...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 that turns 80 years old this year.

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…