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Karlovy Vary International Film Festival · 2024

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2024

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11 films · 1 review

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The Alienated (Fără suflet)

A gynaecologist finds herself in a difficult position when a woman who claims she is carrying the antichrist, asks for an abortion.

(Country: France, Moldova, Germany; Year: 2024; Director: Anja Kreis; Stars: Nikolay Mulakov)

Cabo Negro

Two young people arrive at a luxury villa on holiday but things take an unexpected turn when the lover of one of them fails to show up.

(Country: France, Morocco; Year: 2024; Director: Abdellah Taïa; Writer: Abdellah Taïa; Stars: Oumaima Barid, Youness Beyej, Julian Compan, Manal Fattah, Mohamed Amine Kihal)

Chlorophyll (Clorofilla)

Coming-of-age drama.

(Country: Italy; Year: 2023; Director: Ivana Gloria; Writer: Marco Borromei; Stars: Domenico De Meo, Michele Ragno, Sarah Short)

Lapilli

Director's consideration of grief after the loss of her grandparents.

(Country: Slovakia, Germany; Year: 2024; Director: Paula Durinová; Writer: Paula Durinová)

March To May (Od marca do mája)

A family of five find the rhythm of their lives rocked by the unexpected news of the mother’s pregnancy, as the idea of a new sibling gradually affects all members of the household.

(Country: Czechia; Year: 2024; Director: Martin Pavol Repka; Writer: Martin Pavol Repka)

Night Has Come (Vino La Noche)

Documenary follows a group of young adventurers who sign up for one of the most challenging military training courses in Latin America.

(Country: Spain, Mexico, Peru; Director: Paolo Tizón)

Nothing In Its Place (Hicbir Sey Yerinde Degil)

One evening, one apartment, five leftist students, and one vision of a non-violent socialist revolution.

(Country: Turkey, Germany, South Korea; Year: 2024; Director: Burak Cevik; Writer: Burak Cevik)

Second Chance

Desolate after experiencing a traumatic incident, Nia travels to the family's summer retreat where she forges a bond with the caretaker's mother-in-law and her grandson.

(Country: India; Year: 2024; Director: Subhadra Mahajan; Writer: Subhadra Mahajan; Stars: Thakri Devi, Dheera Johnson, Kanav Thakur)

Trans Memoria

Review preview for Trans Memoria

While Verseau talks about how crucial the surgery was to her mental health, the complexity of the emotions experienced afterwards is also made clear.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
An intimate documentary diary, which sees the director return to Thailand and to the year 2012, when she underwent gender-affirming surgery.

(Country: Sweden, France; Year: 2024; Director: Victoria Verseau)

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Tropicana

A lonely supermarket worker finds her life shifting after the head cashier is murdered.

(Country: Canada, Israel; Year: 2024; Director: Omer Tobi; Writer: Omer Tobi; Stars: Irit Sheleg, Rivka Bahar, Lirit Balaban, Dalia Beger, Ilanit Ben-Yaakov, Uri Hochman, Amir Ishar, Dover Koshashvili, Michael Levy, Rinat Matatov, Regina Spector)

Windless (Bezvetrije)

After years away Kaloyan returns to his native Bulgaria in order to sell his late father’s flat leading him to confront the past.

(Country: Bulgaria, Italy; Year: 2024; Director: Pavel G Vesnakov; Stars: Ognyan Pavlov, Veselin Petrov)