Karlovy Vary Film Festival Unveils Lineup, Jury Includes Patricia Clarkson

The Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival, Eastern and Central Europes leading cinema event, has unveiled its lineup, which includes new works by Pascal Plante, Stephan Komandarev, Tinatin Kajrishvili and Babak Jalali in the Crystal Globes Competition. They will vie against films by up-and-comers Ernst De Geer, Itsaso Arana and Cyril Aris. The section has nine world and two international premieres. Oscar nominated actor Patricia Clarkson is one of the jury members.

The Proxima Competition, which made its debut at last years KVIFF, presents what the festival defines as bold works, directed by young filmmakers and renowned auteurs alike. The section comprises of 10 world and two international premieres. The festival says playfulness, courage and freshness can be found in the new films by Swiss auteur Thomas Imbach, Polands Olga Chajdas, Cyprus-born Kyros Papavassiliou, French filmmaker milie Brisavoine and Romanian documentarist Alexandru Solomon, among others.

Eight films will play in the Special Screenings section, which KVIFF said is rich in its topical, stylistic and genre variety. It has five fiction features and three documentaries, shown either in their world or European premieres. French documentary filmmaker Jean-Gabriel Priot will world premiere Facing Darkness, while the Sundance-awarded Slow by Marija Kavtaradze will be shown for the first time in Europe.

Empty Nets Courtesy of Hamid Janipour Karel Och, KVIFFs artistic director, said: It has been an incredible adventure for the programming team to get acquainted with this years state of the arthouse cinema via almost 2,000 submissions. We are proud of the selection and simply cannot wait to share it with the audience.

On the Crystal Globes jury are Clarkson, producer Dora Bouchoucha, Sundance Film Festival programmer John Nein, director Olmo Omerzu and actor Barry Ward.

The Proxima jury consists of Dana Linssen, a critic, writer and curator, producer Marija Razgut, documentary director imon afrnek, Barbara Wurm, the new head of Berlinale Forum, and producer Meng Xie.

CRYSTAL GLOBE COMPETITION

Les chambres rouges (Red Rooms)

Director: Pascal Plante, Canada, world premiere

Las chicas estn bien (The Girls Are Alright)

Director: Itsaso Arana, Spain, world premiere

Citliv lovk (A Sensitive Person)

Director: Tom Klein, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, world premiere

Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano

Director: Cyril Aris, Lebanon, Germany, world premiere

Fremont

Director: Babak Jalali, U.S., international premiere

Hypnosen (The Hypnosis)

Director: Ernst De Geer, Sweden, Norway, France, world premiere

Il vento soffia dove vuole (Where the Wind Blows)

Director: Marco Righi, Italy, world premiere

Mokalake Tsmindani (Citizen Saint)

Director: Tinatin Kajrishvili, Georgia, France, Bulgaria, world premiere

Toorhaye khali (Empty Nets)

Director: Behrooz Karamizade. Germany, Iran, international premiere

Urotcite na Blaga (Blagas Lessons)

Director: Stephan Komandarev. Bulgaria, Germany, world premiere

svit (We Have Never Been Modern)

Director: Matj Chlupek, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, world premiere

PROXIMA COMPETITION

Arsenie. Viaa de apoi (Arsenie. An Amazing Afterlife)

Director: Alexandru Solomon, Romania, Luxembourg, international premiere

Birth

Director: Ji-young Yoo, South Korea, international premiere

Brutln vedro (Brutal Heat)

Director: Albert Hospodsk, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, world premiere

El canto del Auricanturi (The Song of the Auricanturi)

Director: Camila Rodrguez Triana, Colombia, Argentina, world premiere

Embryo Larva Butterfly

Director: Kyros Papavassiliou, Cyprus, Greece, world premiere

Les Enfants Perdus (The Lost Children)

Director: Michle Jacob, Belgium, world premiere

Guras

Director: Saurav Rai, India, Nepal, world premiere

Imago

Director: Olga Chajdas, Poland, Netherlands, Czech Republic, world premiere

In Camera

Director: Naqqash Kahlid, U.K., world premiere

Maade Tarik (Dark Matter)

Director: Karim Lakzadeh, Iran, world premiere

Maman Dchire (Keeping Mum)

Director: Emilie Brisavoine, France, world premiere

Say God Bye

Director: Thomas Imbach, Switzerland, world premiere

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

Bod obnovy (Restore Point)

Director: Robert Hloz, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Poland, Serbia, European premiere

Facing Darkness

Director: Jean-Gabriel Priot, France, Switzerland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, world premiere

Gimiliani Sakartvelo (Smiling Georgia)

Director: Luka Beradze, Georgia, Germany, world premiere

Had plyn (Snake Gas)

Director: David Jaab, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Romania, world premiere

Pila v noci (She Came at Night)

Director: Tom Pavlek, Jan Vejnar. Czech Republic, world premiere

Richelieu (Temporaries)

Director: Pier-Philippe Chevigny, Canada, France, European premiere

Slow

Director: Marija Kavtaradze, Lithuania, Spain, Sweden, European premiere

Vetci udia bud bratia (All Men Become Brothers)

Director: Robert Kirchhoff, Slovak Republic, Czech Republic, world premiere