59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
 Official poster | |
| Opening film | We've Got to Frame It! by Milan Kuchynka, Jakub Jurásek |
|---|---|
| Location | Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Crystal Globe: Better Go Mad in the Wild |
| Artistic director | Karel Och |
| No. of films | 175 |
| Festival date | Opening: 4 July 2025 Closing: 12 July 2025 |
| Website | www |
The 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival opened on 4 July 2025, in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic with a film by Milan Kuchynka and Jakub Jurásek, We've Got to Frame It!, a tribute to Jiří Bartoška, the late president of the festival. 'Midnight Screenings' section from this year have a new name "Afterhours" under revamped programme.[1]
On 3 June, the festival revealed 11 films selected for its main Crystal Globe Competition, including nine world premieres and two international premieres.[2] On 20 June, the festival revealed its complete line-up for the 59th edition, expanding upon the previously announced competition sections.[3]
The festival paid tribute to 1940s American film star and pioneering method actor John Garfield, while presenting its prestigious President's Award to Czech film editor Jiří Brožek for his outstanding contribution to Czech cinema. Vicky Krieps, Peter Sarsgaard, and Dakota Johnson were also honored with the KVIFF President's Award for their achievements in films.[4] The special feature of this edition was the world premiere on 9 July of a cinematic cut of Warhorse Studios’ video game – Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Cinematic Cut, directed by Daniel Vávra and Petr Pekař, in Special Screenings section.[5] The festival wrapped up after showcasing 175 films across 465 screenings. The lineup featured 108 fiction features, 23 documentaries, and 44 short films. Out of these, 36 had their world premiere, while five debuted internationally and another five had their first screening in Europe.[6]
The festival concluded on 12 July with midnight film screenings and the presentation of awards in both non-statutory and main competition categories. Better Go Mad in the Wild, a Czech-Slovak documentary directed by Miro Remo, received the Crystal Globe, while Sand City, a Bangladeshi drama by Mahde Hasan, was awarded the PROXIMA Grand Prix.[7]
Events
Opening ceremony
The festival's opening ceremony was held on July 4 in the Grand Hall of the Thermal Hotel. It was streamed live on KVIFF.TV. This year, the platform also streamed the opening film We Gotta Frame It!, as a tribute to Jiří Bartoška by Milan Kuchynka and Jakub Jurásek. Vicky Krieps and Peter Sarsgaard were presented with KVIFF President's Award.[8]
Surprise Karlovy Vary Award to Michael Douglas
After presenting a restored screening of Miloš Forman’s 1975 American psychological comedy-drama film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, the co-producer Michael Douglas was surprised with a modern Crystal Globe statuette by the festival executive director Kryštof Mucha, replacing the earlier, awkward-to-hold version he had originally received in 1998 for Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema.[9]
Closing ceremony
The festival closed by midnight screenings of the following films:
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, by Tobe Hooper, 1974 cult horror classic.
- Dangerous Animals, by Sean Byrne, a 2025 Australian film.
- Shoah, 1985 French documentary film, over nine hours long by Claude Lanzmann.
Later the winners of the non-statutory jury awards were announced. All broadcast live was available on ČT1, with red carpet arrivals on KVIFF.TV. Before announcement of the winners in the main competition categories, the Crystal Globes was presented to Jiří Brožek , and the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema was awarded to the actor Stellan Skarsgård.[10][11]
Juries
Crystal Globe Competition
- Nicolás Celis, a Mexican film producer.
- Babak Jalali, an Iranian–British film director and producer
- Jessica Kiang, film critic and Berlinale selector
- Jiří Mádl, a Czech film actor, director and screenwriter
- Tuva Novotny, a Swedish actress and director
Proxima Competition jury
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- Yulia Evina Bhara, an Indonesian film and theatre producer
- Noaz Deshe, Berlin-based, Romanian film director
- Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias, Dominican filmmaker
- Jakub Felcman, Czech screenwriter
- Marissa Frobes, Creative Artists Agency, agent
Official selection
The festival has following sections:
- Crystal Globe
- Proxima Competition
- Special Screenings
- Horizons
- Imagina
- Future Frames: Generation Next of European Cinema
Crystal Globe
- Highlighted title and double-dagger (‡) indicates Crystal Globe winner.
