The 49th edition of Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, one of the most important festivals worldwide, will take place from 4 to 12 July 2014 in Czech Republic and once again the lucky ones, who will attend the festival, will have the opportunity to choose between 238 films in 20 different categories. Among this great variety of European and International movies, 19 Balkan films will also screen during Karlovy Vary IFF 2014.

Although this year no Balkan films were selected for the Official Competition and the Out of Competition section, we meet them many other categories!

Barbarians by Ivan Ikic, along with Bota by Iris Elezi and Thomas Logoreci (Albania/Italy/Kosovo, 2014, 100min) and the Slovenian film The Tree by Sonja Prosenc (2014, 90min) will screen in the East of the West section. In the same category also participate Norway by the Greek director Yiannis Veslemes and the film Monument to Michael Jackson by Darko Lungulov.

In the Forum of Independents section we meet the Italian/Romanian/Greek co-production Late Season by Danilo Caputo (2014, 80min). Also Stratos by Yannis Economiedes with a screen in the Horizons category, while Angelos Frantzis΄ newest and currently in the editing room, Symptom, is participating at the Work in Progress section of the festival.

The Croatian Autofocus by Boris Poljak (2013, 28min) and Istanbul United by Olli Waldhauer and Farid Eslam (Germany/Czech Republic/Turkey/Switzerland, 2014, 90min) will compete in the Documentary Films Official Competition. On the other hand, Love and Engineering by Tonislav Hristov ( Finland/Germany/Bulgaria, 2014, 80min) will screen in the Documentary Films Out of Competition section.

In Another View the Balkan film participating are At Home by Athanasios Karanikolas, Cannibal by Manuel Martin Cuenca (Spain/Romania/Russia/France, 2013, 117min), The Disobedient by Mina Dukic, Singing Women by Reha Erdem, Viktoria by Maya Vitkova and Xenia by Panos Koutras.

Finally, in Variety Critics’ Choice: Europe Now! Section the Slovenian Class Enemy by Rok Bicek and the Romanian Quod Erat Demonstrandum by Andrei Gruzniczki will represent the Balkan region.

For more information about the Official Selection of the please visit the 49th Karlovy Vary IFF Official Website.