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Karlovy Vary 2025 / Proxima

16 articles available in total starting from 26/06/2025. Last article published on 17/07/2025.

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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

Review: TrepaNation

Review: TrepaNation

Syrian refugee and director Ammar al-Beik has spent ten years filming his life in Germany, and compiled an almost four-hour essay on uprooting, loss and longing  

11/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Proxima

Gabrielė Urbonaitė • Director of Renovation

Interview: Gabrielė Urbonaitė • Director of Renovation

“There's something magical about the way celluloid captures not only light, but also the energy that people bring onto the set”

We talked to the Lithuanian director about her debut feature, hinging on a couple who move into a new flat amidst renovation works that upend their lives  

11/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Proxima

Review: Action Item

Review: Action Item

Paula Ďurinová’s observational-essayistic hybrid documentary reframes mental health problems as a systemic condition, rather than an individual struggle  

11/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Proxima

Review: Renovation

Review: Renovation

Gabrielė Urbonaitė’s solo feature debut delivers a satisfying relationship dramedy that jumps into the nuances of having one’s status quo shaken up  

10/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Proxima

Review: They Come Out of Margo

Review: They Come Out of Margo

The eighth feature by Alexander Voulgaris is an idiosyncratic, experimental horror-musical that works best on a subconscious and visceral level  

10/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Proxima

Maria Rigel • Director of Thus Spoke the Wind

Interview: Maria Rigel • Director of Thus Spoke the Wind

“The Armenian language is inherently poetic”

The director discusses generational conflict, symbolic characters, Armenian identity and the emotional impact of music in her film  

10/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Proxima

Review: Thus Spoke the Wind

Review: Thus Spoke the Wind

Maria Rigel’s film is a visually compelling, if underwritten, work that explores resistance to change in an Armenian village  

09/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Proxima

Review: Rain Fell on the Nothing New

Review: Rain Fell on the Nothing New

Steffen Goldkamp’s gritty drama follows a young man fresh out of juvenile prison, seeking to reflect on the structural pitfalls leading to inescapable cycles  

09/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Proxima

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