# 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

The 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival took place from 28 June to 6 July 2024, in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The official selections lineup was announced on 28 May, with the remainder of the lineup announced on 14 June.

## Official selection
### Crystal Globe

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Banzo | Banzo | Margarida Cardoso | Portugal, France, Netherlands |
| Celebration | Proslava | Bruno Anković | Croatia, Qatar |
| The Hungarian Dressmaker | Ema a smrtihlav | Iveta Grófová | Slovakia, Czech Republic |
| Loveable | Elskling | Lilja Ingolfsdottir | Norway |
| Our Lovely Pig Slaughter | Mord | Adam Martinec | Czech Republic, Slovakia |
| Panopticon | Panoptikoni | George Sikharulidze | Georgia, France, Italy, Romania |
| Pierce | 刺心切骨 | Nelicia Low | Singapore, Taiwan, Poland |
| Rude to Love | Ai ni ranbou | Yukihiro Morigaki | Japan |
| A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things | A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things | Mark Cousins | United Kingdom |
| Three Days of Fish | Drie dagen vis | Peter Hoogendoorn | Netherlands, Belgium |
| Tiny Lights | Světýlka | Beata Parkanová | Czech Republic, Slovakia |
| Xoftex | Xoftex | Noaz Deshe | Germany, France |

### PROXIMA

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| The Alienated | Fără suflet | Anja Kreis | Germany, Moldova, France |
| Cabo Negro | Cabo Negro | Abdellah Taïa | France, Morocco |
| Chlorophyll | Clorofilla | Ivana Gloria | Italy |
| Lapilli | Lapilli | Paula Ďurinová | Slovakia, Germany |
| March to May | Od marca do mája | Martin Pavol Repka | Czech Republic |
| Night Has Come | Vino la noche | Paolo Tizón | Peru, Spain, Mexico |
| Nothing in Its Place | Hiçbir şey yerinde değil | Burak Çevik | Turkey, Germany, South Korea |
| Second Chance | Second Chance | Subhadra Mahajan | India |
| Stranger | Ju wai ren | Zhengfan Yang | United States, China, Netherlands, Norway, France |
| Trans Memoria | Trans Memoria | Victoria Verseau | Sweden, France |
| Tropicana | Tropicana | Omer Tobi | Israel, Canada |
| Windless | Bezvetrije | Pavel G. Vesnakov | Bulgaria, Italy |

### Special Screenings

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Czechoslovak Architecture 58–89 | Architektura ČSSR 58–89 | Jan Zajíček | Czech Republic, Slovakia |
| The Gardener's Year | Zahradníkův rok | Jiří Havelka | Czech Republic |
| I'm Not Everything I Want to Be | Ještě nejsem, kým chci být | Klára Tasovská | Czech Republic, Slovakia |
| In the Land of Brothers | In the Land of Brothers | Alireza Ghasemi, Raha Amirfazli | Ireland, France, Netherlands |
| Journey to the Brink of War | Voyage au bord de la guerre | Antonin Peretjatko | France |
| The Other One | Ta druhá | Marie-Magdalena Kochová | Czech Republic |
| Real | Real | Oleg Sentsov | Ukraine, Croatia |
| The Song of Others - A Search for Europe | Das Lied der Anderen – Eine Suche nach Europa | Vadim Jendreyko | Switzerland |
| Tatabojs.doc | Tatabojs.doc | Marek Najbrt | Czech Republic |
| Waves | Vlny | Jiří Mádl | Czech Republic |

