Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2019

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Beyond the North Winds: A Post Nuclear Reverie (Country: UK; Year: 2019; Director: Natalie Cubides-Brady)
Hybrid documentary about the search for a man who mysteriously disappeared while investigating a Scottish nuclear reactor.
Get Ready With Me (Country: Sweden; Year: 2019; Director: Jonatan Etzler; Writer: Amanda Högberg, Axel Nygren; Stars: Shanti Roney, Miriam Ingrid, Jenna Chaaraoui, Vanja Engström, Robin Keller, Mattias Königsson, Jessica Liedberg, Omeya Lundqvist-Simbizi, Mika-Christer Mäenpää, Shanti Roney, Miriam Ingrid, Jenna Chaaraoui, Vanja Engström, Robin Keller, Mattias Königsson)
Thriller sees a teacher's plan to get his students to shoot a video go badly wrong.
He Was Called Chaos Bērziņš (Viņu sauca Haoss Bērziņš) (Country: Latvia; Year: 2018; Director: Signe Birkova)
After being kidnapped by aliens, copy shop employee Harijs Bērziņš doesn’t quite feel at home in his skin.
The Jarariju Sisters (Soeurs Jarariju) (Country: Switzerland; Year: 2019; Director: Jorge Cadena; Writer: Li Aparicio, Jorge Cadena; Stars: Rosa Jarariyu, Viviana Uriana Jarariyu, Yandris Uriana Jarariyu, Wilson Sapuana, Rosa Jarariyu, Viviana Uriana Jarariyu, Yandris Uriana Jarariyu, Wilson Sapuana)
In a polluted landscape, two teenage sisters plan to run away.
Kid (Country: Slovak Republic; Year: 2019; Director: Gregor Valentovič)
A man whose friends are growing apart from him has to learn to cope with loneliness.
The Last Children Of Paradise (Die letzten Kinder im Paradies) (Country: Germany; Year: 2019; Director: Anna Roller)
A young girl finds herself taking responsibility for her family.
Playing (Hra) (Country: Czech Republic; Year: 2019; Director: Lun Sevnik)
Teenagers Boris and Hugo have informed the internet that they’ll be committing suicide in one hour... the clock is ticking.
Precious (Majkino zlato) (Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina; Year: 2018; Director: Irfan Avdić; Writer: Irfan Avdić, Adi Lučić; Stars: Dino Bajrović, Faketa Salihbegović-Avdagić)
An orphan who lives with his gran begins to grow desperate
A Siege (Country: Hungary; Year: 2018; Director: István Kovács; Writer: Kálmán Gasztonyi; Stars: Vedrana Božinović, Mirela Lambić, Nenad Pećinar, Radoje Čupić, Zsolt Trill)
In a war-torn city a woman risks her life to get water to wash her hair.
Touch Me (Was bleibt) (Country: Germany, Luxembourg; Year: 2018; Director: Eileen Byrne; Writer: Eileen Byrne, Elodie Malanda; Stars: Kristin Suckow, Max Bretschneider)
Drama about a woman undergoing treatment for breast cancer.
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