When the decision was made to postpone the 55th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival until 2021 because of the ongoing restrictions related to the coronavirus crisis, the festival’s programming department had already chosen numerous interesting films to be shown at the festival, including strong movies that earned high praise at film festivals held from last autumn to this year’s Berlinale.
As a result, the idea was born to expand the traditional post-festival KVIFF at Your Cinema project by offering a comprehensive block of films to nearly one hundred cinemas throughout the Czech Republic on the dates when the Karlovy Vary festival was originally scheduled, i.e., 3 – 11 July 2020.
KVIFF at Your Cinema will present 16 films over the course of nine days. Each of the selected works will have only one exclusive screening, which will take place at all participating theaters at the same time. The screenings are being planned in the spirit of
the festival and will be accompanied by on-site introductions to the films by the KVIFF programmers.
“Since, given the situation, moviegoers can’t come to Karlovy Vary this year, we decided to bring at least part of the festival to them. It’s our way of thanking the visitors, guests, and film enthusiasts who create the fantastic festival atmosphere in Vary every year. We are thrilled by our viewers’ immense interest, and it’s also huge that nearly 100 theaters have signed on for KVIFF at Your Cinema. I believe that together we will succeed in offering audiences not only great films but even a bit of the traditional festival atmosphere,” says KVIFF president Jiří Bartoška.
In the selection, Italy is represented by BAD TALES from Damiano and Fabio D'Innocenzo, that was awarded at Berlinale.