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1412 articles available in total starting from 04/10/2002. Last article published on 17/07/2025.

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

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

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

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

A Karlovy Vary industry event explores intimacy coordination and its growing role, with a focus on CEE

A Karlovy Vary industry event explores intimacy coordination and its growing role, with a focus on CEE

The members of the panel discussed the evolving role of intimacy coordinators, their impact on sets, and the need for better regulation in the Czech Republic  

14/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | KVIFF Industry Days

Miro Remo’s Better Go Mad in the Wild nets the Crystal Globe at Karlovy Vary

Miro Remo’s Better Go Mad in the Wild nets the Crystal Globe at Karlovy Vary

The French family drama Out of Love and Broken Voices, a Czech drama tackling sexual abuse within a youth choir, received two awards apiece  

14/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Awards

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