Five Takeaways From Karlovy Vary With Industry Head Hugo Rosak
Karlovy Vary Film Festival industry head Hugo Rosak has worked hard in recent years to beef up Eastern Promises, the event’s industry program. A packed slate of pitches, panels and industry mixers this...
View ArticleBulgarian-Greek Road Comedy ‘The Father’ Wins at Karlovy Vary
Family angst and off-the-wall humor dominated the 54th Karlovy Vary film fest prize race, with Bulgarian-Greek road comedy “The Father” scoring the Crystal Globe Saturday eve in a gala closing ceremony...
View ArticleCommunist-Era Crimes Fuel Revenge Comedy ‘Old-Timers’
It was unfinished business from the brutal days of communist show trials that sparked the idea for “Old-Timers,” a Czech story of cross-country vengeance perpetrated by two actors in their golden...
View ArticleFilm Review: ‘Oleg’
“If you believe you’re a citizen of the world, you’re a citizen of nowhere,” said Theresa May near the beginning of her ill-fated premiership of the United Kingdom. An ugly, insular attempt to shame...
View ArticleSony Pictures Classics’ Dylan Leiner on Getting Filmmakers and Distributors...
Dylan Leiner, executive vice president, acquisitions and production at Sony Pictures Classics, has called on filmmakers and distributors to work more closely together, following decades when middle-men...
View ArticleKarlovy Vary Film Review: ‘Mosaic Portrait’
At first glance, Zhai Yixiang’s “Mosaic Portrait” looks like it pursues the same semi-journalistic agenda as so much social-issue cinema: Xu Ying (Zhang Tongxi), a 14-year-old girl from a rural Chinese...
View ArticleGreek Director Syllas Tzoumerkas on the Need for Defiance
Syllas Tzoumerkas, one of the filmmakers who formed part of the Greek New Wave, believes young filmmakers should remain defiant against norms and conformity when developing a film language unique to...
View ArticleFilm Review: ‘Real Love’
“All my life is loving you,” is a line of dialogue that, on the page, looks worn thin with familiarity, a little like the trite English title of Claire Burger’s solo directorial debut, “Real Love.” But...
View ArticleFilm Review: ‘Aga’s House’
From the beginning, there’s something disconcerting about the exuberance of Lendita Zeqiraj’s feature debut “Aga’s House.” We’re immediately plunked down into the middle of a circle of women sitting on...
View ArticleHelena Trestikova on the Making of Her Milos Forman Documentary
Czech documentarian Helena Třeštíková has won accolades worldwide for her decades-long chronicles of ordinary subjects struggling through life as seen in “Rene” and “Mallory.” With her portrait of...
View ArticlePyramide’s Ilaria Gomarasca Joins First Cut Lab to Launch First Cut Plus...
Sales agent Ilaria Gomarasca is stepping down from Paris-based Pyramide International to become head of First Cut Plus, a program to assist filmmakers from Central and Eastern Europe. First Cut Plus,...
View ArticleKarlovy Vary Film Festival Canceled, but Plans Select Screenings and Online...
Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival, Central and Eastern Europe’s leading cinema event, has canceled this year’s edition due to the coronavirus pandemic. Instead, it will offer a selection of movies from...
View ArticleKarlovy Vary Film Festival to Screen 16 Films in 96 Movie Theaters
The Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival, the leading cinema event in Central and Eastern Europe, has unveiled a program of theatrical screenings across the Czech Republic. Sixteen films will play at 96...
View ArticleEuropean Film Promotion, Karlovy Vary Unveil Future Frames Lineup
European Film Promotion, a network of national film promotion bodies, has unveiled its lineup of films for its Future Frames program, which screen as part of Karlovy Vary Film Festival’s industry...
View ArticleKarlovy Vary Film Festival Unveils Work in Progress, Work in Development...
Karlovy Vary Film Festival, the leading cinema event in Central and Eastern Europe, has unveiled the projects that will be showcased during the online edition of its industry program, Eastern Promises....
View ArticleKarlovy Vary Film Festival to Stage Four-Day Fall Screening Event
The Czech Republic’s Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival, the leading movie event in Central and Eastern Europe, is to hold a special four-day event in the fall, despite its decision to postpone its 55th...
View ArticleKarlovy Vary Film Festival Helps Producers Hone Marketing Skills
Although the public part of this year’s Karlovy Vary Film Festival — the key event for the film business in Central and Eastern Europe — was canceled, the festival is pressing ahead with its industry...
View Article‘Wild Roots’ Wins Karlovy Vary Works in Progress Award
“Wild Roots,” a drama about a lonely, ex-con bouncer who is reunited with his wild child daughter, has won the Works in Progress Award at Eastern Promises, Karlovy Vary Film Festival‘s industry...
View Article‘The August Virgin’ Review: Spend a Quiet Month in Madrid With This...
I’m writing this review from my summer vacation. Loath as I am to invoke the first person, this admission is relevant for two reasons. Like Eva (Itsaso Arana), the main character of Jonás Trueba’s...
View ArticleFirst Cut Plus, Cinemarket Build on Karlovy Vary Program With Pact
Cinemarket, a B2B platform that enables producers to sell the international rights to their films directly to distributors, has partnered with First Cut Plus, a program that seeks to boost the...
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