Karlovy Vary film festival gets new screening hall

The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is set to unveil a new screening hall at this July’s edition, its fiftieth. The 300-plus capacity hall is located at the Hotel Ambassador in the spa town’s freshly renovated Národní dům (National House). KVIFF’s executive director Kryštof Mucha said the opening of the new venue meant the festival would no longer use a blow-up cinema beside Hotel Thermal, which he described as rather outmoded.

Author: Ian Willoughby