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Sakis Kontos


140 articles available in total starting from 25/03/2005. Last article published on 12/06/2007.

Film Festival Cottbus prepares a “Hungarian Year”

“Focus New Cinema from Hungary” will be the main theme of this year’s 15th edition of Film Festival Cottbus, Germany, November 8-12, the organizers of the event announced during the Karlovy Vary...  

05/07/2005 | Festivals | Karlovy Vary

Slovenian cinema seek old ties for better "Tuning"

To the Karlovy Vary Film Festival faithful Slovenian cinema is almost completely unknown. At best, Slovenia is remembered as one of the production country of Danis Tanovic’s hit No Man’s Land back...  

04/07/2005 | Festivals | Karlovy Vary

"East of the West Panel" premiered in Karlovy Vary

As the saying goes, 'if you build it they will come' (Field of Dreams, Ray Kinsella, 1989). And so they did. Countries from the so-called former Eastern Europe "built" an initiative called "East...  

04/07/2005 | Festivals | Karlovy Vary

"Independents" take front seat in Karlovy Vary

With the 40th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival opening its doors to the industry guests and the public on July 1, the focus turns inevitably to the filmmakers. More than 220 films will be...  

01/07/2005 | Festivals | Czech Republic

Interview: Jiri Bartoska • President of Karlovy Vary F.F.

"A meeting point for people of the industry"

30/06/2005

Czecho-Slovak City of the Sun in Karlovy Vary

“A true film about true people”. That’s how a critic described Martin Sulik’s tragic comedy The City of the Sun or Working Class Heroes (“Slunecni stat aneb hrdinove delnicky tridy”), which has...  

20/06/2005 | Festivals | Czech Republic

“Horizons” set to attract the crowds at Karlovy Vary

The official selection – competition is by definition the one to attract the attention of the media and the guests’ in a film festival. For “film hungry” Czech audiences though their own Karlovy...  

17/06/2005 | Festivals | Czech Republic

“East of the West” debuts in Karlovy Vary

“All festivals that respect themselves must have a section where films east of Vienna are viewed separately” commented one of the Karlovy Vary guests last year. That was an off the record comment...  

16/06/2005 | Festivals | Czech Republic

10 Europeans to compete at Karlovy Vary

The countdown for the 40th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival started Monday when the festival’s president Jiri Bartoska presented the films in the official competition and confirmed the...  

14/06/2005 | Festivals | Czech Republic

International career for stars of Snowboarders

Snowboarders’s huge domestic box office success has started a chain reaction of pleasant aftershocks for its creators. Director Karel Janak has already secured finance and is busy preparing two...  

10/06/2005 | Production | Czech Republic

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