
‘Blaga’s Lessons’ KVIFF Echoes 2023 review: Karlovy Vary winner a potent social drama
The winner of this year’s KVIFF is an incisive look at how the elderly fall victim to scams, with an unforgettable performance from Eli Skorcheva.

The winner of this year’s KVIFF is an incisive look at how the elderly fall victim to scams, with an unforgettable performance from Eli Skorcheva.

The two stars from the 2023 KVIFF have expressed interest in shooting the next festival trailer, according to festival president Jiří Bartoška.

The American actor pokes fun at not being awarded a KVIFF award in the new trailer, which premiered on the big screen at this year’s festival.

Some of the biggest films from the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival will plays in Prague cinemas from July 10-16 during KVIFF Echoes.

The star will be presented with the KVIFF President’s Award at the closing ceremony of this year’s festival, which will screen her 1987 classic The Princess Bride.

Cannes winner Anatomy of a Fall, Sundance winner A Thousand and One, and 140 other films will screen during this year’s KVIFF from June 30.

The Oscar-winning Swedish actress will be awarded with the KVIFF President’s Award at the festival’s opening night ceremony.

Ewan McGregor will be presented with the Festival President’s Award and present You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder, in which he stars alongside his daughter.

The English electronic band will join the Oscar-winning actor on stage outside the Hotel Thermal for opening night concerts on June 30.

The actor will star in this year’s festival trailer after being awarded KVIFF’s Crystal Globe for Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema in 2021.

The actor will be awarded a Crystal Globe at this year’s festival and also appear onstage during the opening night concert.

Crowe has not been confirmed as an official guest, but will be in Karlovy Vary on opening night as part of his Indoor Garden Party tour.

Woody Harrelson, Charlbi Dean, and Harris Dickinson star in this ruthless, razor-sharp satire of upper class mores.

A long-imprisoned djinn is outsmarted by the lonely scholar who wakes him in this mystifying tale from the director of Mad Max

A police procedural get the Hitchcock treatment in this immaculately-crafted film from the director of Oldboy

A teenage boy’s attempts to participate in a swimming competition are the catalyst for director Sadaf Foroughi’s complex story

Elizabeth faces a personal crisis around her 40th birthday in this slow-moving but beautifully-shot biopic from Marie Kreutzer

A Soviet secret service officer takes it on the lam to avoid what he knows all too well is coming for him in this tight thriller

This incredible assemblage of all things Bowie from filmmaker Brett Morgen is the definitive portrait of the celebrated artist

Witchcraft heals old wounds – but also causes them – in this compelling if beguiling sci-fi-drama from director Léa Mysius

A young teen comes to terms with the loss of his father in this slow-paced but insightful drama from director Lorenzo Vigas

This distinct spin on Bresson’s Au Hasard Balthazar from the Polish director presents a unique view of the strange world of mankind

This intimate epic from Belgian directors Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch packs a powerful punch

Construction workers get revenge on white collar criminals in this amiable, audience-pleasing drama from director Milos Pusic