- Highlighted title and double-dagger (‡) indicates Special Jury Prize winner.
Eleven of the twelve titles in the Crystal Globe Competition have been announced. The remaining film, from Iran, was revealed on 25 June to ensure the safety of its creators.[15] The name of the 12th film from Iran was revealed as Bidad by Soheil Beiraghi.[16]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Better Go Mad in the Wild ‡ | Raději zešílet v divočině | Miro Remo | Czech Republic, Slovakia |
| Injustice ‡ | Bidad | Soheil Beiraghi | Iran |
| Broken Voices | Sbormistr | Ondřej Provazník | Czech Republic, Slovakia |
| Cinema Jazireh | Gözde Kural | Turkey, Iran, Bulgaria, Romania | |
| Divia | Dmytro Hreshko | Poland Ukraine, Netherlands, United States | |
| Don't Call Me Mama | Se meg | Nina Knags | Norway |
| Jimmy Jaguár | Benedek Fliegauf | Hungary | |
| The Luminous Life | A Vida Luminosa | João Rosas | Portugal, France |
| Out of Love | Les Enfants vont bien | Nathan Ambrosioni | France |
| Rebuilding | Max Walker-Silverman | United States | |
| The Visitor | Svečias | Vytautas Katkus | Lithuania, Norway, Sweden |
| When a River Becomes the Sea | Quan un riu esdevé el mar | Pere Vila Barceló | Spain |
Proxima Competition
- Highlighted title and double-dagger (‡) indicates Proxima Competition winner.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Action Item | Neplatené voľno | Paula Ďurinová | Slovak Republic, Czech Republic, Germany |
| The Anatomy of the Horses | La anatomía de los caballos | Daniel Vidal Toche | Spain, Peru, Colombia, France |
| Before / After | Avant /Après | Manoël Dupont | Belgium |
| Forensics | Forenses | Federico Atehortúa Arteaga | Colombia |
| Future Future | Futuro Futuro | Davi Pretto | Brazil |
| How Come It's All Green Out Here? | Kako je ovde tako zeleno? | Nikola Ležaić | Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria |
| The Other Side of Summer | Na druhé straně léta | Vojtěch Strakatý | Czech Republic |
| Rain Fell on the Nothing New | Regen fiel auf nichts Neues | Steffen Goldkamp | Germany |
| Renovation | Renovacija | Gabrielė Urbonaitė | Lithuania, Latvia, Belgium |
| Sand City ‡ | বালুর নগরীতে | Mahde Hasan | Bangladesh |
| They Come Out of Margo | Vgainoun mesa ap ti Margo | Alexander Voulgaris | Greece |
| TrepaNation | Ammar Al-Beik | Syria, Germany | |
| Thus Spoke the Wind | Ayspes asatc qamin | Maria Rigel | Armenia |
Special Screenings
The world premiere of Serbian miniseries Absolute 100 will be highlight of Special screening in this edition.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Absolute 100 | Srdan Golubović, Stefan Ivančić, Katarina Mutić, Nikola Stojanović | Serbia | |
| All That's Left of You | اللي باقي منك | Cherien Dabis | Germany, Cyprus, Palestine, Jordan, Greece, Qatar, Saudi Arabia |
| Caravan | Karavan | Zuzana Kirchnerová | Czech Republic, Slovakia, Italy |
| The Czech Film Project | Marek Novák, Mikuláš Novotný | Czech Republic | |
| Dragonfly | Paul Andrew Williams | United Kingdom | |
| Duchoň | Peter Bebjak | Slovakia, Czech Republic | |
| Promise, I'll Be Fine | Hore je nebo, v doline som ja | Katarína Gramatová | Slovak Republic, Czech Republic |
| A Second Life | Laurent Slama | France | |
| Summer School, 2001 | Letní škola, 2001 | Dužan Duong | Czech Republic, Slovakia |
| Tehran Another View | Tehran, Kenarat | Ali Behrad | Iran, United Kingdom |
| Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Cinematic Cut | Daniel Vávra and Petr Pekař | Czech Republic[17] | |
Horizons
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 Meters to Andriivka | Mstyslav Chernov | Ukraine | |
