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Karlovy Vary 2024

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

Rozálie Kohoutová  • Director and writer of Antonie

Interview: Rozálie Kohoutová • Director and writer of Antonie

“Humour is essential, especially when dealing with heavy topics”

The director of the Czech project that won the Eurimages Co-production Development Award at KVIFF discusses her documentary background, humour and how to infuse pop aesthetics into a social dramedy  

18/07 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | KVIFF Eastern Promises

Christos Nikou  • Director of Fingernails

Interview: Christos Nikou • Director of Fingernails

“I strongly believe that films belong in theatres, not on streaming platforms”

The Greek director opens up about his career and about working with Apple TV on his second feature, starring Jessie Buckley and Riz Ahmed, which closed Karlovy Vary  

16/07 | Karlovy Vary 2024

Anja Kreis  • Director of The Alienated

Interview: Anja Kreis • Director of The Alienated

"The power of evil is not only in the government but also in the mentality of people"

The Russian-born filmmaker discusses her second feature and the uncomfortable questions it raises, about human conscience and morality, as well as the concepts of God and evil  

11/07 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Proxima

Iveta Grófová  • Director of The Hungarian Dressmaker

Interview: Iveta Grófová • Director of The Hungarian Dressmaker

"I wanted to get under the skin of my characters"

The Slovak filmmaker discusses her period drama set in the challenging wartime, which forced people to confront highly complex dilemmas  

11/07 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Vadim Jendreyko  • Director of The Song of Others – A Search for Europe

Interview: Vadim Jendreyko • Director of The Song of Others – A Search for Europe

"This was a very personal research into other options for living together as a society"

The German filmmaker unpicks his topical essay, in which he travels through the European identity, wondering if the continent is condemned to be stuck in a circle of violence, or if there is hope  

11/07 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Special Screenings

Antonin Peretjatko • Director of Voyage Along the War

Interview: Antonin Peretjatko • Director of Voyage Along the War

“When I was in Ukraine before, I wasn’t that concerned with my roots, but it has changed since the war started”

The French director discusses how he went about searching for his identity in the place where his grandfather was born  

10/07 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Special Screenings

Klára Tasovská  • Director of I’m Not Everything I Want to Be

Interview: Klára Tasovská • Director of I’m Not Everything I Want to Be

“This film is Libuše Jarcovjáková’s biggest exhibition”

The forgotten Czech photographer finally gets her due – and tells her own story – in this intriguing documentary  

09/07 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Special Screenings

Victoria Verseau • Director of Trans Memoria

Interview: Victoria Verseau • Director of Trans Memoria

“The more I work with time, the less I understand it”

The Swedish artist and filmmaker talks about returning to Thailand and to her memories, and to the early stages of a (never-ending) transition  

09/07 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Proxima

Review: The Alienated

Review: The Alienated

Writer-director Anja Kreis’s long-awaited sophomore feature buckles under the weight of myriad references, moods and conceptual ambitions  

09/07 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Proxima

Nelicia Low • Director of Pierce

Interview: Nelicia Low • Director of Pierce

"As a sibling of a person with a mental issue, I know you're born into it and process it differently than an adult person"

The Singaporean filmmaker talks about her first feature, a thriller revolving around the ideals of brotherly love and the illusions that we project onto those close to us  

08/07 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

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