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There's lots happening at the year's Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, with some great titles from across Europe and the wider world, as well as the Crystal Globe awards.
The festival runs from 6 to 12 July.
View Films by Strand:
- Afterhours
- Crystal Globe Competition
- Horizons
- Imagina
- The Life and Times of John Garfield
- Tribute to Michael Douglas
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Karlovy Latest Reviews
Three children spend the night with their grandfather after losing their grandmother and discover the power of imagination.
When Zephyr, a rebellious surfer, is abducted by a shark-obsessed serial killer and held captive on his boat, she must figure out how to escape.
A father arrives at a rave deep in the mountains of southern Morocco with his son, looking for his daughter who has been missing for months.
Something bad happened to Agnes. But life goes on… for everyone around her, at least.
After a newborn dies during delivery, the morals and professionalism of an ob-gyn, Nina, come under scrutiny amid rumors that she performs illegal abortions for those in need.
A filmmaker describes his abandoned Zodiac Killer documentary and probes the inner workings of a genre at saturation point.
Struggling to process the sudden and unexpected death of his wife, a young father loses his hold on reality as a seemingly malign presence begins to stalk him from the shadowy recesses of the apartment he shares with his two young sons.
Johanne’s intimate writings about her crush on her teacher ignite both tension and self-reflection within her family, as her mother and grandmother confront their own unfulfilled dreams and desires.
An introverted space princess is forced to leave her planet to rescue her ex.
To maximise economic productivity, the government orders the elderly to relocate to distant housing colonies. Tereza, 77, refuses – and instead embarks on a journey through the Amazon that will change her destiny forever.
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