| About a Hero | Σχετικά μ' έναν ήρωα | Piotr Winiewicz | Denmark, United States |
| April | აპრილი | Dea Kulumbegashvili | Georgia, France, Italy |
| Ariel | Lois Patiño | Spain, Portugal | |
| The Baltimorons | Jay Duplass | United States | |
| The Blue Trail | O Último Azul | Gabriel Mascaro | Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Netherlands |
| Deaf | Sorda | Eva Libertad | Spain |
| Dreams | Michel Franco | Mexico, United States | |
| Dreams (Sex Love) | Drømmer | Dag Johan Haugerud | Norway |
| Feeling Better | Nonostante | Valerio Mastandrea | Italy |
| Forbidden City | La città proibita | Gabriele Mainetti | Italy |
| Girls on Wire | 想飞的女孩 | Vivian Qu | China |
| The Good Doctor | Gianluca Matarrese | France, Italy, Switzerland | |
| Christy | Brendan Canty | United Kingdom, Ireland | |
| If I Had Legs I'd Kick You | Mary Bronstein | United States | |
| It Was Just an Accident | یک تصادف ساده | Jafar Panahi | Iran, France, Luxembourg |
| Kika | Alexe Poukine | Belgium, France | |
| Kill the Jockey | El jockey | Luis Ortega | Argentina, Mexico, Spain, Denmark, United States |
| Kontinental '25 | Radu Jude | Romania, Brazil, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Luxembourg | |
| Lesbian Space Princess | Emma Hough Hobbs, Leela Varghese | Australia | |
| A Letter to David | Dopis pro Davida | Tom Shoval | Israel, United States |
| Little Trouble Girls | Kaj ti je deklica | Urška Djukić | Slovenia, Italy, Croatia, Serbia |
| The Love That Remains | Ástin Sem Eftir Er | Hlynur Pálmason | Iceland, Denmark, France, Finland, Sweden |
| Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo) | Joel Alfonso Vargas | United States | |
| Madly | Paolo Genovese | Italy | |
| My Father's Shadow | Akinola Davies Jr. | United Kingdom, Nigeria,Ireland | |
| My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow | Julia Loktev | United States | |
| Peter Hujar's Day | Ira Sachs | ||
| Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk | Sepideh Farsi | France, Palestine, Iran | |
| Renoir | ルノワール | Chie Hayakawa | Japan, Australia, France, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia |
| Siblings | La vita da grandi | Greta Scarano | Italy |
| Sirāt | Óliver Laxe | Spain, France | |
| Sorry, Baby | Eva Victor | United States | |
| Sound of Falling | In die Sonne schauen | Mascha Schilinski | Germany |
| Tales From the Magic Garden | Pohádky Po Babičce | David Súkup, Patrik Pašš, Leon Vidmar and Jean-Claude Rozec | Czechia, Slovakia, Slovenia, France |
| Timestamp | Стрічка часу | Kateryna Gornostai | Ukraine, Luxembourg, Netherlands, France |
| Two Prosecutors | Два прокурора | Sergei Loznitsa | Latvia, France, Germany, Netherlands, Romania, Lithuania |
| Two Times João Liberada | Duas vezes João Liberada | Paula Tomás Marques | Portugal |
| Urchin | Harris Dickinson | United Kingdom | |
| Vermiglio | Maura Delpero | Italy, France, Belgium | |
| We Believe You | On vous croit | Arnaud Dufeys and Charlotte Devillers | Belgium |
| What Does That Nature Say to You | 그 자연이 네게 뭐라고 하니 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| Yes! | Ken! | Nadav Lapid | Israel, France, Germany, Cyprus, United Kingdom |
Imagina
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1+1+1 | Ondřej Vavrečka | Czech Republic | |
| Archipelago of Earthen Bones – To Bunya | Malena Szlam | Canada, Australia | |
| A Black Screen Too | Rhayne Vermette | Canada | |
| Bluish | Lilith Kraxner, Milena Czernovsky | Austria | |
| Bogancloch | Ben Rivers | Austria | |
