The Karlovy Vary Film Festival, which takes place in an elegant spa resort in the Bohemian region of the Czech Republic, is set to get political during its 57th edition, but in a subtle way. “I am …
, which takes place in an elegant spa resort in the Bohemian region of the Czech Republic, is set to get political during its 57th edition, but in a subtle way.
While the main competition features many stories about people trying to return home or simply find their place in the world, he adds, the festival will also celebrate Iran with a separate section “Another Birth. Iranian Cinema Here and Now.” “Before our consultant Lorenzo Esposito came up with this name, we thought about ‘Iranian Underground,’ but you can be political also by being poetic. We are not telling our audience how to react. We want them to be our partners,” notes Och.
Apart from Tinatin Kajrishvili’s “Citizen Saint,” Cyril Aris’ “Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano,” “Empty Nets” by Behrooz Karamizade, Babak Jalali’s “Fremont,” “The Girls Are Alright” by Itsaso Arana and “Where the Wind Blows” by Marco Righi, the main competition will also welcome two Czech-Slovak titles, “A Sensitive Person” by Tomáš Klein and “We Have Never Been Modern” by Matěj Chlupáček.
“Coming from a smaller country where films don’t always enjoy a rich foreign career, it makes me happy and proud. ‘A Sensitive Person,’ on the other hand, is closely connected to a certain Czech reality and based on a book that’s not an easy read, but it grabs you by the shoulders and shakes you.”
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