It’s not just all about the film screenings at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF), whose 60th edition takes over the Czech Republic July 3-11. For folks working in film, TV, publishing and beyond, there is also business to be done at the expanded and broadened Industry Days program of the festival.
Hugo Rosák, head of the KVIFF Film Industry Office, has been particularly busy this year, preparing for innovations, extensions and tweaks to existing events under the umbrella of the big Czech festival.
And his team has loaded up on star power for the program running July 5-8, with David Chase coming to town for a session entitled “The Sopranos and Beyond: David Chase on Storytelling, Television, and the Future of Creative Risk,” writer, producer and actor Sharon Horgan and director Andrij Parekh (Succession) discussing “The Cinematic Series: Storytelling in the Age of Streaming,” and a spotlight on Jude Law‘s production company Riff Raff Entertainment with co-founder and producer Ben Jackson and Katie Sinclair, head of film and TV, among other programming with big names.In a conversation about what the 2026 edition of the KVIFF industry programs will bring, whether new, improved or traditional, Rosák told THR about the need to constantly evolve in line with industry trends and needs, how the rise of AI and microdramas will be reflected in the program this year, and why the film industry shouldn’t feel safe.
