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REPORT: Karlovy Vary 2023

Cineuropa is covering the 57th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival live with reviews, interviews, news...

REPORT: Karlovy Vary 2023
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62 articles available in total starting from 30/05/2023. Last article published on 03/08/2023.

Europa Distribution tackles the innovations the sector needs at Karlovy Vary

Europa Distribution tackles the innovations the sector needs at Karlovy Vary

The network's distributors took the floor to explain their actual needs and propose specific solutions to support their daily work  

03/08 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | KVIFF Eastern Promises

Martina Dlabajová • Member of the European Parliament

Interview: Martina Dlabajová • Member of the European Parliament

“It is essential for society as a whole to reject divisive rhetoric, promote human rights and create an inclusive environment”

The Czech MEP delves into her enthusiasm for the LUX Audience Award and her take on the prospects for the European media industry, amongst other topics  

12/07 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | KVIFF Eastern Promises

Tinatin Kajrishvili • Director of Citizen Saint

Interview: Tinatin Kajrishvili • Director of Citizen Saint

“People act selfish and fearful, and this can be applied to both society and individuals”

The Georgian director dives right into our beliefs and hopes in her latest, touching film set in a mining community  

12/07 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Competition

Review: Fireworks

Review: Fireworks

Giuseppe Fiorello’s directorial debut tells the sobering story of a forbidden love between two teenage boys in homophobic, 1980s Sicily  

12/07 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Horizons

Luka Beradze • Director of Smiling Georgia

Interview: Luka Beradze • Director of Smiling Georgia

"I would like politicians to understand what these false promises do to the common people and change their attitudes"

The Georgian director breaks down his debut feature, which paints a delicate portrait of a part of his home country that is very beautiful but profoundly lonely  

11/07 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Special Screenings

Tomáš Pavlíček, Jan Vejnar • Directors of She Came at Night

Interview: Tomáš Pavlíček, Jan Vejnar • Directors of She Came at Night

“Our goal was to create an ambivalent character: sometimes you want to kill her, sometimes you want to hug her”

The directorial duo delight in proving that your own mother is your biggest fear  

11/07 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Special Screenings

Robert Hloz  • Director of Restore Point

Interview: Robert Hloz • Director of Restore Point

“We are bringing sci-fi to our region – that’s where we took the biggest risk”

In his debut feature, the Czech director looks to the year 2041, when, if you die an unnatural death, you can be brought back to life – as long as you’ve backed up  

11/07 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Special Screenings

Sahraa Karimi and Wanda Adamík Hrycová • Director and producer of Flight from Kabul

Interview: Sahraa Karimi and Wanda Adamík Hrycová • Director and producer of Flight from Kabul

"We're going to make this film for the women of Afghanistan and for a free Afghanistan"

The director and the producer discuss their project, which follows an Afghan filmmaker whose wedding plans are destroyed when the Taliban seize Kabul  

10/07 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | KVIFF Eastern Promises

Kyros Papavassiliou  • Director of Embryo Larva Butterfly

Interview: Kyros Papavassiliou • Director of Embryo Larva Butterfly

"What does choice mean if you know what is going to happen in your life?"

The Cypriot director discusses his new film, set in a place where time doesn’t flow, where the days appear randomly in the past, the present, and the future  

10/07 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Proxima

Alexandru Solomon • Director of Arsenie. An Amazing Afterlife

Interview: Alexandru Solomon • Director of Arsenie. An Amazing Afterlife

"I hope that instead of seeking salvation in Heaven, we begin to correct issues here on Earth"

The Romanian filmmaker talks about his second documentary, which portrays Romania's obsession with Arsenie Boca, a priest, theologian, and mystic persecuted by the communist regime  

10/07 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Proxima

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