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The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival celebrated its 55th edition in 2021, with a line-up including outstanding Czech and international films made over the previous two years.

The festival ran from from 20 to 28 August.

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Vortex
Vortex
Drama focused on a handful of dark days in the lives of an elderly couple in Paris.
Hit The Road
Hit The Road
Drama based around a road trip in a borrowed car.
As Far as I Can Walk
As Far as I Can Walk
Strahinja and his wife Ababuo left Ghana with a dream of a better life in Europe, only to find themselves stranded in Serbia. One day, Ababuo goes missing.
Between Two Worlds
Between Two Worlds
Marianne Winckler, a well-known author, goes to live in northern France to research for her new book on the subject of job insecurity. Without revealing her true identity, she gets hired as a cleaner, working with a group of other women.
The Tale Of King Crab
The Tale Of King Crab
Italy, today. Some elderly hunters reminisce about the tale of Luciano - a drunk who locks horns with the head of the region over right of passage and is later exiled.
Boiling Point
Boiling Point
The shift has hardly begun for head chef Andy and he’s already behind with everything. His restaurant is overbooked, there’s a disgruntled inspector combing the kitchen and, if that weren’t enough, a culinary icon and a respected food critic have turned up for dinner.
Onoda: 10,000 Nights In The Jungle
Onoda: 10,000 Nights In The Jungle
It's the end of 1944. Japan is losing the war. Hiroo Onoda is sent to an island in the Philippines just before the American landing. The handful of soldiers that he takes with him into the jungle keep fighting, not realising the war is over.
Paris, 13th District
Paris, 13th District
Émilie meets Camille who is attracted to Nora, who crosses paths with Amber. Three girls and a boy - They're friends, sometimes lovers and often both.
Olga
Olga
2013. A 15-year-old gymnast is torn between Switzerland - where she is training for the European Championship in preparation for the Olympics - and Ukraine, where her mother is a journalist, reporting on Euromaidan unrest.
Compartment No 6
Compartment No 6
A young Finnish woman escapes an enigmatic love affair in Moscow by boarding a train to the arctic port of Murmansk, but is forced to share the long ride and a tiny sleeping car with a Russian miner.
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Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Features

Noé’s close encounter with mortality
Change of pace for renegade director in tandem with Argento
Baptism of fire with Audiard
Paris, 13th District star Lucie Zhang on intimacy, acting techniques and Cannes high heels
Jude Uncovered!
An almost complete A to Z to Bad Luck Banging Or Loony Porn
'I’m always amazed people are shocked by sex in movies'
Benedetta director Paul Verhoeven on religion, nudity, and sexuality
Masculinity's irony
Levan Koguashvili on Brighton 4th and the comedy of cheese
The feeling of this time
Elisabeth Vogler on Roaring 20s and Agnès Varda
A snapshot of memory
Christos Nikou talks about Apples, the pandemic and his upcoming film with Carey Mulligan
Fishing for truth
Luzzu director Alex Camilleri on the casting and shooting of his debut
The lives of others
Nadine Labaki on Capernaum and the way the refugee crisis affects children

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival News

Karlovy Vary announces prizes
As Far As I Can Walk takes top honour
Boiling Point on the menu in Karlovy Vary
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