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Karlovy Vary 2024


87 articles available in total starting from 22/01/2024. Last article published on 18/07/2024.

Nelicia Low • Director of Pierce

Interview: Nelicia Low • Director of Pierce

"As a sibling of a person with a mental issue, I know you're born into it and process it differently than an adult person"

The Singaporean filmmaker talks about her first feature, a thriller revolving around the ideals of brotherly love and the illusions that we project onto those close to us  

08/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Lilja Ingolfsdottir  • Director of Loveable

Interview: Lilja Ingolfsdottir • Director of Loveable

"I wanted to work with the poetics of emotional realities"

The Norwegian filmmaker discusses her first feature, in which she examines contemporary ideas of romance, equality and womanhood  

08/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Jiří Mádl • Director of Waves

Interview: Jiří Mádl • Director of Waves

"If you are a parent, the important issue may not be your kids' survival, but living meaningfully"

The Czech director gives us an insight on his latest film, which focuses on a group of journalists who risk everything to provide independent news in the late 1960s Czechoslovakia  

08/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Special Screenings

Review: The Song of Others – A Search for Europe

Review: The Song of Others – A Search for Europe

Vadim Jendreyko goes looking for the high ideal of Europe in this hybrid film blending personal video essay and documentary  

08/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Special Screenings

Review: Pierce

Review: Pierce

In her psychological thriller, Nelicia Low showcases admirable control of cinematic language and storytelling  

08/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Marie-Magdalena Kochová • Director of 3MWh

Interview: Marie-Magdalena Kochová • Director of 3MWh

“It means a lot to any filmmaker to see that their film resonates with an audience coming from a different cultural and historical background”

The Czech director chatted with us about her self-described ‘film poem’ revolving around a nuclear power plant worker, screening as part of EFP's Future Frames  

08/07/2024 | Future Frames 2024

Zhengfan Yang • Director of Stranger

Interview: Zhengfan Yang • Director of Stranger

“I don't need to belong to a certain place or country”

The Chinese-born director homes in on the hotel room as a non-space and epicentre of non-belonging  

08/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Proxima

Review: Loveable

Review: Loveable

Lilja Ingolfsdottir’s debut feature is a psychological melodrama boasting excellent performances, but the final result is heavily impacted by a rushed, chaotic closure of the narrative arc  

08/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Mark Cousins' A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things wins the Crystal Globe at Karlovy Vary

Mark Cousins' A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things wins the Crystal Globe at Karlovy Vary

The Norwegian dramedy Loveable has scooped a total of five prizes, while the festival ceremony spotlighted a trio of emerging domestic talents  

08/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Awards

Mark Cousins  • Director of A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things

Interview: Mark Cousins • Director of A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things

"Looking into the world can take you out of yourself and into something bigger"

The filmmaker talks about his new work, an exploration of British modernist painter Wilhelmina Barns-Graham's perspective after her experience atop the Grindelwald glacier  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

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