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Deutsch58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
 Official poster of the 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival | |
| Location | Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1946 |
| No. of films | 170 |
| Festival date | 28 June–6 July 2024 |
| Website | www |
The 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival took place from 28 June to 6 July 2024, in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic.[1] The official selections lineup was announced on 28 May,[2] with the remainder of the lineup announced on 14 June.[3]
Official selection
[edit]Crystal Globe
[edit]| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banzo | Margarida Cardoso | Portugal, France, Netherlands | |
| Celebration | Proslava | Bruno Anković | Croatia, Qatar |
| The Hungarian Dressmaker | Ema a smrtihlav | Iveta Grófová | Slovakia, Czech Republic |
| Loveable | Elskling | Lilja Ingolfsdottir | Norway |
| Our Lovely Pig Slaughter | Mord | Adam Martinec | Czech Republic, Slovakia |
| Panopticon | Panoptikoni | George Sikharulidze | Georgia, France, Italy, Romania |
| Pierce | 刺心切骨 | Nelicia Low | Singapore, Taiwan, Poland |
| Rude to Love | Ai ni ranbou | Yukihiro Morigaki | Japan |
| A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things | Mark Cousins | United Kingdom | |
| Three Days of Fish | Drie dagen vis | Peter Hoogendoorn | Netherlands, Belgium |
| Tiny Lights | Světýlka | Beata Parkanová | Czech Republic, Slovakia |
| Xoftex | Noaz Deshe | Germany, France | |
PROXIMA
[edit]| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Alienated | Fără suflet | Anja Kreis | Germany, Moldova, France |
| Cabo Negro | Abdellah Taïa | France, Morocco | |
| Chlorophyll | Clorofilla | Ivana Gloria | Italy |
| Lapilli | Paula Ďurinová | Slovakia, Germany | |
| March to May | Od marca do mája | Martin Pavol Repka | Czech Republic |
| Night Has Come | Vino la noche | Paolo Tizón | Peru, Spain, Mexico |
| Nothing in Its Place | Hiçbir şey yerinde değil | Burak Çevik | Turkey, Germany, South Korea |
| Second Chance | Subhadra Mahajan | India | |
| Stranger | Ju wai ren | Zhengfan Yang | United States, China, Netherlands, Norway, France |
| Trans Memoria | Victoria Verseau | Sweden, France | |
| Tropicana | Omer Tobi | Israel, Canada | |
| Windless | Bezvetrije | Pavel G. Vesnakov | Bulgaria, Italy |
Special Screenings
[edit]| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czechoslovak Architecture 58–89 | Architektura ČSSR 58–89 | Jan Zajíček | Czech Republic, Slovakia |
| The Gardener's Year | Zahradníkův rok | Jiří Havelka | Czech Republic |
| I'm Not Everything I Want to Be | Ještě nejsem, kým chci být | Klára Tasovská | Czech Republic, Slovakia |
| In the Land of Brothers | Alireza Ghasemi, Raha Amirfazli | Ireland, France, Netherlands | |
| Journey to the Brink of War | Voyage au bord de la guerre | Antonin Peretjatko | France |
| The Other One | Ta druhá | Marie-Magdalena Kochová | Czech Republic |
| Real | Oleg Sentsov | Ukraine, Croatia | |
| The Song of Others - A Search for Europe | Das Lied der Anderen – Eine Suche nach Europa | Vadim Jendreyko | Switzerland |
| Tatabojs.doc | Marek Najbrt | Czech Republic | |
| Waves | Vlny | Jiří Mádl | Czech Republic |
Horizons
[edit]| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All We Imagine as Light | Payal Kapadia | France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg | |
| Architecton | Viktor Kossakovsky | Germany, France, United States | |
| The Balconettes | Les Femmes au Balcon | Noémie Merlant | France |
| The Beast | La Bête | Bertrand Bonello | France, Canada |
| Between the Temples | Nathan Silver | United States | |
| Brief History of a Family | Jia ting jian shi | Lin Jianjie | China, France, Denmark, Qatar |
| Bye Bye Tiberias | Bye Bye Tibériade | Lina Soualem | France, Belgium, Palestine, Qatar |
