All Karlovy Vary articles
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Reviews‘Rain Catcher’ review: A London street photographer loses his grip on reality in intriguing, twisty neo-noir
Dudley O’Shaughnessy impresses in Michele Fiascaris debut feature, premiering in Karlovy Vary’s Proxima competition.
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Reviews‘Hijamat’ review: Jafar Panahi produces Nader Saeivar’s disjointed study of a Turkish immigrant family in Berlin
The fourth feature from Panahi collaborator and It Was Just An Accident co-writer Saeivar premieres in Karlovy Vary competition
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News‘Reminiscence’, ‘Selamlik’ lead Karlovy Vary 2026 industry winners
‘Reminiscence’ takes two prizes including special co-production development award.
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NewsArtef launches Main Character showcase for unproduced screenplays
The screenplays should tell European stories not widely represented on screen.
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Reviews‘Black Money For White Nights’ review: Absurdist drama reckons with Bulgaria’s culture of corruption
Directors Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov return to Karlovy Vary following their Crystal Globe-winning The Father
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Reviews‘The Lion At My Back’ review: Cypriot migrant drama is anchored by persuasive performances
Tonia Mishiali’s second feature makes its debut in Karlovy Vary’s Crystal Globe competition
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FeaturesDebut director Mads Mengel on casting his Karlovy Vary competition title ‘The Guest’: “I was so nervous the first time I met Trine Dyrholm”
The film is a tense drama about a matriarch who shows up unannounced at a family gathering
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FeaturesHow Russia’s invasion of Ukraine reshaped Karlovy Vary premiere ‘Black Money And White Nights’
The film, which is competing for the Crystal Globe award, is the Bulgarian directing duo’s fifth feature
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Reviews‘The Guest’ review: Trine Dyrholm is magnetic at the heart of knotty Danish domestic drama
Mads Mengel’s feature debut premieres in Karlovy Vary’s Crystal Globe competition
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FeaturesCypriot director Tonia Mishiali on her Karlovy Vary premiere ‘The Lion At My Back’: “My actress disappeared six weeks before the shoot”
Mishiali’s second feature is part of this year’s main competition at the festival
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NewsRobert Richardson discusses ‘The Movie Critic’ breakdown, “fresh” next Tarantino film
Richardson is the subject of Karlovy Vary documentary ‘Robert Richardson: The White Devil’.
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NewsJesse Eisenberg confirms ‘The Debut’ autumn festival launch, teases new A24 series
EXCLUSIVE: A24 series will be adapted from Eisenberg’s short stories, produced by Peter Rice.
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NewsDustin Hoffman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, eclectic medley kick off Karlovy Vary’s 60th edition
Hoffman advocates for “film festivals… that help support and inspire actors and filmmakers.”
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FeaturesCzech filmmaker Šimon Holý on how his Karlovy Vary premiere ‘Chica Checa’ shows “otherness is not only about queerness”
The film is part of this year’s Crystal Globe competition
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News‘Five Years, Four Months’: exclusive first trailer for Karlovy Vary contender
The Colombia-US co-production is the second feature from Gelacio and García and is the first Colombian film at Karlovy Vary.
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News‘A Happy Family’: exclusive trailer for first Swiss film in Karlovy Vary main competition
EXCLUSIVE: Jan-Eric Mack’s film is a social drama exploring poverty and inequality in Switzerland.
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News‘The Lion At My Back’: first trailer for Tonia Mishiali’s Karlovy Vary competition title
The film follows a teenage Senegalese asylum seeker crosses paths with a 40-year-old Cypriot woman quietly trying to rebuild her life.
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NewsDustin Hoffman, Juliette Binoche, Jeffrey Wright join Karlovy Vary honorees
Cinematographer Robert Richardson also to be honoured; Harvey Keitel to attend festival.
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NewsCristina Grosan’s mob drama ‘Lesdenzero’ among Karlovy Vary Central European projects
Festival selects eight books for inaugural Book-to-Screen programme.
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News‘Hijamat’: first trailer for Nader Saeivar’s Karlovy Vary title produced by Jafar Panahi
Saeivar’s recent work includes co-writing It Was Just An Accident with Jafar Panahi, which was nominated for two Oscars.