Karlovy Vary Announces Competition Lineup
One of Europe's all around coolest film festivals and the premiere Czech fest, Karlovy Vary International Film Fest today announced their full competition lineup. The main competition for the Crystal Globe prize includes 12 films, eight of them world premieres. An East of the West competition focuses on first and second films by filmmakers from Central and Eastern Europe while a separate Forum for Independents competition awards the Independent Camera prize (in conjunction with Czech Television) to the section's best indie. Finally, both short and feature length docus compete in the Documentary Film competition. The full lineup of these competitions is below. Non-competition films will be announced soon.
Official Competition Selection
The Almost Man / Mer eller mindre mann
Director: Martin Lund
Norway, 2012, 80 min
Boy Eating the Bird's Food / To agori troi
to fagito tou pouliou
Director: Ektoras
Lygizos
Greece, 2012, 85 min
Camion
Director: Rafaël
Ouellet
Canada, 2012, 95 min
Hay Road / Estrada de Palha
Director: Rodrigo Areias
Portugal, Finland, 2012, 95 min
Kamihate Store / Kamihate shoten
Director: Tatsuya
Yamamoto
Japan, 2012, 104 min
La
lapidation de Saint Etienne
Director: Pere
Vilá Barceló
Spain, 2012, 84 min
The Last Step / Peleh akhar
(Pictured Above)
Director: Ali
Mosaffa
Iran, 2012, 88 min
Nos Vemos Papa
Director: Lucia
Carreras
Mexico, 2011, 89 min
Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy /
Romanzo di una strage
Director: Marco
Tullio Giordana
Italy, 2012, 122 min
Polski film
Director: Marek
Najbrt
Czech Republic, Poland, 2012, 113 min
To Kill a Beaver / Zabić bobra
Director: Jan
Jakub Kolski
Poland, 2012, 99 min
Your Beauty Is Worth Nothing... / Deine
Schönheit ist nichts wert...
Director: Hüseyin
Tabak
Austria, 2012, 81 min
East of the West Competition
The Exam / A vizsga
Director: Petér
Bergendy
Hungary, 2011, 89 min
Dear Betrayed Friends / Drága besúgott
barátaim
Director: Sára
Cserhalmi
Hungary, Germany, 2012, 93 min
Flower Buds / Poupata
Director: Zdeněk
Jiráský
Czech Republic, 2011, 93 min
House with a Turret / Dom s bashenkoy
Director: Eva
Neymann
Ukraine, 2011, 81 min
Made in Ash / Až do mesta Aš
Director: Iveta
Grófová
Slovak Republic, Czech Republic, 2012, 84 min
Mushrooming / Seenelkäik
Director: Toomas
Hussar
Estonia, 2012, 93 min
People Out There / Ljudi tam
Director: Aik
Karapetian
Latvia, 2012, 90 min
Practical Guide to Belgrade With Singing and
Crying / Praktični vodič kroz Beograd sa pevanjem i plakanjem
Director: Bojan
Vuletić
Serbia, Germany, France, Hungary, Croatia, 2011, 87 min
Shameless / Bez wstydu
Director: Filip
Marczewski
Poland, 2012, 80 min
Somewhere in Palilula / Undeva la Palilula
Director: Silviu
Purcărete
Romania, 2012, 141 min
Yuma
Director: Piotr
Mularuk
Poland, Czech Republic, 2012, 105 min
Forum of Independents
Death of a Man in the Balkans / Smrt čoveka
na Balkanu
Director: Miroslav
Momčilović
Serbia, 2012, 80 min
Fair Sex / Les manèges humains
Director: Martin
Laroche
Canada, 2012, 89 min
In a Bedroom / W sypialni
Director: Tomasz
Wasilewski
Poland, 2012, 76 min
Inside / Vast
Director: Rolf van
Eijk
Netherlands, 2011, 50 min
Leave Me Like You Found Me
Director: Adele
Romanski
USA, 2011, 80 min
Love
Me Not
Director: Gilitte
Pik Chi Leung
Hong Kong, 2011, 92 min
The Miscreants / Les Mécréants
Director: Mohcine
Besri
Morocco, Switzerland, 2012, 88 min
Noor
Director: Cagla
Zencirci, Guillaume Giovanetti
France, Pakistan, 2012, 79 min
Noseland
Director: Aleksey
Igudesman
Austria, 2012, 82 min
Oh Boy!
Director: Jan Ole
Gerster
Germany, 2012, 83 min
Vacuum
Director: Giorgio
Cugno
Italy, 2012, 94 min
Wherever You Go / Lean She'at Nosaat
Director: Rony
Sasson
Israel, 2011, 40 min
Documentary Film Competition
Barbers / Barbeiros
Director: Luiz
Ferraz, Guilherme Aguilar
Brazil, 2012, 16 min
The Bella Vista / El Bella Vista
Director: Alicia
Cano
Uruguay, Germany, 2012, 73 min
For You Naked / För dig naken
Director: Sara
Broos
Sweden, 2012, 74 min
Hard To Be God / Dur d'etre dieu
Director: Pavel
Kostomarov, Antoine Cattin
Switzerland, Russia, 2012, 67 min
I'm Leaving on Wednesday
Director: Clara
Bodén
Sweden, Norway, 2012, 10 min
Kichot
Director: Jagoda
Szelc
Poland, 2011, 14 min
The Little Team / L' equip petit
Director: Roger
Gómez, Dani Resines
Spain, 2011, 10 min
Our Days, Absolutely, Have to Be Enlightened
/ Nos jours, absolument, doivent etre illumines
Director: Jean-Gabriel
Périot
France, 2012, 22 min
Polish Illusions
Director: Jacob
Dammas, Helge Renner
Denmark, France, Germany, Poland, 2012, 82 min
Private Universe / Soukromý vesmír
Director: Helena
Třeštíková
Czech Republic, 2012, 83 min
The Queen of Versailles
Director: Lauren
Greenfield
USA, 2012, 100 min
Sofia's Last Ambulance / Poslednata lineika
na Sofia
Director: Ilian
Metev
Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, 2012, 75 min
A Story for the Modlins
Director: Sergio
Oksman
Spain, 2012, 26 min
This Ain't California
Director: Marten
Persiel
Germany, 2011, 90 min
Trains of Thoughts
Director: Timo
Novotny
Austria, 2012, 85 min