Karlovy Vary Film Festival unveils its 2021 lineup – Deadline

The official selection for the 55th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) has been announced, with 32 premieres. Scroll down for the full list of titles.

The festival will open with Zatopek, David Ondříček’s feature film about quadruple Olympic gold medalist, runner Emil Zátopek, who is widely regarded as the most popular athlete in Czech Republic history. The film will be premiered on August 20, 2021 in the Grand Hall of the Hôtel Thermal during the opening night gala. Screening is also Boiling point, the drama about a restaurant chef with Stephen Graham.

A retrospective will be held dedicated to the work of The Film Foundation, Martin Scorsese’s non-profit organization founded in 1990 and dedicated to the protection and preservation of the history of cinema, restoring to date more than 900 classic works. the cinema. In total, 10 films will be screened at the festival.

In addition to today’s program announcement, a selection of non-competitive streams, featuring notable films from 2020 and 2021, will be unveiled closer to the event.

For the first time this year, documentaries will be incorporated into the two existing competitions – the Crystal Globe competition and the East of the West competition – both previously reserved for feature films.

GLOBE DE CRISTAL COMPETITION

Atlas ptáků / Atlas of birds
Director: Olmo Omerzu
Czech Republic, Slovenia, Slovak Republic, 2021, 92 min, World Premiere

Boiling point / Boiling point
Director: Philippe Barantini
United Kingdom, 2020, 94 min, World Premiere

Ezmûn / The exam
Director: Shawkat Amin Korki
Germany, Iraq, Qatar, 2021, 89 min, World premiere

Wars / Wars
Director: Nicolas Roy
Canada, 2021, 84 min, World premiere

Každá minuta života / Every minute
Director: Erika Hnikova
Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, 2021, 80 min, World Premiere

Láska pod kapotou / At full speed
Director: Miro Remo
Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, 2021, 85 min, World Premiere

No no
Director: Dietrich Brüggemann
Germany, 2021, 119 min, World premiere

The Prince / The Prince
Director: Lisa Bierwirth
Germany, 2021, 125 min, World premiere

Strahinja Banović / As far as I can walk
Director: Stefan Arsenijević
Serbia, France, Luxembourg, Bulgaria, Lithuania, 2021, 92 min, World premiere

La terra dei figli / The land of the sons
Director: Claudio Cupellini
Italy, 2021, 118 min, International premiere

Zbornica / The teachers’ room
Director: Sonja Tarokić
Croatia, 2021, 126 min, World premiere

Zpráva o záchraně mrtvého / Save the one who was dead
Director: Václav Kadrnka
Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, France, 2021, 90 min, World Premiere

EAST OF THE WEST – COMPETITION

Bliscy / Dear beings
Director: Grzegorz Jaroszuk
Poland, Czech Republic, 2021, 74 min, World premiere

BÄ—gikÄ— / Runner
Director: Andrius Blaževičius
Lithuania, Czech Republic, 2021, 87 min, World premiere

Jednotka intenzivního života / Intensive living unit
Director: Adéla Komrzý
Czech Republic, 2021, 73 min, World Premiere

Koreni / Roots
Director: Tea Lukač
Serbia, 2021, 80 min, World premiere

Külön falka / Wild roots
Director: Hajni Kis
Hungary, Slovak Republic, 2021, 98 min, World Premiere

Marťanské lodě / Two ships
Director: Jan Foukal
Czech Republic, Norway, 2021, 76 min, World Premiere

Nuuccha / Nuuccha
Director: Vladimir Munkuev
Russia, 2021, 107 min, World premiere

The death of Otar / The death of Otar
Director: Ioseb “Soso” Bliadze
Georgia, Germany, Lithuania, 2021, 106 min, World premiere

Patchwork / Patchwork
Director: Petros Charalambous
Cyprus, Israel, Slovenia, 2021, 86 min, World premiere

Poslije zime / After winter
Director: Ivan Bakrac
Montenegro, Serbia, Croatia, 2021, 101 min, World premiere

Sestri / Brotherhood
Director: Dina Duma
North Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, 2021, 90 min, World premiere

Zrcadla ve tmÄ› / Mirrors in the dark
Director: Šimon Holý
Czech Republic, 2021, 84 min, World Premiere

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

1920s / Roaring Twenties
Director: Elisabeth Vogler
France, 2021, 90 min, European premiere

Brighton 4th / Brighton 4th
Director: Levan Koguashvili
Georgia, Russia, Bulgaria, United States, Monaco, 2021, 95 min, European premiere

Moje slunce Mad / My Sunny Maad
Director: Michaela Pavlatová
Czech Republic, France, Slovak Republic, 2021, 81 min, International premiere

O slavnosti a hostech / The party and the guests
Director: Jan Němec
Czechoslovakia, 1966, 71 min

Podezření / Suspicion
Director: Michal Blaško
Czech Republic, France, 2022, 68 min, World premiere

Rekonstrukce okupace / Reconstruction of the occupation
Director: Jan Å ikl
Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, 2021, 95 min, World Premiere

Sny o toulavých kočkách / Dreams of stray cats
Director: David Sis
Czech Republic, United States, France, 2020, 96 min, World Premiere

Zátopek / Zátopek
Director: David Ondříček
Czech Republic, 2021, 131 min, World Premiere