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Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

30 June – 8 June 2017

Greg Zglinski's Animals (Tiere)
Greg Zglinski's Animals (Tiere)

The Karlovy Vary Film Festival is back this year for its 52nd edition with a strong selection of films from across Europe and beyond.

The festival runs from 30 June to 8 July.

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  • The Misandrists
    Review preview for The Misandrists

    Something like a cross between Carry On Solanas! and The Beguiled

    Jane Fae · 4 out of 5
    A radical female ‘army of lovers’ is preparing itself to fight for a world without men.
  • The White World According To Daliborek
    Review preview for The White World According To Daliborek

    This psychological willingness to go along with an idea, however ludicrous, in order to avoid confrontation is likely to strike a chord with many in other countries currently grappling with how to deal with the rise of extremism.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A stylised portrait of an authentic Czech neo-Nazi, who hates his life but doesn’t know what to change.
  • L'Amant Double
    Review preview for L'Amant Double

    If there is rather more surface than substance and the ending is signposted, it is a surface full of intricacy and a signpost of admirable elegance.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A fragile young woman falls for her psychotherapist... and his twin.
  • How To Talk To Girls At Parties
    Review preview for How To Talk To Girls At Parties

    The energy is electric

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Three teenage punks gatecrash a party on the Queen's jubilee night in London and have an unexpected experience that feels out of this world
  • Requiem for Mrs J
    Review preview for Requiem for Mrs J

    Comedy doesn't come in many darker shades than that employed by Serbian director Bojan Vuletic in Requiem For Mrs J, this is truly the vantablack of humour.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Jelena wants to end her life and she’s only got a week to sort things out... a situation that proves difficult.
  • Let The Sunshine In
    Review preview for Let The Sunshine In

    Denis and Binoche take a perceptive and light approach to what could have been hackneyed material.

    Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
    Isabelle, single mum, divorced artist with one child, is looking for love. True love at last.
  • Western
    Review preview for Western

    It quite subtly toys with the iconography of the genre - poking at the outlying parts of it, the parts dealing with "foreigness" and "home" rather than the more dependable elements of right and wrong.

    Rory Ford · 3.5 out of 5
    A group of German construction workers on a job in Bulgaria begin to compete for the approval of the locals.
  • Jeannette: The Childhood Of Joan Of Arc
    Review preview for Jeannette: The Childhood Of Joan Of Arc

    Eternal greatness encounters sacrifice and the film dares to musically tackle questions of complicity in evil. Péguy's socialism, patriotism, and Catholicism mix well with the eager young actors. This is unlike any film you have ever seen.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    Musical about the French heroine.
  • Men Don't Cry
    Review preview for Men Don't Cry

    There are a lot of characters, but they gradually flow together to build a fractured patchwork of what it means to be a veteran of messy conflict on any side.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    When, less than two decades since the war ended in Yugoslavia, a diverse group of veterans gathers at a remote mountain hotel to undergo days of therapy, it’s hard to expect absolute harmony.
  • A Memory In Khaki
    Review preview for A Memory In Khaki

    This is less a portrait of a country than a journey through the emotional landscape of its people

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    A Syrian director dusts off memories of the past, when people were persecuted for their political beliefs.

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