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Karlovy Vary 2024


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

Bruno Anković  • Director of Celebration

Interview: Bruno Anković • Director of Celebration

"This is a story from 100 years ago, but unfortunately, it is also about today and maybe even tomorrow"

The Croatian director delves into his first feature, a film that shows the reasons why innocent people become easy quarry for ideological crusaders  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Noaz Deshe  • Director of Xoftex

Interview: Noaz Deshe • Director of Xoftex

"I wanted to document the progression of the mental state of stateless people in a refugee camp"

The director tells us more about his new film, in which he portrays refugees filming satirical sketches and preparing for a zombie horror flick while awaiting immigration interviews in a Greek camp  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

George Sikharulidze  • Director of Panopticon

Interview: George Sikharulidze • Director of Panopticon

"I was interested in exploring the clash between a young boy's soul and his exploding sexuality"

The Georgian filmmaker discusses his first film, about an introvert teenager embarking on a journey of self-discovery, opening up both to an ultra-right organisation and his own sexuality  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Paolo Tizón • Director of Night Has Come

Interview: Paolo Tizón • Director of Night Has Come

"But life goes on, like in an Abbas Kiarostami movie"

We sat down with the Peruvian director to discuss his debut feature offering an intimate look at one of the most challenging military trainings in Latin America  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Proxima

Review: A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things

Review: A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things

In his new film, Mark Cousins explores the life and work of British painter Wilhelmina Barns-Graham and discovers a true kinship with her view of the world  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Beata Parkanová • Director of Tiny Lights

Interview: Beata Parkanová • Director of Tiny Lights

“Adults tend to look down on children; in this film, they are all equal”

The Czech filmmaker discusses her tiny protagonist, whose family are convinced she is completely oblivious to the turmoil that’s ripping them apart – but they’re wrong  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Review: Banzo

Review: Banzo

In Margarida Cardoso’s feature, a mysterious illness is befalling the workers on a remote African island  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Review: Tatabojs.doc

Review: Tatabojs.doc

Marek Najbrt’s documentary is a respectable ode to one of the highest-profile Czech music acts, but the film’s reach is limited owing to the specific cultural context  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Special Screenings

Review: Chlorophyll

Review: Chlorophyll

A young woman must find her place and her identity in this fairy tale-like story by Ivana Gloria  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Proxima

Review: The Gardener’s Year

Review: The Gardener’s Year

Jiří Havelka’s third film probes the conflict between tradition and modernity, but ultimately falls short as a satire, emerging as more of a thinly plotted and repetitive tragicomedy  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Special Screenings

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