A theatrical release is planned for the end of the year or early 2023.
New Wave Films has picked up Cannes Directors’ Fortnight title 1976 for UK-Ireland distribution from Paris-based sales agent Luxbox.
The drama is the directorial debut of Chilean actor Manuela Martelli. An upper middle-class woman has a secret awakening during the early years of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet’s regime, and gets drawn into the political opposition when she is asked by the family priest to take care of an injured man who is in hiding.
A theatrical release is planned for the end of 2022/early 2023.
Chilean writer-directors Omar Zuniga...
New Wave Films has picked up Cannes Directors’ Fortnight title 1976 for UK-Ireland distribution from Paris-based sales agent Luxbox.
The drama is the directorial debut of Chilean actor Manuela Martelli. An upper middle-class woman has a secret awakening during the early years of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet’s regime, and gets drawn into the political opposition when she is asked by the family priest to take care of an injured man who is in hiding.
A theatrical release is planned for the end of 2022/early 2023.
Chilean writer-directors Omar Zuniga...
- 7/4/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
After sitting out 2020 and hosting last year’s showing at a later-than-usual date and with a slightly smaller scale, the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic city kicked off this year’s full-throttle 56th edition with a fiery cocktail of pop and politics that carried through to the next day.
Friday night’s opening ceremony neatly set the scene, marrying ebullience and elegy as dancers from the Cabani troupe writhed around literal fireballs onstage before festival president Jiří Bartoška struck more somber tones as he reflected on the recent loss of longtime festival matriarch Eva Zaoralova and on the ever-continuing conflict in Ukraine.
Swinging back toward the poppier side of the spectrum, opening film “Superheroes” launched this year’s edition with a dose of operatic Italian emotion.
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Friday night’s opening ceremony neatly set the scene, marrying ebullience and elegy as dancers from the Cabani troupe writhed around literal fireballs onstage before festival president Jiří Bartoška struck more somber tones as he reflected on the recent loss of longtime festival matriarch Eva Zaoralova and on the ever-continuing conflict in Ukraine.
Swinging back toward the poppier side of the spectrum, opening film “Superheroes” launched this year’s edition with a dose of operatic Italian emotion.
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- 7/2/2022
- by Ben Croll
- The Wrap
Schreiber also urged caution around Russian state propaganda.
Greater fundraising efforts from influential and wealthy sources are required to assist the people of Ukraine, according to Liev Schreiber, who discussed his charitable network BlueCheck Ukraine today (July 2) in Karlovy Vary.
The US actor, who is of Polish and Ukrainian heritage, is a guest at the festival, attending for the first time in 18 years. He set up BlueCheck Ukraine in March: the organisation identifies, vets and funds grassroots organisations providing assistance for Ukrainians.
Speaking at a press conference, Schreiber recounted his recent visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos, where...
Greater fundraising efforts from influential and wealthy sources are required to assist the people of Ukraine, according to Liev Schreiber, who discussed his charitable network BlueCheck Ukraine today (July 2) in Karlovy Vary.
The US actor, who is of Polish and Ukrainian heritage, is a guest at the festival, attending for the first time in 18 years. He set up BlueCheck Ukraine in March: the organisation identifies, vets and funds grassroots organisations providing assistance for Ukrainians.
Speaking at a press conference, Schreiber recounted his recent visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos, where...
- 7/2/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Audience members encouraged to scan Qr code, which led to YouTube video.
The 56th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival got underway with an unconventional instruction for cinemagoers – to take their phones out.
Prior to the beginning of the event on Friday, July 1, attendees were requested over the public address system “to turn on” their mobile phones, “and take video during the ceremony”.
The event started with a large Qr code projected on the screen in the Hotel Thermal’s Velky sal auditorium. Those who scanned it were connected to a YouTube video promoting the event, creating a strange but communal...
The 56th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival got underway with an unconventional instruction for cinemagoers – to take their phones out.
Prior to the beginning of the event on Friday, July 1, attendees were requested over the public address system “to turn on” their mobile phones, “and take video during the ceremony”.
