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Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

29 June – 7 July 2018

Titles for the 53rd edition of the festival ran from June 29 to July 7. Barry Levinson was awarded a Crystal Globe for lifetime achievement and there was a tribute section dedicated to Austin Film Society. The festival also paid tribute to Milos Foreman, who died earlier in 2018, opening with his Loves Of A Blonde.

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  • Bridges Of Time
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    both a love letter to the documentarians from the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania... and a dialogue between the period in which these poetic pioneers were working and the present day.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Essay documentary about the less remembered generation of cinema poets of the Baltic New Wave.
  • Happy As Lazzaro
    Review preview for Happy As Lazzaro

    Newcomer Tardiolo is splendid in the lead.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A young nobleman asks a peasant to help fake his own kidnapping.
  • In My Room
    Review preview for In My Room

    Patrick Orth's cinematography gives this a beguiling warmth but it's really Löw's performance that makes it work.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A bored man suddenly realises that everyone around him has disappeared and he isn't sure what happened.
  • One Cut Of The Dead
    Review preview for One Cut Of The Dead

    A film that understands its audience exceptionally well.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Shooting a zombie movie in one take is harder than you think...
  • Birds Of Passage
    Review preview for Birds Of Passage

    The rituals set in motion at the start, also tune us into the wavelength of portent, so that a heron's feet on a rug or the sound of locusts carry at least as much threat as the site of a loaded gun.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    Story of a family who become involved with the drugs trade.
  • Styx
    Review preview for Styx

    There's a strong sense of isolation from the start in Fisher's film.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A storm in the middle of the ocean, a boat full of refugees that is about to sink and a woman all by herself...
  • Miriam Lies
    Review preview for Miriam Lies

    Both Rodriguez and Rohana deliver delicate, nuanced performances in a story that revolves in large part around friendship.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Shy girl Miriam is waiting to celebrate her 15th birthday and she wants to invite her guy. So far they’ve only chatted online, and the anticipated blind date only complicates things.
  • Everybody Knows
    Review preview for Everybody Knows

    While Farhadi certainly knows how to spin a web of intrigue, deceit and suspicion, the narrative has a tendency to leap from strand to strand, often leaving the audience stumbling in its wake.

    Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
    Secrets resurface after a woman returns to her family's village for a wedding.
  • Deep Rivers
    Review preview for Deep Rivers

    Bitokov develops the shifting, brooding relationships of the men well but other elements of the story are given short shrift.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    A stark landscape, unforgiving surroundings, gruelling work, and intense conflicts within the family circle – a vicious circle, the burden of which is only accentuated by the return of the youngest brother, who is to take the place of his sick father in this family of lumberjacks.
  • Daughter Of Mine
    Review preview for Daughter Of Mine

    Beautifully lit, Daughter Of Mine conjures up a tremendous sense of place, all salt breezes, scrubland and golden sand.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Vittoria is growing up in a remote Sardinian village. One day she meets the wildly independent Angelica who is so very different to her own caring mother Tina. The young girl has no knowledge of the secret that connects these two women.

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