The largest cultural event in the Czech Republic—the international film festival—is just getting underway in the spa town of Karlovy Vary.
Actors Dustin Hoffman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jesse Eisenberg, Juliette Binoche, Jeffrey Wright, Harvey Keitel, Kyra Sedgwick, Kevin Bacon, cinematographer Robert Richardson, and many others will be present at the annual celebration to to greet their fans and film lovers, or to accept the Crystal Globe for outstanding contributions to world cinema.
This year, the festival will screen 12 films in the main competition, 12 in the Proxima competition, 12 in special screenings, and dozens of other feature-length fiction and documentary films. There will be up to 200 films to see in total.
Time, tradition and 'art nouveau cakes'
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is the second-oldest film festival in the world after Venice. It was founded in 1946 and is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year, though this is only its 60th edition.