| Crossing | Levan Akin | Sweden, Denmark, France, Turkey, Georgia | |
| A Different Man | Aaron Schimberg | United States | |
| Direct Action | Guillaume Cailleau, Ben Russell | Germany, France | |
| Dying | Sterben | Matthias Glasner | Germany |
| Explanation for Everything | Magyarázat mindenre | Gábor Reisz | Hungary, Slovakia |
| Favoriten | Ruth Beckermann | Austria | |
| Gasoline Rainbow | Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross | United States | |
| Girls Will Be Girls | Shuchi Talati | India, France, United States, Norway | |
| The Girl with the Needle | Pigen med nalen | Magnus von Horn | Denmark, Poland, Sweden |
| Gloria! | Margherita Vicario | Italy, Switzerland | |
| Grand Tour | Miguel Gomes | Portugal, Italy, France | |
| Holy Cow | Vingt dieux | Louise Courvoisier | France |
| Housekeeping for Beginners | Domakinstvo za pocetnici | Goran Stolevski | North Macedonia, Croatia, Serbia, Poland, Kosovo |
| The Invasion | Sergei Loznitsa | Netherlands, France, United States | |
| It's Not Me | C'est pas moi | Leos Carax | France |
| Julie Keeps Quiet | Julie zwijgt | Leonardo Van Dijl | Belgium, Sweden |
| Kinds of Kindness | Yorgos Lanthimos | Ireland, United Kingdom, United States | |
| Kneecap | Rich Peppiatt | Ireland | |
| Living Large | Život k sežrání | Kristina Dufková | Czechia, Slovakia, France |
| Memory | Michel Franco | Mexico, United States | |
| My Favourite Cake | Keyke mahboobe man | Maryam Moqadam, Behtash Sanaeeha | Iran, France, Sweden, Germany |
| My Summer with Irène | Quell'estate con Irène | Carlo Sironi | Italy, France |
| Nasty | Tudor Giurgiu, Cristian Pascariu, Tudor D. Popescu | Romania | |
| No Other Land | Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor | Palestine, Norway | |
| On Becoming a Guinea Fowl | Rungano Nyoni | Zambia, United Kingdom, Ireland | |
| The Other Way Around | Volveréis | Jonás Trueba | Spain, France |
| Parthenope | Paolo Sorrentino | Italy, France | |
| Pepe | Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias | Dominican Republic, Namibia, Germany, France | |
| Porcelain War | Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev | Ukraine, Australia, United States | |
| The Rescue: The Weight of the World | El rapto | Daniela Goggi | Argentina, United States |
| Rumours | Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson | Canada, Germany | |
| Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus | Neo Sora | Japan | |
| Santosh | Sandhya Suri | United Kingdom, India, France, Germany | |
| Shambhala | Min Bahadur Bham | Nepal, France, Norway, Hong Kong, China, Turkey, Taiwan, United States, Qatar | |
| Silent Trilogy | Mykkätrilogia | Juho Kuosmanen | Finland |
| Sleep with Your Eyes Open | Dormir de olhos abertos | Nele Wohlatz | Brazil, Argentina, Taiwan, Germany |
| The Story of Souleymane | L'Histoire de Souleymane | Boris Lojkine | France |
| The Substance | Coralie Fargeat | United Kingdom, United States, France | |
| Three Kilometres to the End of the World | Trei kilometri până la capătul lumii | Emanuel Pârvu | Romania |
| Trust | Confidenza | Daniele Luchetti | Italy |
| Viet and Nam | Trong lòng đất | Minh Quý Trương | Philippines, Singapore, France, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Vietnam, United States |
| The Village Next to Paradise | Mo Harawe | Austria, France, Germany, Somalia | |
| When the Light Breaks | Ljósbrot | Rúnar Rúnarsson | Iceland, Netherlands, Croatia, France |
| Who Do I Belong To | Mé el Aïn | Meryam Joobeur | Tunisia, France, Canada, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia |
Imagina
[edit]| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abiding Nowhere | Wu Suo Zhu | Tsai Ming-liang | Taiwan, United States |
| Allies | Aliados | Azucena Losana | Mexico |
| Always Show Courage When Burning to the Ground | Joseph Wilson | United Kingdom | |
| Beautiful Dead Woman | Die schöne Tote | Jan Soldat | Germany, Austria |
