Festival reveals guests headed to Karlovy Vary next month.
Us actor Willem Dafoe and writer-director Charlie Kaufman are to be honoured at the 51st Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff) (July 1-9) on its opening night .
Dafoe is to receive the Crystal Globe for outstanding contribution to world cinema and the festival will screen his performances in Abel Ferrara’s Pasolini and Martin Scorese’s The Last Temptation of Christ.
Kaufman, who won an Oscar for his script for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, will receive the president’s award and the festival will screen animation Anomalisa, which he co-directed with Duke Johnson.
As previously announced, the festival set in the Czech Republic spa town will open with the world premiere of Second World War thriller Anthropoid, with actors Jamie Dornan and Toby Jones, Aňa Geislerová, Alena Mihulová, Václav Neužil and Marcin Dorocinski in attendence alongside writer-director Sean Ellis.
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Us actor Willem Dafoe and writer-director Charlie Kaufman are to be honoured at the 51st Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff) (July 1-9) on its opening night .
Dafoe is to receive the Crystal Globe for outstanding contribution to world cinema and the festival will screen his performances in Abel Ferrara’s Pasolini and Martin Scorese’s The Last Temptation of Christ.
Kaufman, who won an Oscar for his script for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, will receive the president’s award and the festival will screen animation Anomalisa, which he co-directed with Duke Johnson.
As previously announced, the festival set in the Czech Republic spa town will open with the world premiere of Second World War thriller Anthropoid, with actors Jamie Dornan and Toby Jones, Aňa Geislerová, Alena Mihulová, Václav Neužil and Marcin Dorocinski in attendence alongside writer-director Sean Ellis.
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- 6/21/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Festival also to host Frank Daniel tribute with workshop and screening.
Amazon Studios’ in-demand head of motion picture production Ted Hope (21 Grams) will deliver a talk at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (July 1 – 9) in which he will discuss his perspective on the future of film.
Karlovy Vary executive director Krystof Mucha said: “Ted has already been to the festival twice – once as a member of the Main Jury and once as a producer of a competition film The Collaborator. When we met at Sundance this year, we agreed it would be wonderful to have him at Karlovy Vary as Amazon Studios’ chief producer so that this innovative project can be introduced in the Czech Republic.
“However, Ted would also like to use the unique opportunity to meet dozens of European distributors and individually discuss a new Amazon strategy that keeps them in the game.”
The voracious and rapidly-expanding Amazon Studios was in Cannes this year with...
Amazon Studios’ in-demand head of motion picture production Ted Hope (21 Grams) will deliver a talk at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (July 1 – 9) in which he will discuss his perspective on the future of film.
Karlovy Vary executive director Krystof Mucha said: “Ted has already been to the festival twice – once as a member of the Main Jury and once as a producer of a competition film The Collaborator. When we met at Sundance this year, we agreed it would be wonderful to have him at Karlovy Vary as Amazon Studios’ chief producer so that this innovative project can be introduced in the Czech Republic.
“However, Ted would also like to use the unique opportunity to meet dozens of European distributors and individually discuss a new Amazon strategy that keeps them in the game.”
The voracious and rapidly-expanding Amazon Studios was in Cannes this year with...
- 6/10/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Elena Naumova praises Russian president Putin’s agreement to annex Crimea and Sevastopol.
“Hurrah. A historical moment! We’re finally back Home! Crimea to Russia!” declared Elena Naumova, founder and CEO of the Sevastopol International Film Festival, with the ink on President Putin’s agreement to annex Crimea and Sevastopol still drying.
“Be happy for us, friends!”, Naumova wrote on her Facebook page. “I am very proud of my country! Thank you, my dear Sevastopol people and citizens of Crimea! Thank you, Vladimir Vladimirovich! You are the best! Of course, not everything is perfect here, but thank you for Sevastopol, of course! I am so happy that it brings me to tears of joy!!!!!!”
Following Putin’s action on Tuesday, Sevastopol’s website now has the festival - scheduled to take place from September 19-24, 2014 - is located in “Russia”.
Ironically, the Odessa International Film Festival is one of the “favourites” in the film category of Naumova...
“Hurrah. A historical moment! We’re finally back Home! Crimea to Russia!” declared Elena Naumova, founder and CEO of the Sevastopol International Film Festival, with the ink on President Putin’s agreement to annex Crimea and Sevastopol still drying.
“Be happy for us, friends!”, Naumova wrote on her Facebook page. “I am very proud of my country! Thank you, my dear Sevastopol people and citizens of Crimea! Thank you, Vladimir Vladimirovich! You are the best! Of course, not everything is perfect here, but thank you for Sevastopol, of course! I am so happy that it brings me to tears of joy!!!!!!”
Following Putin’s action on Tuesday, Sevastopol’s website now has the festival - scheduled to take place from September 19-24, 2014 - is located in “Russia”.
Ironically, the Odessa International Film Festival is one of the “favourites” in the film category of Naumova...
- 3/19/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
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