Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2018

In addition to the features below, a number of short films are screening

View other Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Films by strand: Another View, Documentary Films: Competition, East Of The West, Horizons, Made In Texas: Tribute to Austin Film Society, Midnight Screenings, Official Selection - Competition, Out Of The Past, People Next Door, Reflections of Time: Baltic Poetic Documentary, Seven Close Encounters

Caniba Caniba
Caniba and The Green Fog
11 x 14 (Country: US, Canada; Year: 1977; Director: James Benning; Writer: James Benning; Stars: Serafina Bathrick, Ted Brady, Barbara Frankel, Rick Goodwin, Bette Gordon, Michael S O'Brien)
Avant garde film composed of single-shot sequences.
Black Mother (Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Khalik Allah)
Jamaica-set documentary.
Caniba (Country: France; Year: 2017; Director: Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Verena Paravel; Stars: Issei Sagawa, Jun Sagawa)
A film that reflects on the discomfiting significance of cannibalistic desire in human history and culture through the prism of one Japanese man, Issei Sagawa, and his unsettling relationship with his brother.
Endless Tail (Beskrajni rep) (Country: Croatia; Year: 2018; Director: Željka Suková)
A boy and girl wandering alone through lush terrain undergo a journey to real and imagined landscapes.
The Green Fog (Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson, Guy Maddin)
Compiles bits from 98 films and 3 TV shows set in San Francisco and re-imagines a post-modern version of Hitchcock’s classic Vertigo.
Reflections In The Dust (Country: Australia; Year: 2018; Director: Luke Sullivan; Writer: Luke Sullivan; Stars: Robin Royce Queree, Sarah Houbolt, Robin Royce Queree, Sarah Houbolt)
Drama about an ageing clown and his daughter.
Sleep Has Her House (Country: UK; Year: 2017; Director: Scott Barley; Writer: Scott Barley)
Cinematic nocturne.
Star (★) (Country: Austria; Year: 2017; Director: Johann Lurf)
Poetic essay featuring images of the universe from 550 different feature films.
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