The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is ranked among the most prestigious world film festivals and is considered the most important film event in Central and Eastern Europe.
The basic concept of the Karlovy Vary IFF comes out of the Czech Republic’s advantageous geopolitical location at the crossroads between Eastern and Western Europe. It introduces film industry representatives and press from all around the world to the newest local production, and presents new quality films from the rest of the world to Central and Eastern Europe’s own industry and press.
The Karlovy Vary IFF is one of the oldest film festivals of all time (the first year took place in 1946). For more than 40 years the festival was organized under the pressure of the political situation in socialist Czechoslovakia. After the social changes in November 1989 the festival struggled for several years with lack of interest from the side of the state as well as public, in whose eyes it was almost irretrievably discredited.
In the year 1994 the organization of the festival was taken up by a new team, in the lead of which stood the well-known Czech actor Jiří Bartoška and the significant film columnist and critic Eva Zaoralová, who decided to transform the stagnant show into a film forum of international importance. Within a few years, the team of Jiří Bartoška and Eva Zaoralová managed to return to the festival the prestige and interest of both professional and lay public through its new programme as well as organizational concept.
Check at the following link the films at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2013
The full program of the International Film Festival cna be found at the official website.
The Festival taking place in the most famous spa city of the Czech republic will last from today 28th June till 6th July.
President of the Grand Jury this year is the Polish screenwriter and director Agniezska Holland.
For the sixth time at the Karlovy Vary IFF, regular meetings have been organized with directors, actors, and other filmmakers who will present their work as part of the festival program.
Deserving to be mentioned are: Neil Brand - The Silent Pianist Speaks, Meet Valeria Golino, Master Class with Oliver Stone..
Big special guest is John Travolta!
Check out here the map of the Internation Film Festival in Karlovy Vary and all activities during your stay in Karlovy Vary.
Fancy to spend a night in the closer second most popular spa town in the Czech Republic? Check Marianske Lazne, just 45 minutes from Karlovy Vary.
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Hotel Continental - 4 star spa hotel with small pool, sauna and a beautiful summer terrace.
Hotel Residence Romanza - 4 star hotel with spa and wellness centre
Depandance Romantic Suites - apartment hotel looking at the park and Colonnade