| Best Secret Place | Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel | France | |
| Bliss Point | Gerard Ortín Castellví | Spain, United Kingdom, Italy | |
| The Garden Cadences | Dane Komljen | Germany | |
| The Human Hibernation | Anna Cornudella Castro | Spain | |
| Lolo & Sosaku: The Western Archive | Sergio Caballero | Spain | |
| Mare Imbrium | Siegfried A. Fruhauf | Austria | |
| Of Other Tomorrows Never Known | Natasha Tontey | Indonesia, Germany | |
| Preemptive Listening | Aura Satz | United Kingdom, Finland | |
| Silent Panorama | Nicolas Piret | Belgium | |
| Slow Shift | Shambhavi Kaul | United States, India | |
| Spheres | Daniel Zimmermann | Switzerland, Austria | |
| Teen Girl Fantasy | Marisa Hoicka | Canada, | |
| UNDR | Kamal Aljafari | Germany, Palestine | |
Future Frames: Generation Next of European Cinema
[edit]| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baldilocks | Kaalkapje | Marthe Peters | Belgium, Netherlands |
| The Complaint | Sammen er du mere | William Sehested Høeg | Denmark |
| Cura sana | Lucía G. Romero | Spain | |
| A Good Mind Grows in Thorny Places | Dom Strom | Katarína Gramatová | Slovakia |
| If I Float | Dacă voi pluti | Bogdan Alecsandru | Romania |
| The Love Servant | Ancella d'amore | Emanuela Muzzupappa | Italy |
| Strangers in the Night | Matthias Krepp | Austria | |
| A Study of Empathy | Eine Studie in Empathie | Hilke Rönnfeldt | Germany, Denmark |
| Who Stands Up for Alvar | Vem ropar för Alvar | Anna Maria Jóakimsdóttir-Hutri | Sweden |
| 3 MWh | Marie-Magdalena Kochová | Czechia | |
Pragueshorts
[edit]| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| AliEN0089 | Valeria Hofmann | Chile, Argentina | |
| The Baroque | Baroko | David Payne, Tomáš Navrátil | Czechia |
| Battery Mommy | Seung-bae Jeon | South Korea | |
| Blue Boy | Nikulás Tumi Hlynsson | Czechia | |
| Buzz of the Earth | Bzukot Země | Greta Stocklassa | Czechia |
| Cross My Heart and Hope to Die | Sam Manacsa | Philippines | |
| Curiosa | Tessa Moult-Milewska | United Kingdom | |
| Dormouse | Siebenschläfer | Julia Ocker | Germany |
| Eighth Day | Osmý den | Petr Pylypčuk | Czechia |
| Electra | Daria Kashcheeva | Czechia, France, Slovakia | |
| Kinderfilm | Total Refusal | Austria | |
| Luce and the Rock | Britt Raes | Belgium, France, Netherlands | |
| Oyu | Atsushi Hirai | France, Japan | |
| Pond | Tümpel | Lena von Döhren, Eva Rust | Switzerland |
| Prince Ki Ki Do: Tea cup | Princ Ki Ki Do: Skodelica čaja | Grega Mastnak | Slovenia |
| Sea Salt | Leila Basma | Czechia, Lebanon | |
| To Be Sisters | Entre deux sœurs | Anne-Sophie Gousset, Clément Céard | France |
Out of the Past
[edit]| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Apache | John Ford | United States | |
| François Truffaut, My Life, a Screenplay | François Truffaut, le scénario de ma vie | David Teboul | France |
| Let's Get Lost | Bruce Weber | United States | |
| Love Streams | John Cassavetes | United States | |
| Murdering the Devil | Vražda ing. Čerta | Ester Krumbachová | Czechoslovakia |
| The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians | Tajemství hradu v Karpatech | Oldřich Lipský | Czechoslovakia |
| Paris, Texas | Wim Wenders | Germany, France, United Kingdom, United States | |
| Shadows of a Hot Summer | Stíny horkého léta | František Vláčil | Czechoslovakia |
| The Taking | Alexandre O. Philippe | United States | |
| Twentynine Palms | Bruno Dumont | France, United States, Germany | |
| Two English Girls | Les deux Anglaises et le continent | François Truffaut | France |
Midnight Screenings
[edit]| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunting Daze | Jour de chasse | Annick Blanc | Canada |
| Love Lies Bleeding | Rose Glass | United States | |
| MaXXXine | Ti West | United States | |
| The Roundup: Punishment | 범죄도시4 | Heo Myung-haeng | South Korea |
| Steppenwolf | Adilkhan Yerzhanov | Kazakhstan | |
