Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2017

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Another News Story and The White World According To Daliborek
Another News Story (Country: UK; Year: 2017; Director: Orban Wallace)
A documentary about journalists sent by their employers to the Mediterranean to cover the unfolding humanitarian tragedy.
Atelier De Conversation (Country: Austria, France, Liechtenstein; Year: 2017; Director: Bernhard Braunstein)
One room, twelve red chairs, and a common language. Foreigners from all corners of the world meet each week for free lessons to hone their French. This formally minimalist documentary captures the fleeting moments in which grammatical fumblings and the painstaking search for the right word inadvertently open a window into the human soul.
Before Summer Ends (Avant La Fin De L’été) (Country: Switzerland, France; Year: 2017; Director: Maryam Goormaghtigh)
Even after studying in France for five years, Arash hasn’t completely gotten used to the place, so he decides to return home to Iran. But friends Hossein and Ashkan are determined not to accept the loss of their closest pal.
A Campaign Of Their Own (Country: Switzerland; Year: 2017; Director: Lionel Rupp)
A documentary following supporters of Bernie Sanders in the US and their response to his loss in the Democratic Primaries in 2016.
Land Of The Free (Country: Denmark, Finland; Year: 2017; Director: Camilla Magid)
In the economically depressed neighborhoods of South Central Los Angeles it’s far too easy to get on the wrong side of the law. One fateful day 42-year-old Brian, who has just been released from serving a long prison sentence, experienced it firsthand. The vicious cycle of social determination, however, also begins to effect the lives of teenager Juan and seven-year-old Gianni.
A Memory In Khaki A Memory In Khaki
A Memory In Khaki and Lots Of Kids, A Monkey And A Castle
Lots Of Kids, A Monkey And A Castle (Muchos hijos, un mono y un castillo) (Country: Spain; Year: 2017; Director: Gustavo Salmerón)
Julita always wanted lots of kids, a monkey, and a castle. After finally realizing these wishes, however, her family loses their property in the economic crisis. But they have not lost the disarming ease and kindheartedness that mark their domestic squabbling.
A Memory In Khaki (Country: Qatar; Year: 2016; Director: Alfoz Tanjour)
A Syrian director dusts off memories of the past, when people were persecuted for their political beliefs.
My Life Without Air (Country: Croatia; Year: 2017; Director: Bojana Burnać)
The most important moments in the life of Goran, a Croatian free diving record-holder, take place exclusively under water.
Tarzan's Testicles (Ouăle Lui Tarzan) (Country: Romania, France; Year: 2017; Director: Alexandru Solomon)
A research center in Sukhumi, the capital of today’s Abkhazia. Legend has it that it was built at the end of the 1920s to create a hybrid between man and monkey.
This Is Not Me (Richard Müller: Nespoznaný) (Country: Slovak Republic, Czech Republic; Year: 2016; Director: Miro Remo)
A documentary portrait of the troubled Slovak singer Richard Müller.
The White World According To Daliborek (Country: Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, UK; Year: 2017; Director: Vít Klusák)
A stylised portrait of an authentic Czech neo-Nazi, who hates his life but doesn’t know what to change.
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