### Horizons

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| All We Imagine as Light | All We Imagine as Light | Payal Kapadia | France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg |
| Architecton | Architecton | Viktor Kossakovsky | Germany, France, United States |
| The Balconettes | Les Femmes au Balcon | Noémie Merlant | France |
| The Beast | La Bête | Bertrand Bonello | France, Canada |
| Between the Temples | Between the Temples | Nathan Silver | United States |
| Brief History of a Family | Jia ting jian shi | Lin Jianjie | China, France, Denmark, Qatar |
| Bye Bye Tiberias | Bye Bye Tibériade | Lina Soualem | France, Belgium, Palestine, Qatar |
| Crossing | Crossing | Levan Akin | Sweden, Denmark, France, Turkey, Georgia |
| A Different Man | A Different Man | Aaron Schimberg | United States |
| Direct Action | Direct Action | Guillaume Cailleau, Ben Russell | Germany, France |
| Dying | Sterben | Matthias Glasner | Germany |
| Explanation for Everything | Magyarázat mindenre | Gábor Reisz | Hungary, Slovakia |
| Favoriten | Favoriten | Ruth Beckermann | Austria |
| Gasoline Rainbow | Gasoline Rainbow | Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross | United States |
| Girls Will Be Girls | Girls Will Be Girls | Shuchi Talati | India, France, United States, Norway |
| The Girl with the Needle | Pigen med nalen | Magnus von Horn | Denmark, Poland, Sweden |
| Gloria! | Gloria! | Margherita Vicario | Italy, Switzerland |
| Grand Tour | Grand Tour | Miguel Gomes | Portugal, Italy, France |
| Holy Cow | Vingt dieux | Louise Courvoisier | France |
| Housekeeping for Beginners | Domakinstvo za pocetnici | Goran Stolevski | North Macedonia, Croatia, Serbia, Poland, Kosovo |
| The Invasion | The Invasion | Sergei Loznitsa | Netherlands, France, United States |
| It's Not Me | C'est pas moi | Leos Carax | France |
| Julie Keeps Quiet | Julie zwijgt | Leonardo Van Dijl | Belgium, Sweden |
| Kinds of Kindness | Kinds of Kindness | Yorgos Lanthimos | Ireland, United Kingdom, United States |
| Kneecap | Kneecap | Rich Peppiatt | Ireland |
| Living Large | Život k sežrání | Kristina Dufková | Czechia, Slovakia, France |
| Memory | Memory | Michel Franco | Mexico, United States |
| My Favourite Cake | Keyke mahboobe man | Maryam Moqadam, Behtash Sanaeeha | Iran, France, Sweden, Germany |
| My Summer with Irène | Quell'estate con Irène | Carlo Sironi | Italy, France |
| Nasty | Nasty | Tudor Giurgiu, Cristian Pascariu, Tudor D. Popescu | Romania |
| No Other Land | No Other Land | Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor | Palestine, Norway |
| On Becoming a Guinea Fowl | On Becoming a Guinea Fowl | Rungano Nyoni | Zambia, United Kingdom, Ireland |
| The Other Way Around | Volveréis | Jonás Trueba | Spain, France |
| Parthenope | Parthenope | Paolo Sorrentino | Italy, France |
| Pepe | Pepe | Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias | Dominican Republic, Namibia, Germany, France |
| Porcelain War | Porcelain War | Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev | Ukraine, Australia, United States |
| The Rescue: The Weight of the World | El rapto | Daniela Goggi | Argentina, United States |
| Rumours | Rumours | Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson | Canada, Germany |
| Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus | Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus | Neo Sora | Japan |
| Santosh | Santosh | Sandhya Suri | United Kingdom, India, France, Germany |
| Shambhala | Shambhala | Min Bahadur Bham | Nepal, France, Norway, Hong Kong, China, Turkey, Taiwan, United States, Qatar |
| Silent Trilogy | Mykkätrilogia | Juho Kuosmanen | Finland |
| Sleep with Your Eyes Open | Dormir de olhos abertos | Nele Wohlatz | Brazil, Argentina, Taiwan, Germany |
| The Story of Souleymane | L'Histoire de Souleymane | Boris Lojkine | France |
| The Substance | The Substance | Coralie Fargeat | United Kingdom, United States, France |
| Three Kilometres to the End of the World | Trei kilometri până la capătul lumii | Emanuel Pârvu | Romania |
| Trust | Confidenza | Daniele Luchetti | Italy |
| Viet and Nam | Trong lòng đất | Minh Quý Trương | Philippines, Singapore, France, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Vietnam, United States |
| The Village Next to Paradise | The Village Next to Paradise | Mo Harawe | Austria, France, Germany, Somalia |
| When the Light Breaks | Ljósbrot | Rúnar Rúnarsson | Iceland, Netherlands, Croatia, France |
| Who Do I Belong To | Mé el Aïn | Meryam Joobeur | Tunisia, France, Canada, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia |

### Imagina

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Abiding Nowhere | Wu Suo Zhu | Tsai Ming-liang | Taiwan, United States |
| Allies | Aliados | Azucena Losana | Mexico |
| Always Show Courage When Burning to the Ground | Always Show Courage When Burning to the Ground | Joseph Wilson | United Kingdom |
| Beautiful Dead Woman | Die schöne Tote | Jan Soldat | Germany, Austria |
| Best Secret Place | Best Secret Place | Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel | France |
| Bliss Point | Bliss Point | Gerard Ortín Castellví | Spain, United Kingdom, Italy |
| The Garden Cadences | The Garden Cadences | Dane Komljen | Germany |
| The Human Hibernation | The Human Hibernation | Anna Cornudella Castro | Spain |
| Lolo & Sosaku: The Western Archive | Lolo & Sosaku: The Western Archive | Sergio Caballero | Spain |
| Mare Imbrium | Mare Imbrium | Siegfried A. Fruhauf | Austria |
| Of Other Tomorrows Never Known | Of Other Tomorrows Never Known | Natasha Tontey | Indonesia, Germany |
| Preemptive Listening | Preemptive Listening | Aura Satz | United Kingdom, Finland |
| Silent Panorama | Silent Panorama | Nicolas Piret | Belgium |
| Slow Shift | Slow Shift | Shambhavi Kaul | United States, India |
| Spheres | Spheres | Daniel Zimmermann | Switzerland, Austria |
| Teen Girl Fantasy | Teen Girl Fantasy | Marisa Hoicka | Canada, |
| UNDR | UNDR | Kamal Aljafari | Germany, Palestine |

