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Karlovy Vary 2025


73 articles available in total starting from 07/03/2025. Last article published on 22/07/2025.

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

Review: Better Go Mad in the Wild

Review: Better Go Mad in the Wild

Miro Remo's newest genre-defying hybrid work provides an insight into two twins living in the wild, a kind of life that might seem unbelievable for many viewers  

11/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Competition

The first trailer for Agnieszka Holland’s Franz debuts at Karlovy Vary

The first trailer for Agnieszka Holland’s Franz debuts at Karlovy Vary

The highly anticipated biopic, sold internationally by Films Boutique, is set to hit Czech cinemas on 25 September  

11/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025

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: Duchoň

Review: Duchoň

Slovak director Peter Bebjak charts the rise and fall of a Czechoslovak pop singer and examines state-sanctioned stardom behind the Iron Curtain  

11/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Special Screenings

Review: Promise, I’ll Be Fine

Review: Promise, I’ll Be Fine

Katarína Gramatová’s feature debut is a coming-of-age tale filled with hard truths, set in the heart of the Slovak countryside  

11/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Special Screenings

REPORT: KVIFF Central Stage @ KVIFF Eastern Promises 2025

REPORT: KVIFF Central Stage @ KVIFF Eastern Promises 2025

Eastern Promises’ new platform has spotlighted a slew of bold, genre-fluid stories exploring political unrest, spiritual crises, artistic ego and fractured identities  

10/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | KVIFF Industry Days

Review: Jimmy Jaguar

Review: Jimmy Jaguar

Bence Fliegauf uses a pseudo-documentary form to trace how rumours of a folkloric demon evolve into a psychosocial phenomenon  

10/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Competition

Jan Krevatin • Director of Greek Apricots

Interview: Jan Krevatin • Director of Greek Apricots

“I think what’s important in any film is that multiple things are happening at the same time, in order to avoid one-dimensional readings”

At Karlovy Vary, the Slovenian director is screening his delicate and moving short about a transient world and two people who make a brief connection  

10/07 | Future Frames 2025

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