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ArtsThe KVIFF wrap-up: a chat with film critic Phillip Bergson
As the annual film festival comes to a close in Karlovy Vary, so ends a
week of reports from Radio Prague on the goings-on at the Czech
Republic’s foremost cultural event. Saturday evening the crystal globes
will be awarded for the 44th time, and to discuss the week I had a general
chat about all things film with someone who knows film festivals from every
angle. Phillip Bergson founded the Oxford Film Festival, among others, he
has served on a number of juries, written on film for scores of
publications and has devoted a great deal of effort and interest to Czech
and Central European cinema. How did he view the festival as a whole this
year?
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Current AffairsKarlovy Vary’s festival outside the cinema
Each year, as the Karlovy Vary Film Festival gets underway, the West
Bohemian spa town becomes the Czech Republic’s undisputed cultural
capital for a week. The epicentres are the cinemas of course, with more
than 200 films from around the world. But there are all kinds of goings on
that that keep the town abuzz from early morn to early morn for eight long
days. Christian Falvey is in Karlovy Vary, trying to keep up with it all.
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Current AffairsBohemia meets blaxploitation at the KVIFF
The Czech Republic, like any Western country, may be inundated with
American cinema, but just when you think you’ve seen it all, the US
shows
it has some more surprises. And if you’re going to see them anywhere
then
it’s going to be in Karlovy Vary, where the 44th International Film
Festival is taking place. This week one of those surprises was a film and
a
director who has breathed new life into the inimitably American film genre
of blaxploitation. Christian Falvey reports from Karlovy Vary. More
Current AffairsKarlovy Vary Festival hosts Forman and Huppert
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival opened at the weekend with a
star-studded audience at Friday’s gala event. Among those present were
the French director Patrice Chéreau and his compatriot, actress Isabelle
Huppert, who received the festival’s first award. Particularly poignant
though was the presence of Czech born director Miloš Forman, as it marked
the return of a famous son to his native home and native language.
Christian Falvey reports on the opening days of the 44th Karlovy Vary
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