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675 articles available in total starting from 27/07/2005. Last article published on 04/12/2025.

Is Central and Eastern European cinema following in the Nordics' footsteps?

Is Central and Eastern European cinema following in the Nordics' footsteps?

The region's untapped potential and growth need to be exploited to the fullest but controlled in order to avoid past mistakes, warns European Producers Club managing director Alexandra Lebret  

03/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | KVIFF Eastern Promises

Review: Waves

Review: Waves

Jiří Mádl intertwines personal drama and political intrigue against the backdrop of the Prague Spring and the Warsaw Pact invasion, creating a tale of journalistic heroism  

03/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Special Screenings

Review: Czechoslovak Architecture 58-89

Review: Czechoslovak Architecture 58-89

Jan Zajíček’s comprehensive documentary delves into the architectural legacy shaped during the Cold War, cannily blending dynamic cinematography, personal narratives and historical context  

03/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Special Screenings

Paula Ďurinová  • Director of Lapilli

Interview: Paula Ďurinová • Director of Lapilli

“In the total darkness of a cave, where there is no way to escape to another reality, any question can be asked”

The director discusses her exploration of grief and memory, the blending of autofiction and documentary essay, and the interdisciplinary influences on her feature debut  

02/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Proxima

Review: The Other One

Review: The Other One

Marie-Magdalena Kochová’s feature debut is an intimate but unvarnished coming-of-age documentary about a “glass child” exploring sisterhood and the weight of responsibility  

02/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Special Screenings

Adam Martinec  • Director of Our Lovely Pig Slaughter

Interview: Adam Martinec • Director of Our Lovely Pig Slaughter

“Humour opens up the audience's heart, making it easier to smuggle in the heavier moments”

The director discusses his use of the pig-slaughter tradition to explore generational and gender tensions, plus his influences from the Czechoslovak New Wave  

02/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Review: Lapilli

Review: Lapilli

Paula Ďurinová intertwines personal grief with environmental contemplation, offering a meditative documentary essay that reflects on loss and resilience through images of geological formations  

02/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Proxima

Review: Our Lovely Pig Slaughter

Review: Our Lovely Pig Slaughter

Debuting filmmaker Adam Martinec delivers a probe into Czech identity and generational conflict set against the fading tradition of domestic pig slaughter  

02/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Review: The Hungarian Dressmaker

Review: The Hungarian Dressmaker

Iveta Grófová takes us to wartime Bratislava in a solid period drama based on Peter Krištúfek’s novella Ema and the Death’s Head  

01/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Katarína Gramatová  • Director of A Good Mind Grows in Thorny Places

Interview: Katarína Gramatová • Director of A Good Mind Grows in Thorny Places

“I am not a fan of documentary films that just capture the moment, where there is no vision or ideas from a filmmaker”

The Slovakian director talks about gaining the trust of the protagonist of her short documentary, which will screen as part of EFP’s Future Frames at Karlovy Vary  

01/07/2024 | Future Frames 2024

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