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Santosh
Santosh
Newly widowed Santosh inherits her husband’s job as a police constable in the rural badlands of Northern India. When a low caste girl is found raped and murdered, she is pulled into the investigation under the wing of charismatic feminist inspector Sharma.
Kneecap
Kneecap
There are 80,000 native Irish speakers in Ireland. 6,000 live in the North of Ireland. Three of them became a rap group called Kneecap. This anarchic Belfast trio becomes the unlikely figurehead of a civil rights movement to save the mother tongue.
My Favourite Cake
My Favourite Cake
A 70-year-old decides to break her solitary routine and revitalise her love life.
Hunting Daze
Hunting Daze
A young, tempestuous woman, is taken in by a group of hunters in a remote cabin. In the midst of this tough, yet endearing, male microsociety, she feels like she finally belongs. A mysterious stranger’s arrival disrupts her newfound haven.
Girls Will Be Girls
Girls Will Be Girls
In a strict boarding school nestled in the Himalayas, 16-year-old Mira discovers desire and romance. But her sexual, rebellious awakening is disrupted by her mother who never got to come of age herself.
The Substance
The Substance
A fading television star tries to restore her fame with the help of a suspicious drug.
A Sudden Glimpse To Deeper Things
A Sudden Glimpse To Deeper Things
Consideration of the painter Wilhelmina Barns-Graham.
Three Days Of Fish
Three Days Of Fish
Gerrie returns to The Netherlands for his annual health check-up, reuniting with his adult son, Dick, who longs to make the most of their brief time together.
Holy Cow!
Holy Cow!
After the sudden death of his father an 18-year-old finds himself looking after his sister... and changing his life.
All We Imagine As Light
All We Imagine As Light
Triptych explores the lives of three women in Mumbai.
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Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Features

Life lessons
Shuchi Talati on rebellion and relationships in school-set drama Girls Will Be Girls
Running with the wolves
Annick Blanc on asking people to open their eyes with Hunting Daze
Cousins discovers a kindred spirit
Filmmaker on his Barns-Graham art doc in Karlovy Vary
Star fixer who can 'make or break' a film
Casting agent Francine Maisler reveals her secrets - from The Bikeriders to Succession
Why Soderbergh became hooked by Jaws
Karlovy Vary guest reflects on Spielberg, Kafka and 'retirement'
'If I find people who are really talented...they become my muses'
Nicole Holofcener on Gandolfini, Allen and Aniston, Sex And The City and the threat of AI
Viggo makes a splash in Karlovy Vary
The Dead Don’t Hurt star on his convictions and shunning the limelight
Bonello, the time traveller
France’s maverick on sci-fi, loneliness, music and working with Léa Seydoux
Entering the dream
Bertrand Bonello discusses Coma and The Beast
At last Maddin makes mischief in Cannes
G7 satire star power for Rumours filmmaker
Emma Stone gets physical in Cannes
Lanthimos’ 'muse' on body language, equality and telling stories
'It's about a feeling which is lost in adulthood - the complexity of simple things'
Carlo Sironi on his coming-of-age movie My Summer With Irene
'I tried to stay away from the bubblegum version'
Olga Mill on creating the Eighties look of Love Lies Bleeding and being inspired by mold for Eileen
'I start working from a very intellectual perspective, but then it's a lot of intuition'
Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias on experimentation and storytelling in Pepe
Sculpting a story
Jianjie Lin on working layer by layer on Brief History Of A Family
Unsettled
In The Land Of Brothers directors Raha Amirfazli and Alireza Ghasemi on exploring the long road for Afhgan refugees in Iran
Truth and nail
Christos Nikou on technology, love and Eighties synthpop in Fingernails

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