Crystal Globe Competition of the 58th Karlovy Vary IFF Revealed

The Official Selection of the 58th Karlovy Vary IFF Revealed ​

“The 58th KVIFF official selection, closely watched core of the festival's annual line-up comprising the Crystal Globe and Proxima competitions as well as the Special Screenings program offers a unique epicenter of genres and themes vibrating through the contemporary cinema. Freshly revisionist take on the esthetical canons of a period film. A balanced, caring but also provocative look on the fate of a woman in the contemporary society in any moment of her life. The immediate influence of political events on the life of an individual human being anywhere in the world. My colleagues and I discovered these themes running through our selection of films. 15 out of 32 films featured in the official selection are debuts and we could not be more excited they are accompanied by the brand new works of renowned filmmakers of the likes of Mark Cousins, Oleh Sentsov, Noaz Deshe, Antonin Peretjatko, Beata Parkanova and Burak Cevik.”

Karel Och, artistic director of Karlovy Vary IFF

CRYSTAL GLOBE COMPETITION

Ai ni ranbou / Rude to Love

Director: Yukihiro Morigaki
Japan, 2023, 105 min, World premiere

Banzo

Director: Margarida Cardoso
Portugal, France, Netherlands, 2024, 127 min, International premiere

Cì xīn qiè gŭ / Pierce
Director: Nelicia Low
Singapore, Taiwan, Poland, 2024, 109 min, World premiere

Drie dagen vis / Three Days of Fish
Director: Peter Hoogendoorn
Netherlands, Belgium, 2024, 85 min, World premiere

Elskling / Loveable
Director: Lilja Ingolfsdottir
Norway, 2024, 101 min, World premiere

Ema a smrtihlav / The Hungarian Dressmaker
Director: Iveta Grófová
Slovak Republic, Czech Republic, 2024, 129 min, World premiere

Mord / Our Lovely Pig Slaughter
Director: Adam Martinec
Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, 2024, 84 min, World premiere

Panoptikoni / Panopticon
Director: George Sikharulidze
Georgia, France, Italy, Romania, 2024, 95 min, World premiere

Proslava / Celebration
Director: Bruno Anković
Croatia, Qatar, 2024, 86 min, World premiere

A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things

Director: Mark Cousins
United Kingdom, 2024, 88 min, World premiere

Světýlka / Tiny Lights
Director: Beata Parkanová
Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, 2024, 74 min, World premiere

Xoftex

Director: Noaz Deshe
Germany, France, 2024, 95 min, World premiere

More information about the films in the Crystal Globe Competition is available HERE.