| Ghost of the Past | Bill Morrison | USA, France | |
| How Are You? | Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel | France | |
| I Saw the Face of God in the Jet Wash | Mark Jenkin | United Kingdom | |
| In Person Only | Tereza Vejvodová | Czech Republic | |
| Language of the Entrails | Luciana Decker Orozco | Bolivia, United States | |
| Little boy | James Benning | United States | |
| Maria Henriqueta Was Here | Nuno Pimentel | Portugal | |
| A Metamorphosis | Lin Htet Aung | Myanmar | |
| N3G | Oliver Torr | Czech Republic | |
| Partition | Diana Allan | Lebanon, Palestine, Canada | |
| Perseidas | Natalia del Mar Kašik | Austria | |
| Sleep Dreams | Anastázie Rainischová | Czech Republic | |
| Tin City | Feargal Ward | Ireland | |
| We Are Animals | Lorenzo Pallotta | Italy | |
| When The Phone Rang | Iva Radivojević | Serbia, United States | |
| Zodiac Killer Project | Charlie Shackleton | United States, United Kingdom | |
Future Frames: Generation Next of European Cinema
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1:10 | 1:10 | Sinan Taner | Switzerland |
| Dissection of an Incoherence in Crisis | Dissecció d’una incoherència en crisi | Nausica Serra | Spain |
| Dog and Wolf | Pes a vlk | Terézia Halamová | Czech Republic |
| Fish River Anthology | Mereneläviä | Veera Lamminpää | Finland |
| Greek Apricots | Grčke marelice | Jan Krevatin | Croatia, Slovenia |
| January | Januari | Jetske Lieber | Netherlands |
| Karaokiss | Karaocoeur | Mila Ryngaert | Belgium |
| Skin on Skin | Simon Schneckenburger | Germany | |
| Son of Happiness | Syn szczęścia | Dominik Mirecki | Poland |
| We Beg to Differ | Ruairi Bradley | Ireland, United Kingdom | |
Pragueshorts
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animanimusical | Zvířomuzikál | Julia Ocker | Germany |
| Butterfly Girl | Ani se nenaděješ a už se jmenuješ | Ema Hůlková | Czech Republic |
| Crazy Lotus | Naween Noppakun | Thailand, France | |
| Diamond Beauty | Anna Korom | Hungary | |
| The Exploding Girl | Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel | France | |
| Hoof on Skates | Ignas Meilūnas | Lithuania | |
| Hurikán | Jan Saska | Czech Republic, France, Slovak Republic, Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| I Died in Irpin | Anastasiia Falileieva | Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Ukraine | |
| Keep Out | Tan-Lui Chan | Czech Republic, Hong Kong, | |
Out of the Past
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Lyndon | Stanley Kubrick | United States, United Kingdom | |
| Ecce Homo Homolka | Jaroslav Papoušek | Czechoslovakia, | |
| Every Young Man | Pavel Juráček | Czechoslovakia | |
| Gloria | John Cassavetes | United States | |
| Chain Reactions | Alexandre O. Philippe | United States | |
| Man Bites Dog | Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde | Belgium | |
| Shoah | Claude Lanzmann | France | |
| The Texas Chain Saw Massacre | Tobe Hooper | United States | |
| Time Is Running Out and the Water Is Rising | Casu je málo a voda stúpa | Dežo Ursiny, Ivo Brachtl | Slovak Republic |
| The Wedding Banquet | Ang Lee | Taiwan, United States | |
Tribute to Michael Douglas
Michael Douglas presented restored version of the 1975 classic film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest which is included in this section. Douglas was a producer along with Saul Zaentz of the Oscar winning film.[18]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Miloš Forman | United States | |
Tribute to Stellan Skarsgård
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sentimental Value | Affeksjonsverdi | Joachim Trier | Norway, France, Denmark, Germany |