The Wish to Be a Red Indian: Kafka and Cinema
[edit]| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| After Hours | Martin Scorsese | United States | |
| America | Amerika | Vladimír Michálek | Czechia |
| Artist of Fasting | Danjiki geinin | Masao Adachi | Japan, South Korea |
| The Audience | L'udienza | Marco Ferreri | Italy, France |
| The Castle | Das Schloss | Rudolf Noelte | Germany |
| Class Relations | Klassenverhältnisse | Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet | Germany, France |
| Franz Kafka's A Country Doctor | Kafka inaka isha | Kōji Yamamura | Japan |
| Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life | Peter Capaldi | United Kingdom | |
| The Grandmother | David Lynch | United States | |
| Interview | Intervista | Federico Fellini | Italy |
| Joseph Kilian | Postava k podpírání | Pavel Juráček, Jan Schmidt | Czechoslovakia |
| K | Lorenza Mazzetti | United Kingdom | |
| Kafka | Zbigniew Rybczyński | United States, France | |
| Kafka | Steven Soderbergh | United States, France | |
| Metamorphosis | Die Verwandlung | Jan Němec | Germany |
| The Money Order | Mandabi | Ousmane Sembène | France, Senegal |
| Mr. Kneff | Steven Soderbergh | United States, France | |
| The Tenant | Le Locataire | Roman Polanski | France |
| Tetsuo: The Iron Man | Shinya Tsukamoto | Japan | |
| The Tomb of Kafka | Le Tombeau de Kafka | Jean-Claude Rousseau | France |
| The Trial | Le procès | Orson Welles | France, Italy, Germany |
| Twin Peaks: A Limited Event Series | David Lynch | United States | |
Tribute to Francine Maisler
[edit]| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Bikeriders | Jeff Nichols | United States | |
Tribute to Ivan Trojan
[edit]| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Karamazov Brothers | Karamazovi | Petr Zelenka | Czechia, Poland |
Awards
[edit]The following awards were presented:[4]
Official selection awards
[edit]- Grand Prix – Crystal Globe: A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things — Mark Cousins[5]
- Special Jury Prize: Loveable (Elskling) — Lilja Ingolfsdottir[5]
- Special Jury Mention:
- Best Director: Nelicia Low, Pierce[5]
- Best Actress: Helga Guren, Loveable (Elskling)[5]
- Best Actor: Ton Kas & Guido Pollemans, Three Days of Fish (Drie dagen vis)[5]
Other statutory awards
[edit]- PROXIMA Grand Prix: Stranger (Ju wai ren) — Yang Zhengfan[5]
- PROXIMA Special Jury Prize: Night Has Come (Vino la noche) — Paolo Tizón[5]
- PROXIMA Special Jury Mention: March to May (Od marca do mája) — Martin Pavol Repka[5]
- Právo Audience Award: Waves (Vlny) — Jiří Mádl[5]
- Festival President's Award: Viggo Mortensen, Daniel Brühl, Clive Owen[5]
- Festival President's Award for Contribution to Czech Cinematography: Ivan Trojan[5]
Non-statutory awards
[edit]- The Ecumenical Jury Award: Loveable (Elskling) — Lilja Ingolfsdottir[5]
- Commendation of the Ecumenical Jury: Panopticon (Panoptikoni) — George Sikharulidze[5]
- Europa Cinemas Label Award: Loveable (Elskling) — Lilja Ingolfsdottir[5]
- FIPRESCI Award for Crystal Globe Competition: Loveable (Elskling) — Lilja Ingolfsdottir[5]
- FIPRESCI Award for PROXIMA Competition: Night Has Come (Vino la noche) — Paolo Tizón[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Leo Barraclough, "Karlovy Vary Film Festival Lineup Includes 15 Directorial Debuts, Plus Films by Established Filmmakers". Variety, 28 May 2024.
- ^ Tim Dams, "Karlovy Vary Film Festival unveils 2024 official selection". Screen Daily, 28 May 2024.
- ^ Martin Kudlac, "Karlovy Vary unveils the full line-up for its 58th edition". Cineuropa, 14 June 2024.
- ^ "Closing Ceremony and Awards of KVIFF 2024". Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. 6 July 2024. Archived from the original on 7 July 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Karlovy Vary Reveals Award Winners: Mark Cousins’ Doc ‘A Sudden Glimpse To Deeper Things’ Takes The Crystal Globe". Deadline Hollywood, 6 July 2024.