Tag: karlovyvary

Karlovy Vary 2023 Review: MAMMALIA, Anarchy, Art and Gender

Romanian director Sebastian Mihăilescu delivers a fluid narrative on the intersection of drama, horror, and satire, confronting the rigidity and conformity of traditional gender roles.

Karlovy Vary 2023 Review: IMAGO Explores Non-conformity and Motherhood in Post-Punk Poland

Lena Góra stars in director Olga Chajdas' new film, a raw, gritty exploration of post-punk Poland through the journey of a non-conformist protagonist on her way to artistic fulfillment and motherhood.

Karlovy Vary 2023 Review: WHITE PLASTIC SKY Grieves at the End of the World

Tibor Bánóczki and Sarolta Szabó directed the post-apocalyptic animated feature from Hungary.

Karlovy Vary 2019 Review: In THE MIRACLE OF THE SARGASSO SEA, Greek Tragedy Meets Psycho Noir

Greek filmmaker Syllas Tzoumerkas delivers an eclectic, psycho-noir mystery thriller.

Slovak Thriller Crosses THE LINE In First Trailer

Since the split of Czechoslovakia, Slovak cinema has lived somewhat in the shadow of the better funded Czech industry but director Peter Bebjak may very well be drawing some international attention with upcoming Slovak crime thriller The Line (Ciara). Soon...

Karlovy Vary 2014 Review: CORN ISLAND, A Poetic Contemplation On Humanism

The flourishing festival runs of the coming of age drama In Bloom, directed by Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Groß, and Levan Koguashvili´s comedy drama Blind Dates hint at a brighter future for Georgian cinema. The recently premiered second feature by...

Karlovy Vary 2014 Review: FREE FALL, A Remarkable Cinematic Tapestry From The Director Of TAXIDERMIA

Gyorgy Palfi is one of the most interesting Hungarian filmmakers of the present day cinema. Starting with the experimental Hukkle, full recognition for Pálfi came with Taxidermia, a generational family drama on obsession, which impressively carved that story into...

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Dispatch: West Meets East For The 49th Time

The famous Czech spa town of Karlovy Vary hosted for the 49th time, the well known international film festival, which caters especially to Central and Eastern European cinema. But that's not all, as the fest hosts plenty of world and...

Drily Hilarious Trailer For Polish Black Comedy KEBAB & HOROSCOPE

When you think of Polish cinema chances are that comedy is not the first thing that comes to your mind. But writer-director Grzegorz Jaroszuk has hoping to change that with his debut feature, the Karlovy Vary selected black comedy Kebab...

Greek Vampire Must Dance In Yiannis Veslemes' Trippy NORWAY

Things have been weird in Greek cinema for a while now thanks to the rise of Yorgos Lanthimos and his ilk but they're about to get weird in a whole new way with the arrival of Yiannis Veslemes' Karlovy Vary...

Euro Beat: Ben Wheatley's A FIELD IN ENGLAND Will Screen At Karlovy Vary Film Festival Before Release

As we reported already, Ben Wheatley's psychedelic civil-war horror story, A Field In England, is being distributed via a day-and-date theatrical VOD strategy in the UK, and will be available July 5. But it looks like some lucky folks will...