{"id":58287,"date":"2026-06-19T13:37:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T11:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/?post_type=novinka&p=58287"},"modified":"2026-06-19T20:43:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T18:43:22","slug":"karlovy-vary-2026","status":"publish","type":"novinka","link":"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/en\/news\/karlovy-vary-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s Slovak in Karlovy Vary 2026?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival<\/a> celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. Taking place from 3\u201311 July 2026, the festival will once again showcase a strong Slovak presence.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The main Crystal Globe Competition will bring the long-awaited new feature by Ivan Ostrochovsk\u00fd – Only Beautiful Things to Look At<\/a><\/em> (prod. Punkchart Films). Set within the Czechoslovak healthcare system of the 1980s, the drama stars A\u0148a Geislerov\u00e1 in the leading role of a doctor. A Slovak co-production Chica Checa<\/a><\/em> (dir. \u0160imon Hol\u00fd, SK co-producer: ARINAFILM) will compete for the Crystal Globe too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Martina Buchelov\u00e1\u2019s feature debut Lover, Not a Fighter<\/a><\/em> (prod. NINJA FILM) has been selected for the Proxima Competition. More about the film, which transports viewers into a teenage summer, can be found in our interview<\/strong>. Joining the Proxima line-up is 33 Steps<\/a><\/em>, a thriller from directing duo Anna & \u0160imon Dom\u010dek, produced by Ivan Ostrochovsk\u00fd (prod. escadra). More information about the film in our interview<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Karlovy Vary will also host the second premiere of an authorial work by Ivan Ostrochovsk\u00fd – Igor and After<\/a><\/em> (prod. Punkchart Films). The film, dedicated to the exceptional Slovak cinematographer Igor Luther, will premiere in the Out of the Past section. Within the same section, the festival will screen Birds, Orphans and Fools<\/a><\/em> (dir. Juraj Jakubisko, 1969), on which Luther worked as DoP and which received the FIPRESCI Prize in 1990. Luther was also the DoP of The Tin Drum<\/em> (dir. Volker Schl\u00f6ndorff, 1979), which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1980. More information can be found in the interview with Ivan Ostrochovsk\u00fd<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Four Slovak co-productions will receive Special Screenings at this year\u2019s festival: the documentary opus To Die to Li<\/em>ve<\/a> (dir. Yuliia Hontaruk, SK co-producer: Silverart), exploring the lives of Ukrainian war veterans; the biographical portrait The Pint of Ink<\/a><\/em>, in which director Ester Geislerov\u00e1 traces the life and legacy of her father (SK co-producer: PubRes); the fiction feature City of Fathers<\/a><\/em> (dir. Zden\u011bk Tyc, SK co-producer: ARTILERIA); and the acclaimed documentary If Pigeons Turned into Gold<\/a><\/em> (dir. Pepa Lubojacki, SK co-producer: gu\u010da films), which won the award for Best Documentary at this year\u2019s Berlinale. An interview with the film\u2019s Slovak co-producer Matej Sotn\u00edk is available here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The same producing trio is also behind Orla<\/a><\/em>, a short rap eco-feminist fairytale that premiered earlier this year at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. Its director, Marie Luk\u00e1\u010dov\u00e1, has been selected among this year\u2019s ten Future Frames participants, a programme organised by European Film Promotion for emerging filmmakers.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Last year, the KVIFF Industry Days platform introduced a new format – KVIFF Central Stage<\/a><\/strong>, which aimes to connect established filmmakers from Central Europe. The initiative was created in cooperation with the national film institutes of the region. Slovakia will be represented by Michal Bla\u0161ko\u2019s new project Cowgirl<\/a><\/em> (prod. nutprodukcia), which is currently in post-production.<\/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): 5\u201310 July
Rastislav Steranka (Director of the NCC SFI): 5\u201310 July
Veronika Krej\u010dov\u00e1 (Festival Dpt. of the NCC SFI): 5\u20138 July<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vladim\u00edr Burianek (Director of the SAF): 5\u20138 July
Zuzana Bielikov\u00e1 (Slovak Film Commission, SAF): 4\u20137 July<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information, please see the<\/strong> Catalogue of Films<\/a> and the <\/strong>Industry programme<\/a> website.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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