Yep The Karlovy Vary Film Festival is Still One of the Best in the World

If you know, you know... If you've been, you'll always want to go back... At least that's how I feel. There is a wonderful film festival in Czechia called the Karlovy Vary Film Festival – they're celebrating their 57th year, making it one of the oldest festivals in the world (it was originally founded in 1946). This is my fifth year attending KVIFF (as it's known - the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival), returning to this lovely little spa town in the middle of the summer to watch more films and enjoy the full-on cinema lovers party ambience. Karlovy Vary is a famous town in the hills of west Czechia, right near the border of Germany. It's only 6 hours by train from Berlin, where I live, and even less if you go directly from Prague. They're an A-list event and the first major festival after Cannes in May to play the best of Cannes' selection, including all the awards winners - Anatomy of a Fall, Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell, Perfect Days, and many others. I write about KVIFF every year nowadays, because this humble festival really is one of the best in the entire world. // Continue Reading ›

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