Czech Republic
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EnergaCAMERIMAGE 2025
EnergaCAMERIMAGE 2025: Father (dir. Tereza Nvotová) | Review
"Father" makes you reflect on human behaviour—our capacity to forget, our instinct to endure—and gently asks what we might do…
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Karlovy Vary IFF 2025
Karlovy Vary 2025: Broken Voices (dir. Ondřej Provazník) | Review
A haunting and restrained portrayal of abuse, "Broken Voices" confronts the culture of silence with poetic visuals, live choral music,…
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Karlovy Vary IFF 2025
Karlovy Vary 2025: Action Item | Interview with Paula Ďurinová
A quietly radical, emotionally textured, and visually meditative film, "Action Item" carves out a gentle space for reflection on burnout,…
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Cannes 2025
Cannes 2025 (Un Certain Regard): Karavan (dir. Zuzana Kirchnerová) | Review
2009 Cinéfondation Award winner Zuzana Kirchnerová brings "Karavan" to Un Certain Regard this year, presenting a poignant slice of life…
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Karlovy Vary IFF 2024
Karlovy Vary 2024: Our Lovely Pig Slaughter (by Adam Martinec) | Review
Celebrating Czech traditions and giving us an insight into rural family living in current society is what Czech writer-director Adam…
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Karlovy Vary IFF 2024
Karlovy Vary 2024: The Hungarian Dressmaker (by Iveta Grofová) | Review
Iveta Grofová's "The Hungarian Dressmaker" is a powerful period drama that poignantly captures maternal instincts and the struggle for survival…
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Spotlight: Female and Non-Binary Filmmakers
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival 2024: Forest (Las) | Review
Lidia Duda's most recent documentary Forest delves into the refugee crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border, portraying the struggles of a…
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Berlinale 2024
Berlinale 2024: I’m Not Everything I Want To Be (Panorama Dokumente) | Review
I'm Not Everything I Want To Be offers a profound and engaging documentary experience featuring Czech photographer Libuše Jarcovjáková’s stunning…
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Venice Film Festival 2023
Venice Film Festival 2023: Sea Salt (Orizzonti) | Review
A Lebanese girl is struggling for independence in Leila Basma’s coming-of-age short film Sea Salt, presented in the Orizzonti strand…
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