Update 12/06/2013
The Greek films
Joy by
Elias Giannakakis will be screened in
Another View and
The Capsule by
Athina Rachel Tsangari in
Imagina.
Czech-Croatian co-production
Occupation, the 27th Picture by
Pavo Marinkovic and Romanian
Forest of the Hanged by
Liviu Ciulei will be screened in
Out Of The Past. Renowned Croatian director
Lordan Zafranović will be in attendance for the world premiere of the documentary
Occupation, the 27th Picture the title of which refers to Zafranović’s own acclaimed film,
Occupation in 26 Pictures, screened in competition at the Cannes Film Festival 35-years ago. the Cannes award-winning drama
Forest of the Hanged will be presented in a new copy.
Velvet Terrorists by
Peter Kerekes will be screened in
East of the West Competition and
Rhimo Season in
Focus on Kurdish Cinema.
June 4 2013
The
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, one of the most important film festivals in the world, will take place for the
48th time this summer from
June 28 to July 6. Among the films that are announced so far, many of them in world and European Premieres, there will be screenings of many films from the Balkan region on various sections of the festival.
First of all, in the
Official Competition we`ll meet the co-production from Croatia and Serbia
The Priest`s Children. The film is a comedy by director
Vinko Bresan and is one of the most successful films in Croatia. Also in the
Official Competition will be screened the film
September by Greek director
Penny Panayotopoulou.
Dual
East of the West Competition has the most Balkan films so far.
Dual, the second feature film by
Nejd Gazvoda will have its premiere at
Karlovy Vary Film Festival and also the Serbian film
Withering by
Milos Pusic. In the same section audiences will have the chance to watch
The Unsaved, a co-production from Romania and Moldova directed by
Igor Cobileanski, and
MIroslav Mandic` new film
Adria Blues, an all Balkan co-production from Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Thou Gild`st The Even
In the
Documentary Competition we meet
As You Like It by
Paula Onet from Romania and
Gangster of Love by
Nebojsa Slijepcevic, co-produced by Croatia, Germany and Romania.
A very interesting section is the
Focus on Kurdish Film where we meet two Turkish films, the
Silent by
Rezan Yesilbas and the classic film from 1982
The Way directed by
Serif Goren and
Yilmaz Guney.
The Way
Source for photos from the press conference and Karlovy Vary IFF Poster Film Servis Karlovy Vary.