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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
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76 articles available in total starting from 07/03/2025. Last article published on 19/11/2025.

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

Ondřej Provazník • Director of Broken Voices

Interview: Ondřej Provazník • Director of Broken Voices

"We wanted to create a world that you can trust - one that would be fragile and gentle, yet also threatening and suspenseful"

We caught up with the Czech director to discuss his Special Jury Mention-winning film, a deeply affecting work about a scandal in a girls' choir  

15/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Competition

KVIFF attendees get the low-down on the 2025 Nostradamus Report

KVIFF attendees get the low-down on the 2025 Nostradamus Report

Commissioned by the Göteborg Film Festival, the annual report urges the film industry to confront instability with resilience and adaptability  

14/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | KVIFF Industry Days

Gözde Kural • Director of Cinema Jazireh

Interview: Gözde Kural • Director of Cinema Jazireh

“I didn’t want one story, but rather a small world of memory and resilience”

The Turkish director unveils the challenges of filming her second feature in Afghanistan and speaks out about the oppression faced by both genders under the Taliban  

14/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Competition

How to win over audiences in the streaming era: marketing insights from KVIFF

How to win over audiences in the streaming era: marketing insights from KVIFF

Mathias Noschis from Alphapanda explored how effective series marketing relies on familiarity, audience insight and platform-specific, evolving strategies  

14/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | KVIFF Industry Days

Series review: Absolute 100

Series review: Absolute 100

The Serbian miniseries created by Ivan Knežević and Srdan Golubović follows a 19-year-old rifle champion who impulsively uses her unique skillset to protect her family  

14/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Special Screenings

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