, with both versions starring Stephen Graham and shot in one take.