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REPORT: Karlovy Vary 2025

Cineuropa is covering the 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival live with reviews, interviews, news...

REPORT: Karlovy Vary 2025

71 articles available in total starting from 07/03/2025. Last article published on 18/07/2025.

João Rosas • Director of The Luminous Life

Interview: João Rosas • Director of The Luminous Life

"My main character is built on doubt, rather than certainty"

The director unpicks his movie, which continues to build the fictional universe of Nicolau, a world he has developed since the character's childhood through short films  

18/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Competition

KVIFF Industry Days focuses on creative control in European and global series development and production

KVIFF Industry Days focuses on creative control in European and global series development and production

Writers, producers and directors explored the evolving role of showrunners as well as the collaborative models available to facilitate writing  

17/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | KVIFF Industry Days

Pere Vilà Barceló • Director of When a River Becomes the Sea

Interview: Pere Vilà Barceló • Director of When a River Becomes the Sea

"My film is based on interviews with more than 100 women who were victims of gender-based violence"

We caught up with the director to talk about his movie, in which a young archaeology student is struggling to find her true calling all while recovering from an abusive relationship  

17/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Competition

Paula Ďurinová • Director of Action Item

Interview: Paula Ďurinová • Director of Action Item

“I wanted to recognise how the politics of destruction, violence and a crumbling democracy affect our mental health”

The Slovak-born, Berlin-based director talks about the making of her film, and her shift from character-driven storytelling to a collage approach  

17/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Proxima

Vojtěch Strakatý • Director of The Other Side of Summer

Interview: Vojtěch Strakatý • Director of The Other Side of Summer

“The desire to discover new worlds naturally brings in the mysterious and the magical”

The Czech director talks about subverting narrative clichés, experimenting with structure, and drawing inspiration from video games and vaporwave  

16/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Proxima

Nina Knag • Director of Don't Call Me Mama

Interview: Nina Knag • Director of Don't Call Me Mama

"I wanted to introduce a female character that would be complex and difficult to like"

We sat down with the Norwegian director to chat about her film, which examines the fragile interplay of power, desire and vulnerability through an intimate character study  

15/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Competition

Karlovy Vary reveals insights into the BBC’s approach to writer development

Karlovy Vary reveals insights into the BBC’s approach to writer development

Head of new writing Jessica Loveland detailed how the UK’s national broadcaster is supporting emerging and established writers  

15/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | KVIFF Industry Days

Vytautas Katkus • Director of The Visitor

Interview: Vytautas Katkus • Director of The Visitor

"Sometimes, people watching a film see different movies — I like that idea, and that kind of film"

The Lithuanian director gives us the low-down on his feature debut, in which a new father living in Norway returns to Lithuania to sell his parents’ flat after the death of his dad  

15/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Competition

KVIFF Industry Days explores how to navigate European series co-productions

KVIFF Industry Days explores how to navigate European series co-productions

Three experts unpacked the complex balance between creativity, funding and cross-cultural collaboration  

15/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | KVIFF Industry Days

Miro Remo • Director of Better Go Mad in the Wild

Interview: Miro Remo • Director of Better Go Mad in the Wild

"I focused on the wild elements within the twin brothers and was guided by magic moments"

We sat down with the Slovak director, who won the Crystal Globe at Karlovy Vary and who revealed that he went into €50,000 worth of debt when making his last two films  

15/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Competition

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