Anna, Sandra, Vojtěch, Petra, Natalia and Lorenzo work with artistic director Karel Och to bring new discoveries, hidden gems, cinematic surprises and the best of the fest circuit to the spa town.

Kryštof Mucha, the Czech fest's executive director and KVIFF Group chair, explains the importance of mixing tradition and innovation - and how the spirit of Václav Havel and Jiří…

Anna, Sandra, Vojtěch, Petra, Natalia and Lorenzo work with artistic director Karel Och to bring new discoveries, hidden gems, cinematic surprises and the best of the fest circuit…

Ken Loach, long-time KVIFF president Jiří Bartoška and creatives on the Hollywood blacklist also make appearances on a tour back into the 80-year history of the venerable film…

...and how that connects to its already ambitious early days, including that year when Italian auteur Pier Paolo Pasolini met Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha at the festival…

Head of production Petr Lintimer lauds the big effort that staff and the 1,500 volunteers put into the venerable Czech fest, which is celebrating 60 editions and 80 years, adding…

In its 80th year, the world’s second-oldest film festival, taking over a Czech spa town, is still celebrating premieres, and some are more surprising than others.