the Directorate has decided not to carry out any alternative versions of the festival in digital format by its President jiří Bartoška believes that nothing can replace the collective experience of film in big cinemas. “It would be contrary to the main mission of our festival is to unite the audience, filmmakers, people from various sectors of society to work together to enjoy the works of cinema art.”
as in preparation for the 55th festival programmers had taken a lot of interesting films are able to use a popular audience, this work is not lost in vain, – assured the Directorate. The government’s plan of gradual easing of restrictions provides for a limited opening in Czech cinemas from 8 June to audiences not exceeding 50 people. And the Karlovy vary festival will show its program in cinemas in July of this year – as, indeed, it has always been: at the end of the festival best picture “went on tour” on cities of the Czech Republic. Now this show will be held within the time originally allotted for the 55th festival – from 3 to 11 July.
in addition, the film industry will be able to see the projects that were present in the days of the festival online: this festival section was evacuated in the virtual space and present film projects from Central and Eastern Europe, the former USSR, the Balkans, the Middle East and North Africa. Thus Karlovy vary joining the movement “We are one: the global film festival” – international project, which is supported by the world’s largest festivals.
