{"id":48443,"date":"2025-07-02T11:18:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/?post_type=novinka&p=48443"},"modified":"2026-06-11T14:41:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T12:41:42","slug":"karlovy-vary-2025","status":"publish","type":"novinka","link":"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/en\/news\/karlovy-vary-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Karlovy Vary will once again bring many Slovak premieres"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The 59th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival<\/a> kicks off this Friday (July 4 \u2013 12, 2025)!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year\u2019s Crystal Globe Competition includes two Slovak minority co-productions. Established Slovak director Miro Remo will world premiere his new documentary Better Go Mad in the Wild<\/a><\/strong><\/em> (SK prod. Arsy-Versy). You can learn more about the film in the<\/strong> <\/a>interview with Miro Remo<\/a><\/strong>. Competing will be also the feature film Broken Voices<\/strong><\/a><\/em> co-produced by Ivan Ostrochovsk\u00fd (Punkchart Films).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The director Paula \u010eurinov\u00e1 has made it again to the Proxima Competition section, this time with her new documentary Action Item<\/strong><\/a><\/em> (SK prod. gu\u010da films, cover photo). Read more about the film in the interview with Paula \u010eurinov\u00e1<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Special Screenings section will bring many Slovak titles this year. Among them is the highly anticipated premiere of the biopic Ducho\u0148<\/strong><\/a><\/em> (SK prod. D.N.A. Production, left photo), about Slovak music icon Karol Ducho\u0148. A behind-the-scenes interview with its producer Ras\u0165o \u0160est\u00e1k is available here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A successful directorial feature debut comes from Katar\u00edna Gramatov\u00e1\u2019s film Promise I\u00b4ll be Fine<\/strong><\/a><\/em> (SK prod. DRYEYE Film, right photo), which premiered last fall at the Tokyo International Film Festival. Learn more in the <\/strong><\/a>interview with t<\/strong><\/a>he director<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another eagerly awaited title is Caravan<\/strong><\/a><\/em> (SK prod. nutprodukcia), which recently premiered at the Festival de Cannes. More information is available in the<\/strong> <\/a>interview with the film\u2019s Slovak DoPs<\/a><\/strong>. Also co-produced by Jakub Viktor\u00edn (nutprodukcia) is the minority Summer School 2001<\/strong><\/a><\/em>, which closes this section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Horizons section presents the drama Perla<\/strong><\/a><\/em> (SK co-prod. HAILSTONE), which premiered at the Rotterdam International Film Festival, and the animated feature film for children Tal<\/strong><\/a>es from<\/a> <\/a>the Magic Garden<\/a><\/strong><\/em> (SK prod. Artichoke), which premiered this year at the Berlinale. An interview with the filmmakers is available here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Imagina section will world-premiere the Slovak minority 1+1+1<\/strong><\/em> <\/a>(dir. Ond\u0159ej Vavre\u010dka, SK co-prod. Virus film).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Pragueshorts at KVIFF selection, we can find the audience-favorite animated short Hurik\u00e1n<\/strong><\/a><\/em> (dir. Jan Saska, SK co-prod. Artichoke) and I Died in Irpin<\/strong><\/a><\/em> (dir. Anastasiia Falileieva, SK co-prod. Artichoke), which won the Award for Best International Animation at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Out of the Past, section dedicated to the history of cinema, will screen the 1997 film T<\/strong><\/em>ime Is Running Out and the Wat<\/em>er Is Rising<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, directed by Ivo Brachtl and De\u017eo Ursiny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Film Industry at KVIFF will present a new program initiative created in collaboration with film institutes from Central European countries – the KVIFF Central Stage<\/a><\/strong>. Among Slovak majority productions a project L\u00e1ska<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Marko \u0160kop (SK prod. ARTILERIA, left image), currently in production phase, has been chosen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Representatives of the Slovak Film Institute and the Slovak Audiovisual Fund attending the festival:<\/strong>
Peter Dubeck\u00fd (General Director of the SFI): July 6\u20139
Rastislav Steranka (Director of the NCC SFI): July 6\u20139
Veronika Krej\u010dov\u00e1 (Festival Dpt. of the NCC SFI): July 7\u201310<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vladim\u00edr Burianek (Director of the SAF): July 6\u20139
Zuzana Bielikov\u00e1 (SFC SAF): July 6\u20139
Jana Smoko\u0148ov\u00e1 (SFC SAF): July 6\u20139<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More information can be found in the film catalogue <\/a>and on the industry programme website<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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