Tribute to Vicky Krieps
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Love Me Tender | Anna Cazenave Cambet | France | |
Tribute to Peter Sarsgaard
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shattered Glass | Billy Ray | United States, Canada | |
Tribute to Jiří Brožek
Jiří Brožek is a Czech film editor.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Death of the Beautiful Deer | Smrt krásných srnců | Karel Kachyňa | Czechoslovakia |
Tribute to Jiří Bartoška
Jiří Bartoška was a Czech theatre, television, and film actor and president of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tiger Theory | Teorie tygra | Radek Bajgar | Czech Republic |
| We've Got to Frame It! (a conversation with Jiří Bartoška in July 2021) | (Musíme to zarámovat! (rozhovor s Jiřím Bartoškou v červenci 2021) / Musíme to zarámovat! (rozhovor s Jiřím Bartoškou v červenci 2021)) | Milan Kuchynka, Jakub Jurásek | Czech Republic |
The Life and Times of John Garfield
John Garfield was an American actor who played brooding, rebellious, working-class characters
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body and Soul | Robert Rossen | United States | |
| The Breaking Point | Michael Curtiz | United States | |
| Dust Be My Destiny | Lewis Seiler | United States | |
| Force of Evil | Abraham Polonsky | United States | |
| Four Daughters | Michael Curtiz | United States | |
| He Ran All the Way | John Berry | United States | |
| Humoresque | Jean Negulesco | United States | |
| The Postman Always Rings Twice | Tay Garnett | United States | |
| Pride of the Marines | Delmer Daves | United States | |
| They Made Me a Criminal | Busby Berkeley | United States | |
Afterhours
This section was previously known as "Midnight Screenings".
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cadet | Kadet | Adilkhan Yerzhanov | Kazakhstan |
| Dangerous Animals | O žralocích a lidech | Sean Byrne | Australia |
| Dead Lover | Grace Glowicki | Canada | |
| Hellraiser | Clive Barker | United Kingdom | |
| Mr. Vampire | Ricky Lau | Hong Kong | |
| Straight Outta Space | Michael Middelkoop | Netherlands | |
Awards
Crystal Globe Competition
Following awards were announced at the closing ceremony of the festival:[19]
- Grand Prix – Crystal Globe: Better Go Mad in the Wild — Miro Remo
- Special Jury Prize: Bidad — Soheil Beiraghi
- Best Director Award:
- Nathan Ambrosioni — Out of Love
- Vytautas Katkus — The Visitor
- Best Actress Award: Pia Tjelta — Don't Call Me Mama
- Special Jury Mention: Kateřina Falbrová — Broken Voices
- Best Actor Award: Àlex Brendemühl — When a River Becomes the Sea
Awards for films in the Proxima Competition
The following awards were presented:[20]
- PROXIMA Grand Prix: Sand City — Mahde Hasan
- PROXIMA Special Jury Mention: Forensics — Federico Atehortúa Arteaga
- Special Mention: Before / After — Manoël Dupont
- Právo Audience Award: We’ve got to frame it! — Milan Kuchynka, Jakub Jurásek
Non-statutory awards
Non-statutory awards were announced in the evening of 12 July.[21]
- Grand Prize of the Ecumenical Jury Award: Rebuilding — Max Walker-Silverman
- Commendation of the Ecumenical Jury: Cinema Jazireh — Gözde Kural
- Europa Cinemas Label Award: Broken Voices (Sbormistr) — Ondřej Provazník
- FIPRESCI Award for Crystal Globe Competition: Out of Love (Les Enfants vont bien) — Nathan Ambrosioni
- FIPRESCI Award for PROXIMA Competition: Before / After (Avant /Après) — Manoël Dupont
Other awards
- Festival President's Award:
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