The event started with a large Qr code projected on the screen in the Hotel Thermal’s Velky sal auditorium. Those who scanned it were connected to a YouTube video promoting the event, creating a strange but communal...
- 7/2/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
While Covid cases begin to surge again in Hollywood, it’s a different story nearly 6,000 miles away as the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival kicked off with a bang on Friday night. The prominent Central European festival showed no sign that the pandemic was going to mar yet another edition of the much-loved event as delegates packed into the Hotel Thermal’s Grand Hall for its opening night ceremony and opening night film Superheroes, from Italian director Paolo Genovese.
The 56th edition of the event opened with an unexpected announcement, asking audience members to turn on their phones and start recording as a huge Qr code saying “Scan Me” was unveiled on the screen. Delegates were able to watch festival dancers online on their mobile devices via the Qr code before they descended onto the stage with an energetic and well-choreographed dance number featuring dramatic flames of fire exploding upwards...
The 56th edition of the event opened with an unexpected announcement, asking audience members to turn on their phones and start recording as a huge Qr code saying “Scan Me” was unveiled on the screen. Delegates were able to watch festival dancers online on their mobile devices via the Qr code before they descended onto the stage with an energetic and well-choreographed dance number featuring dramatic flames of fire exploding upwards...
- 7/1/2022
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
As its 56th edition – running July 1-9 – kicks off, Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival is ready to party like it’s 2019.
“We can’t predict how many people will come, as some still don’t want to travel, but it’s supposed to be as close to [pre-pandemic] 2019 as possible,” says artistic director Karel Och, noting the audience is still one of the festival’s biggest assets.
It’s their enthusiasm for cinema that has “enchanted even big Hollywood stars,” echoes president Jiří Bartoška, hoping for a great atmosphere in Karlovy Vary.
But there have been significant changes at the festival, starting with the death of the longtime artistic advisor and former artistic director Eva Zaoralová in March.
“When it happened, it was just like when Bowie died — certain people you just consider immortal,” says Och. The festival will celebrate Zaoralová with an exhibition of photographs and a screening of her favorite film,...
“We can’t predict how many people will come, as some still don’t want to travel, but it’s supposed to be as close to [pre-pandemic] 2019 as possible,” says artistic director Karel Och, noting the audience is still one of the festival’s biggest assets.
It’s their enthusiasm for cinema that has “enchanted even big Hollywood stars,” echoes president Jiří Bartoška, hoping for a great atmosphere in Karlovy Vary.
But there have been significant changes at the festival, starting with the death of the longtime artistic advisor and former artistic director Eva Zaoralová in March.
“When it happened, it was just like when Bowie died — certain people you just consider immortal,” says Och. The festival will celebrate Zaoralová with an exhibition of photographs and a screening of her favorite film,...
- 7/1/2022
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
The Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival roared back to life Friday following the disruption of the pandemic years.
And the opening ceremony kicked off with a bit of digital disruption: the audience was invited to pull out their mobile phones and follow festival dancers online before they burst onto the stage with a real-life fire show.
The Czech Republic’s main event in the art film world, the festival this year screens some 132 narrative and doc films and has become a hub for filmmakers, producers and regional orgs.
But even as enthusiastic, unmasked crowds cheered on the launch of the nine-day event at the iconic 70s-tastic Hotel Thermal, a sense of loss pervaded the proceedings.
Many eyes in the hotel’s soaring Grand Hall misted over during the opening night tribute to former fest artistic director Eva Zaoralova, who died in March at 89.
In many ways the architect of the...
And the opening ceremony kicked off with a bit of digital disruption: the audience was invited to pull out their mobile phones and follow festival dancers online before they burst onto the stage with a real-life fire show.
The Czech Republic’s main event in the art film world, the festival this year screens some 132 narrative and doc films and has become a hub for filmmakers, producers and regional orgs.
