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Karlovy Vary International Film Festival · 2022

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2022

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12 films · 1 review

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And Then There Was Love...

What do you do when love simply isn’t on the cards and keeps passing you by? 60-year-old Kristýna has lost her last ray of hope, so she goes off with her daughter Sára to talk to a fortune-teller.

(Country: Czech Republic; Year: 2022; Director: Simon Holy; Writer: Tereza Hofová, Simon Holy, Eliska Soukupová; Stars: Pavla Tomicová, Sara Venclovská, Tereza Hofová, Eliska Soukupová, Marián Chalany, Nirav Prajapati)

Another Spring

Documentary about Europe's last small pox epidemic in 1972.

(Country: Serbia, Qatar; Year: 2022; Director: Mladen Kovačević)

Art Talent Show

Review preview for Art Talent Show

What makes Art Talent Show special is the way it captures human moments: a snippet of interpersonal communication in a meeting; a conversation; someone stretching off and doing a little half-hearted dance after a long day.

Donald Munro · 4 out of 5
Documentary about life in an art academy.

(Country: Czech Republic; Year: 2022; Director: Tomáš Bojar, Adéla Komrzý)

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Fools

Marlena and Tomasz are living contentedly but their cosy existence is turned upside down by Marlena’s decision to bring home her sick son.

(Country: Poland, Romania; Year: 2022; Director: Tomasz Wasilewski; Stars: Dorota Kolak, Lukasz Simlat, Katarzyna Herman, Marta Nieradkiewicz, Tomasz Tyndyk)

Horseplay (Los Agitadores)

It's the Christmas holidays, and Andy leaves the city in order to spend some time at a luxury villa with his best friends. As they goof around, their initial consensual horseplay reveals that they each have different personal boundaries.

(Country: Argentina; Year: 2022; Director: Marco Berger; Writer: Marco Berger; Stars: Bruno Giganti, Agustín Machta, Franco de la Puente, Iván Masliah, Facundo Mas, Ivan Benitez, Carlos Carneglia, Denis Corat, Jordán Romero, Fernando De Simone, Melissa Falter, Gastón Frías, Antonella Yamila Fittipaldi, Victoria Machta, Malena Feijóo)

In Broad Daylight (Au grand jour)

A wealthy family withdraws from society after something unforeseen happens. When one of its members leaves the house on the pretext of paying an innocent visit to someone outside, the family’s fragile equilibrium is disturbed.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2022; Director: Emmanuel Tardif)

Like A Fish On The Moon

Haleh and her husband Amir are having to cope with a tough situation: their four-year-old son Ilya has suddenly stopped talking.

(Country: Iran; Year: 2022; Director: Dornaz Hajiha)

La Pieta

A surrealist odyssey into the extremes of codependency, depicting the close relationship between a mother and her son – and the ways that relationship changes when one is diagnosed with a terminal illness.

(Year: 2022; Director: Eduardo Casanova)

Ramona

When Ramona meets the charismatic Bruno on one of her strolls through the city, it never occurs to her that she might encounter him again the following day. Will an innocent flirtation get in the way of her career dreams and the perfectly good relationship she has with her boyfriend?

(Country: Spain; Year: 2022; Director: Andrea Bagney; Writer: Andrea Bagney; Stars: Francesco Carril, Bruno Lastra, Lourdes Hernández)

Tinnitus

An attack of tinnitus drags a diver from the top of her game to the edge of madness.

(Country: Brazil; Year: 2021; Director: Gregorio Graziosi; Writer: Marco Dutra, Gregorio Graziosi; Stars: Joana de Verona, André Guerreiro, Jessica Messali, Indira Nascimento, Thaia Perez, Antonio Pitanga, Mawusi Tulani, Alli Willow)

The Uncle (Stric)

Yugoslavia, late 1980s. Parents and son are hastily making the final preparations for Christmas Eve dinner. Their beloved uncle will be turning up from Germany any minute now. But, hang on, are things really as they seem?

(Country: Croatia, Serbia; Year: 2022; Director: David Kapac, Andrija Mardešić)

Zoo Lock Down

What was life like in the Salzburg zoo when no visitors were allowed?

(Country: Austria; Year: 2022; Director: Andreas Horvath)