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REPORT: Karlovy Vary 2026

Cineuropa is covering the 60th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival live with reviews, interviews, news...

REPORT: Karlovy Vary 2026
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68 articles available in total starting from 16/05/2026. Last article published on 22/07/2026.

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Arnas Balčiūnas • Director of Past The Hill Of Napoleon's Hat

Interview: Arnas Balčiūnas • Director of Past The Hill Of Napoleon's Hat

“You can’t escape your upbringing or your genes, no matter how you feel about them”

The Lithuanian director, fresh from unspooling a short at Cannes Critics' Week, talks about utilising the short form ahead of the screening of another of his works as part of EFP’s Future Frames  

03/07 | Future Frames 2026

Hae-Sup Sin • Director of Half Moon

Interview: Hae-Sup Sin • Director of Half Moon

“It was not easy to take multiple roles on set, but I learned so much about directing in the process”

The Swiss-Korean director talks to us about his moving and thoughtful exploration of identity and loss before it screens at Karlovy Vary as part of EFP’s Future Frames  

03/07 | Future Frames 2026

Teilo Quillard • Director of Zampano

Interview: Teilo Quillard • Director of Zampano

“Just like circus, cinema is all about creating an illusion”

As part of EFP’s Future Frames, the French director is ready to unspool his short circus drama about the fractured relationship between the title character and his father  

03/07 | Future Frames 2026

Ollie Launspach • Director of kiss kiss bang bang

Interview: Ollie Launspach • Director of kiss kiss bang bang

“Everything in our relationship was potential material; that was an interesting but also an uncomfortable place to be”

The Dutch director makes his own life the subject of a documentary as this short charting his gender transition comes to EFP’s Future Frames  

03/07 | Future Frames 2026

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

David Champaigne • Director of Self-Sown

Interview: David Champaigne • Director of Self-Sown

“This film is strongly connected to my personal reality and is deeply rooted in the memories of my youth”

The Slovenian-US director is poised to see his short film, a sweat-drenched coming-of-age tale, premiere as part of EFP’s Future Frames  

02/07 | Future Frames 2026

Júlia Coldwell Serra • Director of Nobody Barks

Interview: Júlia Coldwell Serra • Director of Nobody Barks

“How far can a person go in maintaining a lie in order to protect someone they love?”

The director unpicks her short film about a woman who accidentally runs over her nephew’s dog, which is part of EFP’s Future Frames initiative  

02/07 | Future Frames 2026

EXCLUSIVE: Poster for Karlovy Vary competition title 3 Weeks After

EXCLUSIVE: Poster for Karlovy Vary competition title 3 Weeks After

Serbian director Miroslav Terzić's secondary-school bullying drama is inspired by real events while not being based on any specific case  

02/07 | Karlovy Vary 2026 | Competition

Helmi Donner • Director of The Lightning Rod

Interview: Helmi Donner • Director of The Lightning Rod

“I wanted to convey an experience that would contain the magical and the mundane because that reflects how I see life”

After it saw success on the circuit – including a screening at Cannes as part of La Cinef in 2025 – the Finnish director takes her short film to Karlovy Vary as part of EFP’s Future Frames  

01/07 | Future Frames 2026

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

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