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Ten world premieres are among the 12 films competing for the Crystal Globe at Central and Eastern Europe’s premier film festival, Karlovy Vary, which runs June 29-July 7. The competition titles include leading Romanian filmmaker Radu Jude’s “I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians,” an exploration of nationality and national trauma; Argentine Ana Katz’s family drama “Sueno Florianopolis”; and Canadian filmmaker Sebastien Pilote’s “The Fireflies Are Gone,” the story of a rebellious teen relationship.

A standout performance by Caleb Landry Jones dominates Peter Brunner’s dark Austro-American drama “To the Night,” while two filmmakers returning to Karlovy Vary present “noticeably more poetic new films”: Russia’s Ivan Tverdovsky (“Zoology”) will screen “Jumpman,” while Israeli director Joseph Madmony brings his third premiere to West Bohemia, the drama “Redemption,” co-directed by cinematographer Boaz Y. Yakov.

Czech Republic-based filmmaker Olmo Omerzu will screen a road movie centered on boyhood friendship,...

The initiative is a showcase for emerging film talents from Europe.

Efp Future Frames, the showcase for emerging film talents from European Film Promotion (Efp) territories, will present the work of ten young directors at Karlovy Vary Film Festival 2018 (June 29-July 7).

The event, a co-production between Efp and the festival, will introduce the filmmakers and their work to the public, industry professionals and press for four days from July 1 to 4. Participants will take part in a master class and meetings with experts from different fields to augment their international network.

To be eligible, films must be Czech premieres and of...

Director Denis Côté and European Film Promotion boss speak to Screen about the student filmmaker scheme.

Future Frames, an initiative of European Film Promotion who are also behind European Shooting Stars in Berlin and Producers on the Move in Cannes, came to the end of its third edition yesterday (5 July) at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (June 30-July 8).

The event takes 10 young film students from across Europe and showcases their short films to festival audiences while also giving them industry mentoring.

Even though it’s still a relatively new initiative, European Film Promotion already feel that there are tangible results to show.

“There’s Karen Vazquez Guadarrama from Belgium, who received her first job offers following Future Frames in 2016,” said Efp’s Managing Director Sonja Heinen, speaking to Screen.

“She also reported, like her fellow participants, that there was a strong interest shown by other international film festivals in their work.

Many of the...

The Academy has named the 17 students voted as winners of the 43rd Student Academy Awards, which this year received a record 1,749 entries. The submitted films came from 286 colleges and universities within the United States and 95 abroad; along with the usual suspects — AFI, USC, Nyu, Chapman — the winners include students from the likes of Tel Aviv University, DePaul University and Maharishi University of Management.

All winners are eligible for the Oscars in the Documentary Short Subject, Animated Short Film or Live Action Short Film category. Previous winners include Pete Docter, Cary Fukunaga, John Lasseter, Spike Lee, Trey Parker and Robert Zemeckis. Full list below.

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Alternative

“All These Voices,” David Henry Gerson, American Film Institute

“Cloud Kumo,” Yvonne Ng, City College of New York

“The Swan Girl,” Johnny Coffeen, Maharishi University of Management

Animation

“Die Flucht,” Carter Boyce, DePaul University

“Once upon a Line,...