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Karlovy Vary 2023


64 articles available in total starting from 30/05/2023. Last article published on 20/08/2024.

Kyros Papavassiliou  • Director of Embryo Larva Butterfly

Interview: Kyros Papavassiliou • Director of Embryo Larva Butterfly

"What does choice mean if you know what is going to happen in your life?"

The Cypriot director discusses his new film, set in a place where time doesn’t flow, where the days appear randomly in the past, the present, and the future  

10/07/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Proxima

Alexandru Solomon • Director of Arsenie. An Amazing Afterlife

Interview: Alexandru Solomon • Director of Arsenie. An Amazing Afterlife

"I hope that instead of seeking salvation in Heaven, we begin to correct issues here on Earth"

The Romanian filmmaker talks about his second documentary, which portrays Romania's obsession with Arsenie Boca, a priest, theologian, and mystic persecuted by the communist regime  

10/07/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Proxima

Emilie Brisavoine • Director of Keeping Mum

Interview: Emilie Brisavoine • Director of Keeping Mum

"Even if this is an intimate investigation of the relationship with my mother, our sufferings are universal"

The French director unpicks her second documentary, a captivating and poignant portrait of her mother and of the relationship between them  

10/07/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Proxima

Michèle Jacob  • Director of Lost Children

Interview: Michèle Jacob • Director of Lost Children

“Everyone has a monster inside them”

We talked to the Belgian director about her first feature and merciless trip into the subconscious  

10/07/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Proxima

Thomas Imbach  • Director of Say God Bye

Interview: Thomas Imbach • Director of Say God Bye

“I wanted to show that Godard is one of us”

The Swiss filmmaker talks about his latest documentary, a pilgrimage in search of Jean-Luc Godard  

10/07/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Proxima

REPORT: Work in Progress @ KVIFF Eastern Promises 2023

REPORT: Work in Progress @ KVIFF Eastern Promises 2023

The festival's industry sidebar introduced a multi-cultural panorama of stories on personal struggle, resilience, and search for identity amidst socio-political turmoil  

10/07/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | KVIFF Eastern Promises

Stephan Komandarev's Blaga's Lessons wins the Crystal Globe at Karlovy Vary

Stephan Komandarev's Blaga's Lessons wins the Crystal Globe at Karlovy Vary

Also among the winners of the festival's 57th edition were Behrooz Karamizade's German-Iranian co-production Empty Nets and Ernst De Geer's Nordic title The Hypnosis  

10/07/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Awards

Olga Chajdas, Lena Góra  • Director and actress of Imago

Interview: Olga Chajdas, Lena Góra • Director and actress of Imago

"I wanted the audience to leave the screening with two words resonating: 'freedom' and 'choice'"

The director and the actress discuss their film, a punk odyssey through the communist Poland in the 80s, which they both co-wrote  

10/07/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Proxima

Marco Righi  • Director of Where the Wind Blows

Interview: Marco Righi • Director of Where the Wind Blows

“I was interested in the faith element of man’s earthly experience”

The Italian director spoke to us about his approach towards his second feature film, which is a religious and spiritual odyssey  

07/07/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Competition

Tomáš Klein  • Director of A Sensitive Person

Interview: Tomáš Klein • Director of A Sensitive Person

"My film is about finding love and hope in a very absurd and cruel world"

The Czech director discusses his directorial debut by unpicking his visual and narrative approach, his characters' journey and the topics he wanted to talk about  

07/07/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Competition

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