Fresh Film Festival moves from Karlovy Vary to Prague

After six years, the international film festival known as Fresh Film Fest (FFF) – focussing on debuts and student work – will be moving from Karlovy Vary in the west of the country to the Czech capital. One of the reasons behind the move was reportedly a drop in funding, namely a municipal subsidy paid by Karlovy Vary which was halved to 500,000 from a previous 1.1 million crowns. A festival representative also said on Friday that the famous spa town, which also hosts the Czech Republic’s most prestigious annual international festival, was also overly expensive for Fresh Film’s audience. The overall budget for Fresh Film is around ten million crowns; the festival, in its 7th inception, will take place in Prague in August.

Author: Jan Velinger