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NewsKarlovy Vary Film Festival unveils 2025 official selection
Lineup for Czech festival’s 59th edition includes new features by Bence Fliegauf, Miro Remo and Ondřej Provazník.
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Reviews‘Caravan’ review: A mother and her disabled son take to the road in Italy
Czech debut from Zuzana Kirchnerova is born from her own personal experience and her Cinefondation-winning short
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NewsJiri Bartoska, Czech actor and Karlovy Vary president, dies aged 78
The popular Bartoska had been festival president since 1994.
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NewsCzech road movie ‘Caravan’ secures French deal for Alpha Violet
EXCLUSIVE: The Un Certain Regard title is about a woman whose life is transformed for the better when she heads to Italy with her son.
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FeaturesEight standout titles at Cartoon Movie 2025
‘Rose And The Marmots,’ ‘The Twilight World,’ ‘Short Stories About Love And Space’ among the much-anticipated projects in Cartoon Movie.
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NewsNew Europe boards Berlinale Generation Kplus animation ‘Tales From The Magic Garden’ (exclusive)
Stop-motion film is based on children’s fairytale book that celebrates the art of storytelling.
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NewsRevamped Czech Audiovisual Fund to back series and games as well as films
Estimates suggest CAF’s budget will increase by 35% to around €84m a year thanks to levies and investment obligations.
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NewsCzech film and TV rebate to increase to 25%
Audivisual Act includes sees incentive for features rising to 25% and introduction of new animation rebate worth 35%
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News‘Dogspiracy’ dog abuse documentary acquired for international sales (exclusive)
Paul Crompton’s film explores the hidden world of dog abuse.
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NewsCoccinelle takes on sales for Tallinn competition title ‘Girl America’ (exclusive)
Directed by Viktor Tauš, Girl America is based on a true story of a young woman raised in Czechoslovakian orphanage.
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NewsFilmotor picks up DOK Leipzig world premiere ‘Morichales’ (exclusive)
Chris Gude’s docu-fiction follows a fictional explorer as he travels along the Amazon’s Orinoco river.
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NewsCzech industry calls for increase in production incentives to 25%
The Czech Audiovisual Producers´ Association says current 20% offer is not competitive enough.
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Reviews‘Tiny Lights’: Karlovy Vary Review
Delicate Czech drama spends a day in the life of a six-year-old girl as she navigates family discord
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News“Be very attentive when shooting with a child”: Czech director Beata Parkanová on ‘Tiny Lights’
Parkanová previously won the best director award at Karlovy Vary for her 2022 film Word.
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NewsKarlovy Vary’s industry strand Eastern Promises unveils 2024 winners
Winners come from festival’s works in progress and development programmes.
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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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Reviews‘Living Large’: Karlovy Vary Review
Annecy Jury Prize-winning animation about a plus-sized adolescent comes to Karlovy Vary
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NewsPeter Hoogendoorn on the personal story behind his Karlovy Vary premiere ‘Three Days Of Fish’
Dutch director’s second feature premieres in festival’s Crystal Globe competition.
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NewsChristine Vachon, Mubi’s Jason Ropell, EFA’s Fatih Abay headline Karlovy Vary industry programme
The programme also includes the Eastern Promises project pitches.
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News"It is enlightening and challenging": Karlovy Vary's Karel Och on working with a young programming team
Czech festival kicks off its 58th edition on Friday (June 28).