El 57° Festival de Karlovy Vary anuncia los títulos de sus competiciones

por Martin Kudláč

30/05/2023 - El mayor certamen cinematográfico de la República Checa dará la bienvenida a autores establecidos y emergentes, proyectando una selección diversa y de varios géneros a competición

El 57° Festival de Karlovy Vary anuncia los títulos de sus competiciones

Embryo Larva Butterfly, de Kyros Papavassiliou

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The 57th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF, 30 June-8 July) – the largest film gathering in the Czech Republic – has revealed its diverse and genre-spanning competition selections. Karel Och, KVIFF's artistic director, noted: “For the programming team, getting acquainted with the state of this year's arthouse cinema scene has been an incredible adventure – one facilitated by almost 2,000 submissions. We are proud of our selection and simply cannot wait to share it with our audience.”

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The main competitive section of the festival, the Crystal Globe Competition, presents nine world premieres and two international ones, encompassing a diverse selection of both seasoned directors with major film-festival experience and debutants showcasing their talent. The Crystal Globe jury – which includes actress Patricia Clarkson; film producer Dora Bouchoucha; Sundance Film Festival director of Strategic Initiatives and senior programmer John Nein; Slovenian-born, Prague-based filmmaker Olmo Omerzu; and actor Barry Ward – will be deliberating over a range of titles. These include Itsaso Arana's debut film, The Girls Are Alright [+lee también:
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entrevista: Itsaso Arana
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entrevista: Asta Kamma August
entrevista: Ernst De Geer
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entrevista: Marco Righi
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entrevista: Tinatin Kajrishvili
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entrevista: Stephan Komandarev
ficha de la película] by Stephan Komandarev, a critique of the social situation in post-communist Bulgaria.

The Proxima Competition, inaugurated last year (see the news) as a replacement for the East of the West Competition, is set to welcome a variety of intriguing entries. They include Alexandru Solomon's Romanian documentary Arsenie. An Amazing Afterlife [+lee también:
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entrevista: Alexandru Solomon
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entrevista: Kyros Papavassiliou
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entrevista: Michèle Jacob
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entrevista: Emilie Brisavoine
ficha de la película] by Emilie Brisavoine, an intimate exploration of a distinctive family dynamic and the complex relationship between a mother and her daughter; and Thomas Imbach's reflective video diary Say God Bye [+lee también:
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entrevista: Thomas Imbach
ficha de la película], exploring his own career and his relationship with Jean-Luc Godard. The Proxima jury will be comprised of film critic Dana Linssen, film producer Marija Razgutė, documentary filmmaker Šimon Šafránek, author and researcher Barbara Wurm, and CEO of Rediance Meng Xie.

The forthcoming edition of KVIFF will host eight films in its Special Screenings section, showcasing a diverse range of topics, styles and genres. This selection, comprising five fiction features and three documentaries, is designed to complement KVIFF's official selection. Jean-Gabriel Périot's Facing Darkness [+lee también:
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entrevista: Jean-Gabriel Périot
ficha de la película] provides a raw account of the Sarajevo siege through archival footage and contemporary reflections; Luka Beradze wittily exposes the empty promises of populist politicians in Smiling Georgia [+lee también:
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entrevista: Luka Beradze
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Domestic cinema will once again be richly represented across all sections. Tomáš Klein will unveil his cinematic tale about love, fear of loneliness, and the father-son relationship, A Sensitive Person [+lee también:
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entrevista: Tomáš Klein
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entrevista: Matěj Chlupáček y Miro Šifra
ficha de la película], in the main competition. The feature-length debut by Albert Hospodářský, Brutal Heat [+lee también:
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entrevista: Albert Hospodářský
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entrevista: Olga Chajdas, Lena Góra
ficha de la película]. The long-awaited revival of Czech sci-fi, Restore Point (see the news), will be unveiled in the Special Screenings strand, accompanied by a loose adaptation of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Snake Gas [+lee también:
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entrevista: Tomáš Pavlíček, Jan Vejnar
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