![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Ukraine isn’t completely absent from this year’s festival. The screening will be followed by a performance by Russell Crowe’s blues-rock band Indoor Garden Party and fireworks over the Czech sky. British electronic music band Morcheeba will get things going with a free concert in Karlovy Vary Friday evening before Cannes Film Festival hit Firebrand, starring Vikander as Queen Catherine Parr, the last wife of King Henry VIII, opens the fest. Alicia Vikander, Russell Crowe, Ewan McGregor and Robin Wright are coming to town to be honored, along with indie star producer Christine Vachon ( Boys Don’t Cry, May December), while Patricia Clarkson is scheduled to attend as a juror. The 57th edition of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, which kicks off Friday and runs through July 8, definitely has plenty of star wattage like earlier iterations. “But now the Ukrainian film community wants to do things on their own and present their work in Ukraine, which is fantastic of course.”įantastic as well because it means, for 2023, the Czech festival can return to what it does best: Putting on a show.Īlicia Vikander in ‘Firebrand’ Cannes Film Festival “Our works-in-progress program was pretty successful, many of the filmmakers found partners and co-producers,” said Mucha, speaking to The Hollywood Reporter ahead of this year’s Karlovy Vary festival. Also in Berlin, film bodies from 13 European countries, along with EFAD, the association of European film agency directors, announced a new solidarity fund that will provide development and completion funds for Ukrainian features. In February, in Berlin, the Odesa film festival unveiled its works-in-progress line-up, confirming it will be restarting the festival, in Ukraine, this summer. As Krystof Mucha, Karlovy Vary’s executive director, noted at the time, instead of making a symbolic gesture, the Czech festival wanted to “really support Ukraine filmmakers in a concrete way.”Ī year on, fighting continues in Ukraine, but the country’s film industry has found a way to stand on its own. Taylor Swift Adds 14 New Dates to Eras Tour, Paramore to Open European ShowsĪnd in Karlovy Vary, a festival best-known for its stunning location - in the number one spa town of the Czech Republic - and glamorous celebrity guests, organizers hosted the OIFF’s selection of works-in-progress, Ukrainian feature films in the final stages of shooting or post-production looking for financing or sales assistance to get over the line. ![]()
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