Directed by:
Miroslav JanekScreenplay:
Miroslav JanekCinematography:
Miroslav JanekCast:
Eva Zaoralová, Jiří Bartoška, Jiří Janoušek, Jan Adamec, Ladislav Kachtík, Jaroslav Weigel, Antonín J. Liehm, Tereza BrdečkováPlots(1)
This film presents the history of one of the world's oldest film festivals, the Karlovy Vary IFF, which is only now marking its 50th edition due to the upheavals of the previous century. We return to 1946, the year the festival was launched in Mariánské Lázně as a non-competitive event whose film screenings were also held in Karlovy Vary. When the festival moved permanently to Vary it incorporated a feature film competition. From 1957 to 1968 coverage of the festival (which was forced to alternate with the Moscow IFF beginning in 1959) was provided by the outstanding on-site broadcasts known as "Moments," hosted by Miroslav Horníček. Czech TV archives provided further footage of the fluctuating fortunes of a festival that was finally resurrected in 1994 with the arrival of its current management who made it what it is today – one of the most respected film festivals in Europe. The film is interwoven with interviews with former colleagues, contemporaries and historians. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Eva Zaoralová
Czechoslovakia
Jiří Bartoška
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Bratři Karamazovi (1981) (theatrical recording)
Hřbitov pro cizince (1991) (TV movie)
Sense of Tumour (2024) (series)
Jiří Janoušek
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Concert at the End of Summer (1979)
Každý mladý muž (1965)
Neklidnou hladinou (1962)
Jan Adamec
Best movies:
Věrní abonenti (2001) (TV movie)
Velikonoční dovolená (1971)
Ladislav Kachtík
Best movies:
Ledoví muži (1960)
Jaroslav Weigel
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Conquest of the North Pole (1987) (theatrical recording)
Dlouhý, Široký a Krátkozraký (1987) (theatrical recording)
Vyšetřování ztráty třídní knihy (1997) (theatrical recording)
Antonín J. Liehm
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Kissing-Time Ninety (1965)
Tereza Brdečková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Very Late Afternoon of a Faun (1983)
Revival (2013)
Střepy pro Evu (1978)