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Karlovy Vary 2024


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

Review: March to May

Review: March to May

Martin Pavol Repka's first feature presents a slow-cinema exploration of family dynamics after an unexpected piece of news, set against the tranquil backdrop of a Slovak village  

02/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Proxima

Peter Hoogendoorn • Director of Three Days of Fish

Interview: Peter Hoogendoorn • Director of Three Days of Fish

“My work is often described as autobiographical, but I find that definition limiting”

The Dutch director breaks down his second feature, revealing the biographical connection to its plot  

02/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

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: Windless

Review: Windless

Bulgarian director Pavel G Vesnakov follows the awakening of a rootless soul amidst the remnants of an abandoned past  

02/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Proxima

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: Xoftex

Review: Xoftex

Noaz Deshe makes tragic reality and surreal fantasies overlap in order to portray the frustrating situation at a Greek refugee camp  

02/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Review: Panopticon

Review: Panopticon

George Sikharulidze’s debut tells the story of an 18-year-old boy who experiences conflicting emotions as his sexuality awakens against the backdrop of Georgian society  

01/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Matthias Krepp • Director of Strangers in the Night

Interview: Matthias Krepp • Director of Strangers in the Night

“I found it interesting to make a film whose protagonists were unaware of the turning point the next year would bring”

As his short film about six characters looking for meaning and comfort awaits its screening at Karlovy Vary as part of EFP’s Future Frames, the Austrian director tells us more about the process...  

01/07/2024 | Future Frames 2024

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