But even as enthusiastic, unmasked crowds cheered on the launch of the nine-day event at the iconic 70s-tastic Hotel Thermal, a sense of loss pervaded the proceedings.
Many eyes in the hotel’s soaring Grand Hall misted over during the opening night tribute to former fest artistic director Eva Zaoralova, who died in March at 89.
In many ways the architect of the...
- 7/1/2022
- by Will Tizard
- Variety Film + TV
As the 56th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff) is about to kick off on Friday, there will be plenty to discuss at this year’s event in the picturesque Czech spa town. The prominent Central European festival, which is returning to its usual early July slot after last year’s edition was delayed to August because of the pandemic, will see 33 films from five continents screen across its three sections – the Crystal Globe Competition, the Special Screenings section and its new competition, Proxima, which replaces the former East of the West section.
This year’s selections will be bookended by Friday’s opening night film Superheroes, from Italian director Paolo Genovese, and George Miller’s Cannes title Three Thousand Years Of Longing, which will close the festival on July 9. The lineup includes the world premiere of Jake Paltrow’s Israel and Ukraine-shot feature June Zero, about...
This year’s selections will be bookended by Friday’s opening night film Superheroes, from Italian director Paolo Genovese, and George Miller’s Cannes title Three Thousand Years Of Longing, which will close the festival on July 9. The lineup includes the world premiere of Jake Paltrow’s Israel and Ukraine-shot feature June Zero, about...
- 6/29/2022
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
The 56th Karlovy Vary Film Festival has unveiled its official selection, which comprises 33 films from five continents screening across three sections. Scroll down for full list.
Artistic director Karel Och’s program includes twenty-seven world premieres, three international premieres, and three European premieres, covering five continents.
Among the lineup are Jake Paltrow’s drama June Zero about the trial of Nazi Adolf Eichmann. Shot on Super-16mm film in Israel and Ukraine, the film is produced by Miranda Bailey (God’s Country), David Silber (Incitement) and Oren Moverman (Bad Education).
In addition to the Crystal Globe Competition and Special Screenings section, Kviff’s new competition, Proxima (for young filmmakers and auteurs with films that defy categorization), will make its debut in this year’s edition. Contrary to its preceding competition, East of the West, Proxima has no geographical restrictions and is open to filmmakers from around the world.
The Czech festival...
Artistic director Karel Och’s program includes twenty-seven world premieres, three international premieres, and three European premieres, covering five continents.
Among the lineup are Jake Paltrow’s drama June Zero about the trial of Nazi Adolf Eichmann. Shot on Super-16mm film in Israel and Ukraine, the film is produced by Miranda Bailey (God’s Country), David Silber (Incitement) and Oren Moverman (Bad Education).
In addition to the Crystal Globe Competition and Special Screenings section, Kviff’s new competition, Proxima (for young filmmakers and auteurs with films that defy categorization), will make its debut in this year’s edition. Contrary to its preceding competition, East of the West, Proxima has no geographical restrictions and is open to filmmakers from around the world.
The Czech festival...
- 5/31/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Karlovy Vary artistic advisor Eva Zaoralová with, from left, artistic director Karel Och, production manager Petr Lintimer, executive director Kryštof Mucha, president of the festival Jiří Bartoška, and presenter Marek Eben Photo: Courtesy of Kviff The artistic director for many decades of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic Eva Zaoralová has died at the age of 89.
With her trademark black-rimmed spectacles and blonde hair she was an unmistakeable presence at the festival which was established in 1946 as the leading film event in Central and eastern Europe.
Zaoralová, a film journalist with a passion for French cinema in particular and Czech actor Jiří Bartoška formed a new team in 1994 as artistic director and president respectively with the aim of restoring the event to international status after years of political interference by the former Communist regime. She stepped down due to failing health in 2010 and Karel Och took...
With her trademark black-rimmed spectacles and blonde hair she was an unmistakeable presence at the festival which was established in 1946 as the leading film event in Central and eastern Europe.
