Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2024

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The Alienated (Fără suflet) (Country: France, Moldova, Germany; Year: 2024; Director: Anja Kreis; Stars: Nikolay Mulakov)
A gynaecologist finds herself in a difficult position when a woman who claims she is carrying the antichrist, asks for an abortion.
Cabo Negro (Country: France, Morocco; Year: 2024; Director: Abdellah Taïa; Writer: Abdellah Taïa; Stars: Oumaima Barid, Youness Beyej, Julian Compan, Manal Fattah, Mohamed Amine Kihal)
Two young people arrive at a luxury villa on holiday but things take an unexpected turn when the lover of one of them fails to show up.
Chlorophyll (Clorofilla) (Country: Italy; Year: 2023; Director: Ivana Gloria; Writer: Marco Borromei; Stars: Domenico De Meo, Michele Ragno, Sarah Short)
Coming-of-age drama.
Lapilli (Country: Slovakia, Germany; Year: 2024; Director: Paula Durinová; Writer: Paula Durinová)
Director's consideration of grief after the loss of her grandparents.
March To May (Od marca do mája) (Country: Czechia; Year: 2024; Director: Martin Pavol Repka; Writer: Martin Pavol Repka)
A family of five find the rhythm of their lives rocked by the unexpected news of the mother’s pregnancy, as the idea of a new sibling gradually affects all members of the household.
Night Has Come (Vino La Noche) (Country: Spain, Mexico, Peru; Director: Paolo Tizón)
Documenary follows a group of young adventurers who sign up for one of the most challenging military training courses in Latin America.
Nothing In Its Place (Hicbir Sey Yerinde Degil) (Country: Turkey, Germany, South Korea; Year: 2024; Director: Burak Cevik; Writer: Burak Cevik)
One evening, one apartment, five leftist students, and one vision of a non-violent socialist revolution.
Second Chance (Country: India; Year: 2024; Director: Subhadra Mahajan; Writer: Subhadra Mahajan; Stars: Thakri Devi, Dheera Johnson, Kanav Thakur)
Desolate after experiencing a traumatic incident, Nia travels to the family's summer retreat where she forges a bond with the caretaker's mother-in-law and her grandson.
Trans Memoria (Country: Sweden, France; Year: 2024; Director: Victoria Verseau)
An intimate documentary diary, which sees the director return to Thailand and to the year 2012, when she underwent gender-affirming surgery.
Tropicana (Country: Canada, Israel; Year: 2024; Director: Omer Tobi; Writer: Omer Tobi; Stars: Irit Sheleg, Rivka Bahar, Lirit Balaban, Dalia Beger, Ilanit Ben-Yaakov, Uri Hochman, Amir Ishar, Dover Koshashvili, Michael Levy, Rinat Matatov, Regina Spector)
A lonely supermarket worker finds her life shifting after the head cashier is murdered.
Windless (Bezvetrije) (Country: Bulgaria, Italy; Year: 2024; Director: Pavel G Vesnakov; Stars: Ognyan Pavlov, Veselin Petrov)
After years away Kaloyan returns to his native Bulgaria in order to sell his late father’s flat leading him to confront the past.
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