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 OndÅÃÄek’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.
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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 BanoviÄ / As far as I can walk
Director: Stefan ArsenijeviÄ
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 TarokiÄ
Croatia, 2021, 126 min, World premiere
Zpráva o záchranÄ 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
BÄgikÄ / Runner
Director: Andrius BlaževiÄius
Lithuania, Czech Republic, 2021, 87 min, World premiere
Jednotka intenzivnÃho života / Intensive living unit
Director: Adéla Komrzý
Czech Republic, 2021, 73 min, World Premiere
Koreni / Roots
Director: Tea LukaÄ
Serbia, 2021, 80 min, World premiere
Külön falka / Wild roots
Director: Hajni Kis
Hungary, Slovak Republic, 2021, 98 min, World Premiere
MarÅ¥anské lodÄ / 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 NÄmec
Czechoslovakia, 1966, 71 min
PodezÅenà / 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 koÄkách / Dreams of stray cats
Director: David Sis
Czech Republic, United States, France, 2020, 96 min, World Premiere
Zátopek / Zátopek
Director: David OndÅÃÄek
Czech Republic, 2021, 131 min, World Premiere
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