Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
‘My Friend the Porn Star’ Review: German Documentary About Desire Is a Kooky, Kinky Delight
Featuring a cast expressing gender in a wide variety of ways, 'My Friend the Porn Star,' from director-star Rosa Friedrich, premiered at Karlovy Vary.
‘3 Weeks After’ Review: A High-School Field Trip Goes Off the Rails in a Skillful but Sadistic Serbian Shocker
Miroslav Terzic's drama '3 Weeks After' follows a group of morally bereft high-schoolers on a field trip gone.
‘The Lion at My Back’ Review: Two Women Forge a Cross-Cultural Friendship in a Bleak Cyprus-Set Drama Haunted by the Threat of Violence
Tonia Mishiali’s 'The Lion at My Back' centers on a pair of female protagonists living under the threat of violence and sexual humiliation.
‘Hijamat’ Review: A Gay Muslim and His Family Face Conflicts of Duty and Desire in Uneven Jafar Panahi-Produced Drama
Jafar Panahi produced and edited Nader Saeivar's 'Hijamat,' about a gay Turk and his family facing conflicts of duty and desire in Berlin.
‘Robert Richardson: The White Devil’ Is a “Detective” Doc Deep Dive Into the Cinematographer’s Mind and Heart
In an interview on documentary film 'Robert Richardson: The White Devil' at Karlovy Vary 2026, director Jana Hojdova discusses the doc, 'Chica Checa.
‘Fruit Gathering’ Review: A Factory Worker Falls for Her Female Colleague in a Delicate Burmese Debut
'Fruit Gathering,' a Burmese film about forbidden love between two female factory workers, took home Karlovy Vary's top prize.
Karlovy Vary Film Fest Awards Go to ‘Fruit Gathering,’ ‘The Guest,’ ‘Lover, Not a Fighter’ and ‘Incinerator’
The Karlovy Vary 2026 film festival awards winners were unveiled, including 'Fruit Gathering,' 'The Guest,' 'Lover, Not a Fighter' and 'Incinerator.
‘Behind the Rain’ Explores Childhood Sexual Abuse in Striking Black and White
Read an interview about Karlovy Vary film 'Behind the Rain' about childhood sexual abuse with Chile director Valeria Sarmiento, Chamila Rodriguez.
Karlovy Vary: ‘3 Weeks After’ Wins Europa Cinemas Label Award
At Karlovy Vary 2026, Serbian film ‘3 Weeks After’ by Miroslav Terzic, a drama about peer violence, won the Europa Cinemas Label award.
‘Behind the Rain’ Explores Childhood Sexual Abuse in Striking Black and White
Read an interview about Karlovy Vary film 'Behind the Rain' about childhood sexual abuse with Chile director Valeria Sarmiento, Chamila Rodriguez.