Every July, the Czech Republic sees the return of the famous Karlovy Vary International Film Festival - eight days of world-class cinematography and seven nights of world-class parties. Our reporter Christian Falvey begins a week of stories on both. The box offices are open and the red rug is out of the closet, strewn out in front of the Thermal Hotel and awaiting its first famous footsteps – those of Czech-American director Miloš Forman. Earlier I spoke to programme director Julietta Sichel who told me what we can expect from day one of the 44th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival: “Well we will open with a new US film which is called The Greatest. It’s an international premiere and the director of the film Shana Feste should be coming to introduce the film to the audiences. The festival traditionally opens with the red... [read full story]
