Karlovy Latest Reviews

Tempestad
Tempestad
A road trip reveals the stories of two women facing up to the methods used by powerful cartels to control individuals, while state authorities turn a blind eye.
The Wolf From Royal Vineyard Street
The Wolf From Royal Vineyard Street
A comedic reinvention of the director's own own quasi-autobiographical short stories.
Kills On Wheels
Kills On Wheels
Two disabled lads get together with an ex-fireman and form a gang of hired assassins.
The Handmaiden
The Handmaiden
A handmaiden sets out to swindle an heiress but things don't go to plan.
Slack Bay
Slack Bay
Period comedy, set in 1910, about the investigation into disappearances from beaches in France.
Lost And Beautiful
Lost And Beautiful
Documentary and fiction blend in a tale of ancient palaces, devoted shepherds and a young calf contemplating his fate.
Zoology
Zoology
A quiet, middle-aged zoo employee wakes up to discover that she has grown a tail.
The Student
The Student
A teenager becomes a religious zealot and mounts a campaign against his biology teacher.
Divines
Divines
Story of an Arabic drug dealer in a Parisian ghetto.
Mimosas
Mimosas
Faust meets Arabic myth in the Moroccan desert.
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Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Features

Looking for trouble
Oliver Laxe on making life difficult for himself when filming Mimosas.
The view from the mountain
Cristian Mungiu talks about honesty, guilt and Graduation.
Soaring ambition
Otto Bell on shooting The Eagle Huntress and the remarkable star of his documentary.
Tales of resistance
Cillian Murphy and Anna Geislerová discuss what Anthropoid means to them.
Ordinary heroes
Jamie Dornan and Charlotte Le Bon on working with Sean Ellis and the real story behind Anthropoid.
A postcard from Karlovy Vary
We report from the Czech festival.
Almodóvar enters his golden age
Julieta director on regrets for his youth, maturity and the Panama Papers.
Woody and the secret of eternal youth
Cannes veteran on being a romantic, fame and infidelity.
Noting the difference
Composers Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans talk about Christine, Frank & Lola and The Fits.
No holds barred
Felix van Groeningen on music, hedonism and real-life inspiration in Belgica.
Beefing up reality
Gabriel Mascaro on the mixture of the surreal and the actual in Neon Bull.
Moving on up
Anna Rose Holmer on adolescence, gender identity and self-determination in The Fits.
In fashion with Pasolini
Abel Ferrara and Willem Dafoe on clothes, movies and murder.

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival News

Szabolcs Hajdu has time of his life at KVIFF
Director takes Crystal Globe and acting prize in Karlovy Vary.
Double joy for Original Bliss
German film takes two awards in Karlovy Vary
Willem Dafoe receives Crystal Globe
Actor honoured for his lifetime contribution.
A Syrian Love Story vies for Lux Prize
British film one of 10 in running for European Parliament Award.
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