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1089 articles available in total starting from 26/09/2013. Last article published on 18/09/2026.

Martina Buchelová • Director of Lover, Not a Fighter

Interview: Martina Buchelová • Director of Lover, Not a Fighter

“The film’s documentary feel represents an aesthetic choice, not a lack of control“

The Slovak director reflects on how her film looks to reframe serious social and generational concerns through an accessible romantic form  

09/07 | Karlovy Vary 2026 | Proxima

Šimon Holý • Director of Chica Checa

Interview: Šimon Holý • Director of Chica Checa

“This film has become a highly political appeal for individual freedom”

The Czech director chatted with us about turning queer identity, drag culture and rural family comedy into mainstream cinema, shaped by “radical positivity” and “radical hope”  

09/07 | Karlovy Vary 2026 | Competition

KVIFF Promises unveils its award winners

KVIFF Promises unveils its award winners

The Swedish-Danish project Selamlik and the Ukrainian title Reminiscence have emerged among the main victors in the Czech festival’s industry platform  

08/07 | Karlovy Vary 2026 | KVIFF Industry Days

Review: Lover, Not a Fighter

Review: Lover, Not a Fighter

Martina Buchelová’s feature film debut turns a turbulent romance into a loose, semi-documentary-style, Gen Z mosaic of intimacy, anxiety and comic disarray  

07/07 | Karlovy Vary 2026 | Proxima

Review: Chica Checa

Review: Chica Checa

In Šimon Holý’s warm, intergenerational dramedy, a son’s hidden drag persona becomes the catalyst for a widowed mother’s late-life reawakening and hard-won acceptance  

06/07 | Karlovy Vary 2026 | Competition

Hugo Rosák • Head of Industry Programmes, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Interview: Hugo Rosák • Head of Industry Programmes, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

“We decided to put more energy into the places where we can genuinely help, and that usually means earlier in the process”

The industry strand head talks about the changes to KVIFF Industry, and the festival’s ambition to cultivate a broader ecosystem for filmmakers and producers across the region  

02/07 | Karlovy Vary 2026 | KVIFF Industry Days

Peter Bebjak readies the mystery thriller miniseries Becoming Kafka

Peter Bebjak readies the mystery thriller miniseries Becoming Kafka

A bloodstained Franz Kafka wakes up in Prague in 1908 as the prime suspect in a ritual murder in an upcoming miniseries merging historical fiction, existential dread and crime storytelling  

29/06 | Production | Funding | Czech Republic/Slovakia

Karel Och • Artistic director, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Interview: Karel Och • Artistic director, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

“Karlovy Vary still has the power to create focused discussion”

The artistic director reflects on how the jubilee edition reconnects the Czech festival with its archival legacy and openness to world cinema  

25/06 | Karlovy Vary 2026

David Balda • Director of Manipulation

Interview: David Balda • Director of Manipulation

“The manipulators are trying to steal the main role from each other”

The Czech filmmaker speaks about the origins of the project, the construction of its secret society and why he sees manipulation itself as the movie’s true protagonist  

25/06 | /Czech Republic/Italy/Germany

Slovakia’s audiovisual industry contracted in 2025 but maintained its international profile

Slovakia’s audiovisual industry contracted in 2025 but maintained its international profile

A year of fewer productions nevertheless yielded major festival berths and robust local admissions for Slovak titles, and saw continued reliance on the Czech-Slovak financing corridor  

24/06 | Industry | Market | Slovakia

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