The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) completed its 60th edition lineup in its 80th year, unveiling on Thursday the program of its popular Horizons section, which is once again filled with favorites on the festival circuit from last year, including recent Cannes winners, and films being screened at Afterhours, formerly known as Midnight Screenings.
Overall, the Czech festival will present more than 130 feature films and documentaries.
This year’s Afterhours selection will include the likes of Jane Schönbrunn’s feminist morgue Teen sex and death in Miasma campA satirical documentary by Idan Zamiri The moment About Charli XCX, the South Korean zombie movie colony From director Yeon Sang Ho, satirical animation Jim Quinn From Nicholas Athan and Marco Nguyen about a gay influencer who is infected with a virus that turns people straight.
Meanwhile, this year’s KVIFF Horizons section will feature 55 films. “Karlovy Vary audiences will have the opportunity to watch, for example, the compelling Palme d’Or-winning drama Fjord Directed by Christian Mungiu, the latest work from the Oscar-winning director, Homeland “Written by Pawel Pawlikowski as well as featured auteur films from Nepal, Rwanda and Costa Rica,” KVIFF said. “From the Berlinale, audiences can look forward to Yellow letterswon the Golden Bear, and suddenly By Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, winner of the prestigious Un Concern Regard section every timea melancholic biography about legendary jazz pianist Bill Evans. The Venice Film Festival and Sundance Film Festival, which was held this year in Park City for the last time, will also maintain its traditional presence.
KVIFF organizers also paid tribute to a number of “returning” filmmakers, whose previous works premiered at the Karlovy Vary Festival in one of the competition sections, and who will present their latest films at the Czech festival this year. For example, Cyril will bring Aries A sad and beautiful worldWhile Visar Morena will present Shame and moneyAndrius Blaževičius will present his latest works How to divorce during war.
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