Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

One of the biggest film events in Central and Eastern Europe, this festival of feature films and documentaries in Karlovy Vary also offers retrospectives and country spotlights, as well as an international film- industry symposium.
Originally founded in 1949 - the same year as the Cannes and Locarno festivals - Karlovy Vary is an indomitable old warhorse of a festival which has been through more incarnations than almost any other.

Despite calls for the festival to be relocated to Prague, or closed down altogether, it has managed to stage a remarkable comeback since 1994. There have been a number of changes to the management and since 1999 the popular Czech actor Jiri Bartoška also came on board. It has regained the attention of Czech audiences and has also become a platform for foreign films to find Czech and Slovak distribution.

2005 marks the 40th festival (indicating its troubled history as some years it was not held), and the festival website will be the fount of all knowledge for programme details, when released.

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Contact Information

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Panská 1
110 00 Praha 1

Tel. +420221411011

http://www.iffkv.cz