Zaoralová, a film journalist with a passion for French cinema in particular and Czech actor Jiří Bartoška formed a new team in 1994 as artistic director and president respectively with the aim of restoring the event to international status after years of political interference by the former Communist regime. She stepped down due to failing health in 2010 and Karel Och took...
- 3/11/2022
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Zaoralova led the reboot of the festival in 1994.
Czech journalist Eva Zaoralova, who was artistic director of Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for 16 years, has died at the age of 89.
A statement issued by the festival read, “Some news we wish would never come. On Thursday 10 March, Eva Zaoralova left us forever.”
Zaoralova led the festival’s relaunch in 1994 as artistic director, alongside renowned Czech actor Jiri Bartoska as president. Under the duo’s leadership, the festival – founded in 1946 - changed from running alternating years with Moscow Film Festival, to becoming an annual event.
The former journalist and film academic...
Czech journalist Eva Zaoralova, who was artistic director of Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for 16 years, has died at the age of 89.
A statement issued by the festival read, “Some news we wish would never come. On Thursday 10 March, Eva Zaoralova left us forever.”
Zaoralova led the festival’s relaunch in 1994 as artistic director, alongside renowned Czech actor Jiri Bartoska as president. Under the duo’s leadership, the festival – founded in 1946 - changed from running alternating years with Moscow Film Festival, to becoming an annual event.
The former journalist and film academic...
- 3/11/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Eva Zaoralová, the Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival’s artistic advisor and its artistic director for many years, has died, the festival confirmed Friday. Zaoralová was 89 years old.
Established in 1946, Karlovy Vary is one of the world’s oldest film festivals, and one of its most prestigious, considered to be the leading festival in Central and Eastern Europe. But in 1994, when a new team led by film journalist Zaoralová and actor Jiří Bartoška stepped in, as the festival’s artistic director and president, respectively, its fortunes had declined, after decades of political interference by the former communist regime. They tirelessly reshaped the stagnating festival into an event worthy of international attention. In 2010, Zaoralová stepped down as artistic director, with Karel Och taking the reins, and she has served as the festival’s artistic advisor ever since.
In a statement issued by the festival on Friday, Bartoška said: “Eva and I...
Established in 1946, Karlovy Vary is one of the world’s oldest film festivals, and one of its most prestigious, considered to be the leading festival in Central and Eastern Europe. But in 1994, when a new team led by film journalist Zaoralová and actor Jiří Bartoška stepped in, as the festival’s artistic director and president, respectively, its fortunes had declined, after decades of political interference by the former communist regime. They tirelessly reshaped the stagnating festival into an event worthy of international attention. In 2010, Zaoralová stepped down as artistic director, with Karel Och taking the reins, and she has served as the festival’s artistic advisor ever since.
In a statement issued by the festival on Friday, Bartoška said: “Eva and I...
- 3/11/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Returning after not one but two cancellations caused by the pandemic, Karlovy Vary Film Festival moves into its final days, with artistic director Karel Och already looking back on the 55th edition, pushed back to Aug. 20-28.
“It was a good decision to postpone,” he tells Variety, noting that the streamlined program, with 25 fewer titles than usual, helped satisfy the audience’s needs. “I think people appreciated the fact that even if they came just for one day, they could see what they wanted to see.”
The event has welcomed the likes of Ninja Thyberg, Alice Diop, Berlinale winner Radu Jude, French DJ Laurent Garnier and “Compartment No. 6” director Juho Kuosmanen, who interacted with the viewers during a slew of live Q&As and talks.
“We have this traditional sense of what the cinema experience should be, of bringing over filmmakers and enabling these encounters, but we can’t stop progress,...
“It was a good decision to postpone,” he tells Variety, noting that the streamlined program, with 25 fewer titles than usual, helped satisfy the audience’s needs. “I think people appreciated the fact that even if they came just for one day, they could see what they wanted to see.”
The event has welcomed the likes of Ninja Thyberg, Alice Diop, Berlinale winner Radu Jude, French DJ Laurent Garnier and “Compartment No. 6” director Juho Kuosmanen, who interacted with the viewers during a slew of live Q&As and talks.
