US EditionKryštof Mucha: We Don't Want to Make a Festival a Feast
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The 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival will begin on the evening of Friday, July 4. For its executive director Kryštof Mucha and the entire team, it will be a festival like any other, and undoubtedly different without its president Jiří Bartoška.
Bolek Polívka won the Karlovy Vary IFF President's Award at the 56th Karlovy Vary IFF three years ago. The director of this year's festival theme song is long-time festival theme song creator Ivan Zachariáš. "Before watching the theme song, I encourage ladies to save on makeup. It's touching," Polívka said before the premiere. At the opening of the festival, moderator Marek Eben touched the audience with his memory of Bartoška in his opening rem…
Bolek Polívka's acting mastery, a memory of Jiří Bartoška and the proven direction of Ivan Zachariáš. The latest theme song, which the creators traditionally revive every year of the Karlovy Vary festival, literally moved the entire Great Hall of the Thermal Hotel.
The budget of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (MFF) has increased from 190 million crowns the year before to almost 250 million crowns this year. The increase in costs for organizing the prestigious category A event was caused by inflation and the increase in labor and goods prices after the Covid pandemic and the start of the war in Ukraine. Services directly at the venue have also become more expensive. According to the festival's…
This year's Karlovy Vary Film Festival, which is just starting, will be different. For the first time without him – without Jiří Bartoška, who as president was its face and soul. But without the imaginary three musketeers, this event, admired by backpackers and world stars, would hardly work. How is a world film festival made? The editor-in-chief of HROT magazine Tomáš Otta talked about this with the executive director of KVIFF Kryštof Mucha, cr…
The 59th annual film festival is starting in Karlovy Vary, for the first time without its long-time president Jiří Bartoška, who passed away this year. Among the stars to watch are Michael Douglas and Stellan Skarsgard. Two domestic films, both co-produced by Czech Television, also have a chance to win the Crystal Globe, the top prize.
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