Two months before it kicks off, the organisers of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival have just revealed the first details of this year’s programme.
Karlovy Vary Film Festival has planned a program focused on Iranian cinema with a selection of films made in the past four years. It will also celebrate the work of Japanese filmmaker Yasuzo Masumura.
Seclusion Near a Forest. The cinematographer
VladimÃr Smutný is among the frequent collaborators of the father-son duo and has been working with them since their Academy Award-winning film
Kolya (1996), alongside art director
Jan Vlasák, and both are working on SvÄrákâs latest project. Editor
Alois Fisarek belongs to the inner circle of collaborators working with the SvÄrák team since
The Elementary School, however, he will be replaced by the directorâs son and the leading actorâs grandson,
FrantiÅ¡ek SvÄrák, engaging the youngest generation into the family business.
Principal photography has already begun and will continue until May 2021, taking place predominantly in Prague. Besides ZdenÄk SvÄrák and Daniela KoláÅová, the cast includes experienced domestic actors