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Shafaq News- Karlovy Vary
The Karlovy Vary International Film
Festival, the second-oldest film festival in the world and part of the “first
wave” of post-war European film festivals, is celebrating its 80th anniversary
this year.
Slovak Actress Magda Vášáryová Receives
The Festival President’s Award
At the 60th Karlovy Vary
International Film Festival, the Festival President’s Award will be presented
to renowned Slovak actress Magda Vášáryová.
In honor of Magda Vášáryová, the
festival will screen the film “Birds, Orphans and Fools”, directed by Juraj
Jakubisko. The film is a Czechoslovakian-French co-production, written by
Jakubisko with the writer Karol Sidon, and filmed in the turbulent year of
1968.
The Screen “Birds, Orphans and Fools”
Was Banned for 20 Years
At that time, a special committee of
the Slovak Ministry of Culture labeled this mosaic-like, fantastical allegory
of unfulfilled dreams and the absurdity of the world “un-socialistic” and
forbade the distribution of “Birds, Orphans and Fools”. More than 20 years
later, in 1990, the film was screened at the 27th Karlovy Vary International
Film Festival and also won the FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film
Critics) Prize.
The Jury Members of the Crystal
Globe Competition
The jury members of the Crystal
Globe Competition of the 60th Karlovy Vary Film Festival (KVIFF) are: Justin
Chang, film critic at The New Yorker from the United States, Amanda Nell Eu,
director from Malaysia, Pavel Rejholec, sound designer, producer, composer and
university lecturer from the Czech Republic, Nadia Turincev, Russian producer
living in France, and Eskil Vogt, director and screenwriter from Norway.
The Jury Members of the Proxima
Competition
The jury members of the Proxima
Competition at this prestigious and top-tier event in world cinema include: Ms.
Estrella Araiza, the General Director of the Guadalajara International Film
Festival (FICG) and Cineteca UDG, from Mexico, Dirk Decker, producer and
co-founder of Hamburg-based Tamtam Film from Germany; Jakub Felcman,
screenwriter, film critic, producer and director from the Czech Republic,
Devika Girish, editor at Film Comment magazine and a Talks programmer at the
New York Film Festival from the United States and Marija Kavtaradze, director
and screenwriter from Lithuania.
Screening of the Film “Hijamat”
Produced and Edited by Jafar Panahi
At the 60th Karlovy Vary
International Film Festival, the feature film “Hijamat,” written and directed
by Nader Saevar and produced and edited by renowned Iranian filmmaker Jafar
Panahi, will have its world premiere in the Crystal Globe Competition section.
The film is a German production.
Screening of the Film “The Friend’s
House Is Here” by Iranian Directors
Also at this prestigious artistic
event, the film “The Friend’s House is Here”, directed and written by young
Iranian filmmakers Maryam Ataei and Hossein Keshavarz, and produced by the
United States and Iran, will be screened in the non-competitive Special
Screenings section.
Karlovy Vary, One of the Most
Prestigious Festivals in Central and Eastern Europe
The festival’s 60th edition will be
held under the executive management of Kryštof Mucha and the artistic direction
of Karel Och. The program includes 12 films in the Crystal Globe Competition,
12 in the Proxima Competition, and 13 in the out-of-competition Special
Screenings section, alongside titles featured in the classic “Out of the Past”
retrospective and a photo exhibition documenting 80 years of festival history. Events
will be hosted at multiple venues across Karlovy Vary, including the Thermal
Hotel cinemas, the Karlovy Vary Theatre, Drahomíra Cinema, Čas Cinema, Husovka
Theatre, Pupp Cinema, and Lázně III Cinema.
For more details: https://www.kviff.com/en/homepage
Credit: Independent journalist and
reporter Mansour Jahani
