The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival has revealed the film selection for its retrospective and heritage sections. Out of the Past - KVIFF 60/80 will mark sixty editions and eighty years since the festival’s inception by presenting pivotal films from KVIFF’s history. The Special Screenings - Classics section will feature a special program dedicated to the history of cinema.
Special Screenings - Classics
A special program dedicated to the history of cinema features several premieres. Ivan Ostrochovský, whose Only Beautiful Things to Look At will compete for the Crystal Globe, will also bring to Karlovy Vary his documentary Igor and After—an extraordinary portrait of the exceptional, world-renowned Slovak cinematographer Igor Luther (The Tin Drum or Birds, Orphans and Fools). Another intriguing portrait, The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld, about the independent producer and eccentric visionary Stuart Cornfeld (The Elephant Man, Kafka, or The Fly), will be presented in its international premiere.
Alongside the previously announced, brand-new restoration of the dark slapstick comedy Tainted Horseplay, the festival will celebrate the producing career of Jaroslav Bouček with Vladimír Michálek’s legendary tragicomedy Autumn Spring. The majestic premises of the Karlovy Vary Municipal Theatre will also host a special screening of David Ondříček’s cult debut Whisper, marking thirty years since its filming this year.
The never-ending presentation of John Cassavetes' films in Karlovy Vary continues this year with his cult movie Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976), a dark character study with reflections of a neo-noir crime drama, featuring an exceptional leading performance by Ben Gazzara.
Out of the Past - KVIFF 60/80
On the occasion of celebrating sixty editions over the eighty years since the festival's inception, this year’s "Classics" section of the KVIFF is entirely dedicated to pivotal films from the history of one of the oldest film festivals in the world. Here is the complete selection.
