Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2011

"Collaborator" by Martin Donovan (FIPRESCI Prize)

The 46th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival was once again for the films and the audience. KVIFF is still undoubtable the biggest cinematic event in Eastern Europe with great hospitality and with a marvellous city full with spas and more. During the well-organized festival days 126.302 tickets were sold, 413 screenings were held and in the competition section there were some remarkable international releases. Among them American Martin Donovan's debut Collaborator won the Prize of the International Critics and leading actor David Morse won the Best Actor award. In the competiton section was also shown the critically acclaimed Slovakian director Martin Sulík's latest movie Gipsy and Restoration by Joseph Madmony from Israel. Restoration was awarded with the Crystal Globe by the international jury headed Academy Awarded director Istvan Szabo. The audience's favoourite was an other local movie, the Czech-Slovakian Nicky's Family by Matej Minac. Kim Ki-Duk, David Morse, Denis Villeneuve and Judi Dench visited Karlovy Vary this year among others. (g.k.)

46th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Czech Republic, July 1-9, 2011), www.kviff.com
FIPRESCI Prize: Collaborator by Martin Donovan (competition). Details

Reports

Conflict and the Family. Alberto Castellano examines a large number of films sharing a common theme, which has become something of a cultural trend in contemporary cinema — that of the generational conflict between parents and children as a source of universal embarrassment the world over.
Life Under Strain. Ninos Feneck Mikelides writes about two competition section film Bedouin and Collaborator.
A Film of Discomfort. Gyözö Matyas feels that Laurentie is one of the most bewildering, provoking films of our time.
One For All. Violeta Kovacsics is wondering about two documentaries in Karlovy Vary, Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel and Starting Out: The Making of Jerzy Skolimowski's Deep End.

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