The 54th edition of the festival will run from June 28 to July 6. The festival will give its President's Award to cinematographer Vladimír Smutný and also feature a retrospective to Egyptian filmmaker Youssef Chahine, including much of his earlier work. There will also be a strand commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution and the first chance to see the restored version of The Cremator.

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Patrick
Patrick
Patrick lives with his parents on a naturist campsite. When his dad dies and he finds himself in charge he has other things on his mind... namely a quest for his lost hammer.
Papicha
Papicha
A student becomes determined to stage a fashion show despite religious opposition.
Tommaso
Tommaso
An American film director in Rome tries to understand where life has taken him.
To The Stars
To The Stars
Under small town scrutiny, a withdrawn farmer’s daughter forges an intimate friendship with a worldly but reckless new girl in 1960s Oklahoma.
Ghost Town Anthology
Ghost Town Anthology
After a man dies in a car accident, time seems to lose all meaning for the residents of a small town... and then strangers begin to appear.
Adam
Adam
A widow takes in a heavily pregnant young woman.
Fire Will Come
Fire Will Come
A convicted arsonist returns to his rural home.
System Crasher
System Crasher
Nine-year-old Benni radically defies every rule. But this feared ‘system crasher’s’ only desire is to stop living in a residential home and go back to her mother.
Dogs Don't Wear Pants
Dogs Don't Wear Pants
A widower is struggling years after his wife drowned... meeting Mona, a dominatrix, changes everything.
A White, White Day
A White, White Day
An off-duty police chief begins to suspect a local man to have had an affair with his wife, who has recently died in a car accident. Gradually his obsession for finding out the truth accumulates and inevitably begins to endanger himself and his loved ones.
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Affleck’s world without women
Second outing for actor as director in Karlovy Vary
Dark and light shades of Julianne Moore
Karlovy Vary star guest reveals the secrets of life-work balance
20 years for 17 Blocks
Davy Rothbart talks about the long journey for his family-focused doc
Ghost of Romero stalks Cannes opener
Jarmusch acknowledges the influence of the master
Stepping back to the Seventies
Benjamin Naishtat chats about his genre thriller Rojo
Rhapsody in red
Peter Strickland on dreaming through films and In Fabric
On the Learning To Drive red carpet
Catching up with Ben Kingsley, Patricia Clarkson, Isabel Coixet, Sarita Choudhury and Jake Weber.
Driving Passions
Thelma Schoonmaker, Daniel Hammond, Sarah Kernochan and Avi Nash on Learning To Drive.

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival News

On the road to a win at Karlovy Vary
Bulgarian-Greek comedy takes the honours.
Clarkson receives Crystal Globe
Indie film is "the blood, heart and soul of our industry," says star
Hot air blast at film festivals
Director slams lack of green credentials
Europe’s finest compete for prize
Nominees announced at Karlovy Vary Film Festival
Moore shares the honours in Karlovy Vary
Crystal Globe for star of After The Wedding
Julianne Moore to receive Karlovy Vary Crystal Globe
Red carpet welcome for Affleck, Clarkson and Crudup
Ten world premières in prospect for Karlovy Vary
Programme plans unveiled for Competition and East Meets West
Karlovy Vary to honour Smutný and Chahine
Festival will also commemorate Velvet Revolution
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