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NewsFrantišek Klišík from ‘Better Go Mad in the Wild’ dies just after film’s Karlovy Vary win
Klišík drowned in a pond just hours after the film won the Karlovy Vary Grand Prix, according to Czech media reports.
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NewsKarlovy Vary film festival unveils 2025 winners
Awards for ‘Better Go Mad in the Wild’, Iranian film ‘Bidad’.
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NewsCannes ACID Gaza doc ‘Put Your Soul On Your Hand And Walk’ secures US deal
Cercamon represented sales onn documentary that just screened at Karlovy Vary.
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News“It has given us confidence”: Czech producers welcome reforms and incentive uplift
“The hope is there will be significantly more resources available for local production,” says one producer.
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NewsDirector Nina Knag talks forbidden liaisons in her Karlovy Vary premiere ‘Don’t Call Me Mama’
Norwegian director’s debut centres on a respected pillar of the community who has an affair with a young asylum seeker.
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News‘Battalion Records’, ‘In Vacuo’ lead Karlovy Vary industry winners
UK project ‘Soyboy’ also among awardees.
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News‘The Visitor’: first trailer for Karlovy Vary Crystal Globe competition title
Exclusive: Vytautas Katkus’s feature debut follows a man who returns to his hometown to sell his parents’ flat.
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NewsPaul Zaentz, Devin Adair to adapt culinary story ‘Provence, 1970’
EXCLUSIVE: Adair is working on the script for the film, based on Luke Barr’s book.
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NewsPeter Sarsgaard calls for “collective action” at Karlovy Vary opening
Festival pays tribute to Jiri Bartoska, screening an hour-long interview with the late president.
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NewsUkraine’s Dmytro Hreshko on documenting the ecological impact of Russia’s full-scale invasion
Hreshko’s documentary Divia, which world premieres at Karlovy Vary, has been a labour of love during extraordinarily difficult times.
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NewsFrom Cannes shorts to Karlovy Vary competition: Lithuania’s Vytautas Katkus on his feature debut ‘The Visitor’
Katkus, also known for his work as a cinematographer, world premieres his feature directorial debut at Karlovy Vary.
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NewsHungarian filmmaker Bence Fliegauf on Karlovy Vary premiere ‘Jimmy Jaguar’: “It’s a consensual mind-f**k”
The Berlinale and Locarno-winning director’s genre film is playing in the Crystal Globe competition.
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NewsCannes’ Critics’ Week comedy drama ‘Kika’ sells widely for Totem Films
EXCLUSIVE: The comedy drama is the first feature from Alexe Poukine.
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NewsLoco Films boards Karlovy Vary coming-of-age drama ‘The Luminous Life’
The Lisbon-set drama is the feature debut of Portuguese filmmaker João Rosas.
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NewsKarlovy Vary reveals secret Iranian feature ‘Bidad’ for Crystal Globe competition
Festival had withheld details of film until director Soheil Beiraghi and the members of his crew could safely travel out of Iran.
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NewsKarlovy Vary lines up Nader Saeivar, Andreas Horvath and László Csuja projects for Central Stage platform
14 projects from Central Europe taking part in new co-production platform Central Stage launched by festival’s Industry Office.
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NewsKarlovy Vary to premiere cinematic cut of video game ‘Kingdom Come: Deliverance II’
Film is based on action role-playing game which launched earlier this year.
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NewsMichael Douglas to introduce restored ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest’ at Karlovy Vary
Douglas won a Best Picture Oscar as one of the producers of the 1975 classic which celebrates its 50th anniverary this year.
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NewsThe Match Factory unveils sales on Cherien Dabis’ ‘All That’s Left of You’
Palestinian drama world premiered at Sundance and has its European premiere next month at Karlovy Vary.
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NewsKarlovy Vary revamps industry programme with additional focus on series
Industry Days programme will also have a greater focus on Central European film co-production.