Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

  • Divia

    Divia

    UKRAINE: Nature is rarely discussed in the current war effort, but Divia is not silent.

  • Does Europe exist?

    Does Europe exist?

    EUROPE: Researching the sources, challenges, failures and the future of the phenomena «Europe.»

  • An intense look at the centre of Ukraine during war

    An intense look at the centre of Ukraine during war

    UKRAINE: Part reportage documentary and part poetic road movie, Voyage Along the War shares what everyday life looks like in a war-torn country.

  • New industry initiative connects rising film talents worldwide

    New industry initiative connects rising film talents worldwide

    In a new collaboration, the Locarno Film Festival, Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, #IFFR, and Karlovy Vary International Film Festival have come together to launch an initiative called Launchpad. Aimed at supporting emerging film professionals in various industry sectors, Launchpad facilitates access to a network of prestigious film festivals throughout the…

  • When climate change is not the main issue

    When climate change is not the main issue

    COMMUNITY: It's more than icebergs and permafrost vanishing in the Arctic as a young anthropologist discovers in Svalbard, Norway.

  • Cataloguing chronicide In the Soviet Union

    Cataloguing chronicide In the Soviet Union

    CONFLICT: Reconstructing and visualising the historical context of the Babi Yar tragedy, where 33,771 Jews were massacred during Ukraine's German occupation.

  • Condemned to an idea of Russia

    Condemned to an idea of Russia

    RUSSIA: Though the communist era may be over, the ideology of serving the motherland is still very much alive as an ideal for indoctrination.

  • Death and duty

    Death and duty

    RUSSIA: The dreamlike beauty of Ksenia Okhapkina's concise film connects the subtle mechanisms of control in a former Gulag town.

  • From protégée to dictator

    From protégée to dictator

    RUSSIA: A glimpse into Vladimir Putin‘s rise to power – from his early promises of media freedom to the flagrant disregard of democratic norms.

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