Cel mai important festival international de film din Europa Centrala si de Est, calificat in prima categorie a festivalurilor mondiale de profil, clasa "A", isi deschide portile de vineri, 4 iulie, in statiunea balneara ceha cu nume omonim.
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival a avut prima editie in 1946, fiind printre festivalurile de film cele mai longevive (Cannes-ul are 61 de ani, de exemplu). Robert de Niro, Nikita Mihalkov, Danny Glover, Christopher LEE sunt doar cateva dintre vedetele asteptate anul acesta la Karlovy Vary. Cinemagia va tine la curent, pe toata perioada festivalului, cu tot ce se intampla in perioada 4-12 iulie in vestul Cehiei. Iata filmele din competitie:
Selectia oficiala, fictiune, filme in competitie pentru Globul de cristal si premiul de 30.000 USD:
Behind the Glass/Iza stakla, regia: Zrinko Ogresta, Croatia, 2008
Captive/Plennyj, regia: Alexey Uchitel, Russia/Bulgaria, 2008
Distant Tremors/Les tremblements lointains,regia: Manuel Poutte, Belgia/Franta, 2008
Dr. Alemán/Dr. Alemán, regia: Tom Schreiber, Germania, 2008
The Early Bird Catches the Worm/Il mattino ha l'oro in bocca, regia: Francesco Patierno, Italia, 2008
The Guitar/The Guitar, regia: Amy Redford, USA, 2007
The Investigator/A nyomozó,regia:Attila Gigor, Ungaria/Suedia/Irlanda, 2008
The Karamazovs/Karamazovi, regia Petr Zelenka, Cehia/Polonia, 2008
Night Owls/Dìti noci, regia: Michaela Pavlátová, Cehia, 2008
The Photograph, regia: Nan T. Achnas, Indonezia/Franta/Olanda/Elvetia/Suedia, 2007
Pretexts/Pretextos, regia: Silvia Munt, Spania, 2007
The Shaft/Dixia de Tiankong, regia: Zhang Chi, China, 2008
Terribly Happy/Frygtelig lykkelig, regia: Henrik Ruben Genz, Danemarca, 2008
True Enough/La vérité ou presque, regia: Sam Karmann, Franta, 2007
Filme documentare in competitie pentru premiul in valoare de 5000 USD:
Bigger, Stronger, Faster/Bigger, Stronger, Faster, regia: Christopher Bell, SUA, 2007
Blind Loves/Slepé lásky, regia: Juraj Lehotský, Slovcia, 2008
The Bug Trainer/Vabzdžiu dresuotojas, regia: Donatas Ulvydas, Linas Augutis, Marek Skrobecki, Lituania/Polonia/Japonia, Germania, 2008
Bye Bye Shanghai/Bye Bye Shanghai, regia: Jana Boková, Rep. Ceha/Argentina, 2008
Cosmic Station/Cosmic Station, regia: Bettina Timm, Germania, 2008
Cyanosis/Sianoze, regia: Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami, Iran, 2007
Everything Is Relative/Alt er relativt, regia: Mikala Krogh, Danemarca, 2008
Heroes, Wings Are Not Necessary to Fly/Héroes, no hacen falta alas para volar, regia: Ángel Loza, Spaina, 2007
Just Like Heaven/Jak w niebie, regia: Filip Marczewski, Polonia, 2007
The Ladies/The Ladies, regia: Christina A. Voros, SUA, 2007
Lost World/Letunt világ, regia: Gyula Nemes, Ungaria/Finlanda, 2008
Man on Wire/Man on Wire, regia: James Marsh, UK, 2007
The Mother/La mère, regia: Antoine Cattin, Pavel Kostomarov, Elvetia/Franta/Rusia, 2007
Rain of the Children/Rain of the Children, regia: Vincent Ward, Noua Zeelanda, 2007
René/René, regia: Helena Treštíková, Rep. Ceha, 2008
Today, the Same Day Is Different/Hoy el día se repite diferente, regia: Xavier Baig, Òscar Moreno, Spania, 2007
Filme in competitie, sectiunea "East of the West", premiul de 10.000 USD:
Bahrtalo! (Good Luck!)/Bahrtalo! (Jó szerencsét!), regia: Róbert Lakatos, Ungaria/Austria/Germania, 2008
Boogie/Boogie, regia: Radu Muntean, Romania, 2008
The Class/Tabló, regia: Gábor Dettre, Ungaria, 2008
The Collectress/Kolekcionierė, regia: Kristina Buožyte, Lituania, 2008
The Hard-Hearted/Kremen, regia: Alexey Mizgirev, Rusia, 2007
The Hollow/Jar, regia: Marina Razbezhkina, Rusia, 2007
It's Hard to Be Nice/Teško je biti fin, regia: Srdjan Vuletiæ
Bosnia Herzegovina/Germany/UK/Serbia/Montenegro/Slovenia/2007
Mao Tse-tung/Mao Ce Dun, regia: Besnik Bisha, Albania, 2007
Music/Muzika, regia: Juraj Nvota, Slovacia/Germania, 2007
Of Parents and Children/O rodièích a dìtech, regia: Vladimír Michálek, Cehia, 2008
Seamstresses/Šivaèki, regia: Lyudmil Todorov, Bulgaria, 2007
Time to Die/Pora umieraæ, regia: Dorota Kêdzierzawska, Polonia, 2007
Tulpan/Tulpan, regia: Sergey Dvortsevoy, Germania/Elvetia/Kazakhstan/Rusia/Polonia, 2008
Vogelfrei/Vogelfrei, regia: Janis Kalejs, Gatis Smits, Janis Putnins, Anna Viduleja, Letonia, 2007
Filme independente in competitie pentru trofeul "Independent Camera Award":
Adventures of Power/Adventures of Power, regia: Ari Gold, SUA, 2007
Divizionz/Divizionz, regia: YES! THAT'S US, Uganda/Africa de Sud/UK/Luxemburg, 2008
Good Cats/Hao mao, regia: Ying Liang, China, 2008
Good Morning Heartache/Riprendimi, regia: Anna Negri, Italia, 2008
Hank and Mike/Hank and Mike, regia: Matthiew Klinck, Canada, 2007
The Man Who Loved Yngve/Mannen som elsket Yngve, regia: Stian Kristiansen, Norvegia, 2008
Mermaid/Rusalka, regia: Anna Melikyan, Rusia, 2007
Peacefire/Peacefire, regia: Macdara Vallely, Irlanda/UK, 2008
Poppy Shakespeare/Poppy Shakespeare, regia: Benjamin Ross, UK, 2007
R(evolution)/R(evolution), regia: Mustafa Zaveri, India, 2007
This Beautiful City/This Beautiful City, regia: Ed Gass-Donnelly, Canada, 2007
Written/Written, regia: Kim Byung-woo, Coreea de Sud, 2007
Sectiunea "East of the West", filme in afara competitiei:
I Am Bigger and Better/Jsem vetší a lepší, regia: Martin Duda, Rep. Ceha, 2007
On the Sunny Side of the Alps/Na soncni strani Alp, regia: Janez Burger, Slovenia, 2007