“We have this traditional sense of what the cinema experience should be, of bringing over filmmakers and enabling these encounters, but we can’t stop progress,...
- 8/27/2021
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
The 54th Karlovy Vary Film Festival kicked off Friday with a short explainer in communist-era culture from host Marek Eben, who commemorated the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution in the Czech Republic with a tribute to a retro snack. Eben reminded audiences of what the evening would have looked like if not for the peaceful overthrow of the regime by Václav Havel and his followers with one word: chlebíčky.
The notorious open-faced egg and mayo sandwich appetizers that used to mark every party congress were guaranteed to land on your clothes, he explained as the mainly Czech audience broke up. “Then we were all equals,” Eben noted ironically.
It wasn’t clear whether anyone shared the joke, told in Czech, to Julianne Moore before she took the stage to receive her Crystal Globe for contribution to world cinema. Moore, who is also in the Bohemian spa town to screen the drama “After the Wedding,...
The notorious open-faced egg and mayo sandwich appetizers that used to mark every party congress were guaranteed to land on your clothes, he explained as the mainly Czech audience broke up. “Then we were all equals,” Eben noted ironically.
It wasn’t clear whether anyone shared the joke, told in Czech, to Julianne Moore before she took the stage to receive her Crystal Globe for contribution to world cinema. Moore, who is also in the Bohemian spa town to screen the drama “After the Wedding,...
- 6/28/2019
- by Will Tizard
- Variety Film + TV
Adriano Luz in Raúl Ruiz's The Mysteries of Lisbon At the 46th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, European Parliament member Olga Sehnalová, filmmaker Feo Aladag, actress Sibel Kekilli, and the Karlovy Vary Festival's artistic consultant Eva Zaoralová announced the ten films competing for the 2011 Lux Prize. They are, in alphabetical order: A Torinói ló (The Turin Horse) by Béla Tarr (Hungary, France, Switzerland, Germany) Attenberg by Athina Rachel Tsangari (Greece) Essential Killing by Jerzy Skolimowski (Poland, Norway, Ireland, Hungary) Habemus Papam by Nanni Moretti (Italy, France) Le Havre by Aki Kaurismäki (Finland, France, Germany) Les neiges du Kilimandjaro (The snows of Kilimandjaro) by Robert Guédiguian (France) Morgen by Marian Crisan (France, Romania, Hungary) Mistérios de Lisboa (The Mysteries of Lisbon) by Raúl Ruiz (Portugal) Pina by Wim Wenders (Germany, France, UK) Play by Ruben Östlund (Sweden, France, Denmark) Established in 2007, the annual Lux Prize nominees are selected by a...
- 7/5/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Ten films have been selected to compete for Europe's Lux prize. Details below. The European Parliament unveiled, in the frame of the 46th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff), the ten films pre-selected to compete for this year’s Lux Prize. These films, (co)produced in Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland or UK, all reflect the excellence and richness of European cinema which the European Parliament is very pleased to support. The Lux Prize 2011 Official Selection was unveiled in Karlovy Vary by Ms Olga SEHNALOVÁ, member of the European Parliament, Ms Feo Aladag, director of the Lux Prize 2010 winner Die Fremde, and its leading actress Ms Sibel Kekilli, as well as Ms Eva ZAORALOVÁ, artistic consultant ...
- 7/3/2011
- Thompson on Hollywood
TORONTO -- French filmmaker Claude Lelouch (A Man and a Woman) will head up the jury for the inaugural New Montreal FilmFest, which is set to run Sept. 18-25, organizers said Thursday. Lelouch will be joined on the jury by Italian screen star Anna Galiena, Mexican director Felipe Cazals, Chinese actor Chang Chen, Quebec animation producer Marcel Jean, German producer Eberhard Junkersdorf, and Eva Zaoralova, head of the Karlovy Vary Festival. The New Montreal FilmFest jury will screen 14 features and 7 short films in competition for the Golden Iris award.
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