Karlovy Vary Film Festival Unveils Program for July 3-11

The 60th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival has announced its full program, setting the stage for a major summer cinema event in the Czech Republic from July 3 to 11. The festival will feature two main competitive sections, the Crystal Globe and Proxima, showcasing a total of forty films with a strong emphasis on world premieres.

Twelve films will compete for the Crystal Globe, the festival’s top prize. The lineup includes Black Money for White Nights from Bulgarian directing duo Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov, previous Crystal Globe recipients. The film is described as a tragicomic portrait of a Bulgarian couple whose dream trip to Russia is upended by the country’s invasion of Ukraine, forcing a reassessment of values. Another competitor is 3 Weeks After by Serbian director Miroslav Terzić, a drama about high school students discussing a friend’s suicide, noted for its meticulously crafted tension.

Other films in the main competition span a wide range of international stories. They include Chica Checa, a drama from Czech director Šimon Holý about a widow fulfilling her mother’s last wish; Five Years, Four Months, a Colombian film about a mother searching for her...