The Proxima Competition, now in its third year, will screen ten films among world premieres and two films among international premieres, made by Pavel G. Vesnakov, Paula Ďurinová and Martin Pavol Repka, among others.
“The 58th KVIFF official selection, closely watched core of the festival's annual lineup comprising the Crystal Globe and Proxima competitions as well as the Special Screenings programme, offers a unique epicentre of genres and themes vibrating through the contemporary cinema”, says Karel Och, artistic director of the Karlovy Vary IFF.
The Crystal Globe Jury is composed of Christine Vachon (president), Geoffrey Rush, Gábor Reisz, Sjón and Eliška Křenková, while Mohamed Kordofani, Bianca Balbuena, Daniela Michel, Wouter Jansen and Adéla Komrzý are in the Proxima Jury.
Crystal Globe Competition:
Rude to Love / Ai ni ranbou (Japan)
Directed by Yukihiro Morigaki
Banzo (Portugal, France, the Netherlands)
Directed by Margarida Cardoso
Pierce / Cì xīn qiè gŭ (Singapore, Taiwan, Poland)
Directed by Nelicia Low
Three Days of Fish / Drie dagen vis (the Netherlands, Belgium)
Directed by Peter Hoogendoorn
Loveable / Elskling (Norway)
Directed by Lilja Ingolfsdottir
The Hungarian Dressmaker / Ema a smrtihlav (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
Directed by Iveta Grófová
Produced by PubRes
Coproduced by Total Helpart T.H.A. , Campfilm, RTVS, the Czech Television, Miloslav Glac
Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Czech Film Fund, Kultminor, Eurimages
Sales agent: REASON8 Films
Our Lovely Pig Slaughter / Mord (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
Directed by Adam Martinec
Produced by Breathless Films
Coproduced by filmsomnia
Supported by the Czech Film Fund, the Moravian-Silesian Region Film Foundation, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund
Panopticon / Panoptikoni (Georgia, France, Italy, Romania)
Directed by George Sikharulidze
Produced by 20 Steps
Coproducedby FILM02, Ombre Rosse Film Production, Tangaj Production, Independent Film Project
Supported by the Georgian National Film Center
Celebration / Proslava (Croatia, Qatar)
Directed by Bruno Anković
Produced by Eclectica
Coproduced by Pakt Media
Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC), the Doha Film Institute
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things (United Kingdom)
Directed by Mark Cousins
Tiny Lights / Světýlka (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
Directed by Beata Parkanová
Produced by love.FRAME
Coproduced by AZYL Production, Bontonfilm Studios
Supported by the Czech Film Fund, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the JFNF regional film fund
Xoftex (Germany, France)
Directed by Noaz Deshe
Proxima Competition:
Windless / Bezvetrije (Bulgaria, Italy)
Directed by Pavel G. Vesnakov
Produced by Red Carpet
Coproduced by dispàrte
Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center, the Italian Ministry of Culture, Eurimages
Sales agent: Alpha Violet
Cabo Negro (France, Morocco)
Directed by Abdellah Taïa
Chlorophyll / Clorofilla (Italy)
Directed by Ivana Gloria
The Alienated / Fără suflet (Germany, Moldova, France)
Directed by Anja Kreis
Nothing in Its Place / Hiçbir şey yerinde değil (Turkey, Germany, South Korea)
Directed by Burak Çevik
Stranger / Ju wai ren (USA, China, the Netherlands, Norway, France)
Directed by Zhengfan Yang
Lapilli (Slovakia, Germany)
Directed by Paula Ďurinová
Produced by guča films
Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Slovak Arts Council, the Literary Fund of Slovakia
March to May / Od marca do mája (Czech Republic)
Directed by Martin Pavol Repka
Produced by Perfilm
Coproduced by Studio BEEP, PFX
Supported by the Czech Film Fund
Second Chance (India)
Directed by Subhadra Mahajan
Trans Memoria (Sweden, France)
Directed by Victoria Verseau
Tropicana (Israel, Canada)
Directed by Omer Tobi
Night Has Come / Vino la noche (Peru, Spain, Mexico)
Directed by Paolo Tizón
Click HERE to see the titles selected for Special Screenings and HERE for the press release.
