30-05-2023

Karlovy Vary IFF Unveils Official Selection and Juries of the 57th Edition

    THE OFFICIAL SELECTION OF THE 57TH KARLOVY VARY IFF REVEALED - „It has been an incredible adventure for the programming team to get acquainted with this year’s state of the arthouse cinema via almost two thousand submissions. We are proud of the selection and simply cannot wait to share it with the audience," says Karel Och, KVIFF’s artistic director.

    credit: Film Servis Festival Karlovy Vary

    Diverse in genre and style, the Crystal Globe Competition brings together nine world and two international premieres of films by respected directors, who garnered previous experience at major film festivals, as well as contributions from exceptionally talented debutants. Eagerly awaited new works by Pascal Plante, Stephan Komandarev, Tinatin Kajrishvili or Babak Jalali will compete alongside Ernst De Geer, Itsaso Arana and Cyril Aris, talented filmmakers to watch and names to remember.
    The Proxima Competition, which made its debut at last year’s KVIFF, aims to be a space for bold works by young filmmakers and renowned auteurs alike. This year, the section comprises of ten world and two international premieres, of which nine are fiction features and three are documentaries. Playfulness, courage and freshness can be found in the new films by renowned Swiss auteur Thomas Imbach, Poland’s Olga Chajdas, Cyprus-born Kyros Papavassiliou, French filmmaker Émilie Brisavoine and Romanian documentarist Alexandru Solomon, among others.
    The 57th KVIFF will present eight films in its Special Screening section. While rich in its topical, stylistic and genre variety, the program of five fiction features and three documentaries – shown exclusively in their world or European premieres – aims to complete KVIFF’s official selection. Renowned French documentary filmmaker Jean-Gabriel Périot will introduce his Facing Darkness, while the Sundance-awarded Slow by Marija Kavtaradze will be shown for the first time in Europe.
    You can find more information in the press release.

    CRYSTAL GLOBE COMPETITION

    Citlivý člověk / A Sensitive Person
    Director: Tomáš Klein
    Czech Republic, Slovak Republic

    Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano
    Director: Cyril Aris
    Lebanon, Germany

    Fremont
    Director: Babak Jalali
    USA

    Hypnosen / The Hypnosis
    Director: Ernst De Geer
    Sweden, Norway, France

    Les chambres rouges / Red Rooms
    Director: Pascal Plante
    Canada

    Las chicas están bien / The Girls Are Alright
    Director: Itsaso Arana
    Spain

    Il vento soffia dove vuole / Where The Wind Blows
    Director: Marco Righi
    Italy

    Mokalake Tsmindani / Citizen Saint
    Director: Tinatin Kajrishvili
    Georgia, France, Bulgaria

    Toorhaye khali / Empty Nets
    Director: Behrooz Karamizade
    Germany, Iran

    Urotcite na Blaga / Blaga's Lessons
    Director: Stephan Komandarev
    Bulgaria, Germany

    Úsvit / We Have Never Been Modern
    Director: Matěj Chlupáček
    Czech Republic, Slovak Republic


    PROXIMA COMPETITION

    Arsenie. Viata de apoi / Arsenie. An Amazing Afterlife
    Director: Alexandru Solomon
    Romania, Luxembourg

    Birth
    Director: Ji-young Yoo
    South Korea

    Brutální vedro / Brutal Heat
    Director: Albert Hospodářský
    Czech Republic, Slovak Republic

    El canto del Auricanturi / The Song of the Auricanturi
    Director: Camila Rodríguez Triana
    Colombia, Argentina

    Embryo Larva Butterfly
    Director: Kyros Papavassiliou
    Cyprus, Greece

    Guras
    Director: Saurav Rai
    India, Nepal

    Imago
    Director: Olga Chajdas
    Poland, Netherlands, Czech Republic

    In Camera
    Director: Naqqash Kahlid
    United Kingdom

    Lef Enfants Perdus / The Lost Children
    Director: Michèle Jacob
    Belgium

    Maade Tarik / Dark Matter
    Director: Karim Lakzadeh
    Iran

    Maman Déchire / Keeping Mum
    Director: Emilie Brisavoine
    France

    Say God Bye
    Director: Thomas Imbach
    Switzerland


    SPECIAL SCREENINGS

    Bod obnovy / Restore Point
    Director: Robert Hloz
    Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Poland, Serbia

    Facing Darkness
    Director: Jean-Gabriel Périot
    France, Switzerland, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Gimiliani Sakartvelo / Smiling Georgia
    Director: Luka Beradze
    Georgia, Germany

    Hadí plyn / Snake Gas
    Director: David Jařab
    Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Romania

    Přišla v noci / She Came at Night
    Director: Tomáš Pavlíček, Jan Vejnar
    Czech Republic

    Richelieu / Temporaries
    Director: Pier-Philippe Chevigny
    Canada, France

    Slow
    Director: Marija Kavtaradze
    Lithuania, Spain, Sweden

    Všetci ľudia budú bratria / All Men Become Brothers
    Director: Robert Kirchhoff
    Slovak Republic, Czech Republic

    PATRICIA CLARKSON AND BARRY WARD AMONG THE JURY MEMBERS OF THE 57TH KARLOVY VARY IFF

    CRYSTAL GLOBE JURY
    Dora Bouchoucha
    Patricia Clarkson
    John Nein
    Olmo Omerzu
    Barry Ward

    PROXIMA JURY
    Dana Linssen
    Marija Razgutė
    Šimon Šafránek
    Barbara Wurm
    Meng Xie

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