### Future Frames: Generation Next of European Cinema

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Baldilocks | Kaalkapje | Marthe Peters | Belgium, Netherlands |
| The Complaint | Sammen er du mere | William Sehested Høeg | Denmark |
| Cura sana | Cura sana | Lucía G. Romero | Spain |
| A Good Mind Grows in Thorny Places | Dom Strom | Katarína Gramatová | Slovakia |
| If I Float | Dacă voi pluti | Bogdan Alecsandru | Romania |
| The Love Servant | Ancella d'amore | Emanuela Muzzupappa | Italy |
| Strangers in the Night | Strangers in the Night | Matthias Krepp | Austria |
| A Study of Empathy | Eine Studie in Empathie | Hilke Rönnfeldt | Germany, Denmark |
| Who Stands Up for Alvar | Vem ropar för Alvar | Anna Maria Jóakimsdóttir-Hutri | Sweden |
| 3 MWh | 3 MWh | Marie-Magdalena Kochová | Czechia |

### Pragueshorts

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| AliEN0089 | AliEN0089 | Valeria Hofmann | Chile, Argentina |
| The Baroque | Baroko | David Payne, Tomáš Navrátil | Czechia |
| Battery Mommy | Battery Mommy | Seung-bae Jeon | South Korea |
| Blue Boy | Blue Boy | Nikulás Tumi Hlynsson | Czechia |
| Buzz of the Earth | Bzukot Země | Greta Stocklassa | Czechia |
| Cross My Heart and Hope to Die | Cross My Heart and Hope to Die | Sam Manacsa | Philippines |
| Curiosa | Curiosa | Tessa Moult-Milewska | United Kingdom |
| Dormouse | Siebenschläfer | Julia Ocker | Germany |
| Eighth Day | Osmý den | Petr Pylypčuk | Czechia |
| Electra | Electra | Daria Kashcheeva | Czechia, France, Slovakia |
| Kinderfilm | Kinderfilm | Total Refusal | Austria |
| Luce and the Rock | Luce and the Rock | Britt Raes | Belgium, France, Netherlands |
| Oyu | Oyu | Atsushi Hirai | France, Japan |
| Pond | Tümpel | Lena von Döhren, Eva Rust | Switzerland |
| Prince Ki Ki Do: Tea cup | Princ Ki Ki Do: Skodelica čaja | Grega Mastnak | Slovenia |
| Sea Salt | Sea Salt | Leila Basma | Czechia, Lebanon |
| To Be Sisters | Entre deux sœurs | Anne-Sophie Gousset, Clément Céard | France |

### Out of the Past

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Fort Apache | Fort Apache | John Ford | United States |
| François Truffaut, My Life, a Screenplay | François Truffaut, le scénario de ma vie | David Teboul | France |
| Let's Get Lost | Let's Get Lost | Bruce Weber | United States |
| Love Streams | Love Streams | John Cassavetes | United States |
| Murdering the Devil | Vražda ing. Čerta | Ester Krumbachová | Czechoslovakia |
| The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians | Tajemství hradu v Karpatech | Oldřich Lipský | Czechoslovakia |
| Paris, Texas | Paris, Texas | Wim Wenders | Germany, France, United Kingdom, United States |
| Shadows of a Hot Summer | Stíny horkého léta | František Vláčil | Czechoslovakia |
| The Taking | The Taking | Alexandre O. Philippe | United States |
| Twentynine Palms | Twentynine Palms | Bruno Dumont | France, United States, Germany |
| Two English Girls | Les deux Anglaises et le continent | François Truffaut | France |

### Midnight Screenings

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Hunting Daze | Jour de chasse | Annick Blanc | Canada |
| Love Lies Bleeding | Love Lies Bleeding | Rose Glass | United States |
| MaXXXine | MaXXXine | Ti West | United States |
| The Roundup: Punishment | 범죄도시4 | Heo Myung-haeng | South Korea |
| Steppenwolf | Steppenwolf | Adilkhan Yerzhanov | Kazakhstan |

### The Wish to Be a Red Indian: Kafka and Cinema

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| After Hours | After Hours | Martin Scorsese | United States |
| America | Amerika | Vladimír Michálek | Czechia |
| Artist of Fasting | Danjiki geinin | Masao Adachi | Japan, South Korea |
| The Audience | L'udienza | Marco Ferreri | Italy, France |
| The Castle | Das Schloss | Rudolf Noelte | Germany |
| Class Relations | Klassenverhältnisse | Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet | Germany, France |
| Franz Kafka's A Country Doctor | Kafka inaka isha | Kōji Yamamura | Japan |
| Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life | Peter Capaldi | United Kingdom |
| The Grandmother | The Grandmother | David Lynch | United States |
| Interview | Intervista | Federico Fellini | Italy |
| Joseph Kilian | Postava k podpírání | Pavel Juráček, Jan Schmidt | Czechoslovakia |
| K | K | Lorenza Mazzetti | United Kingdom |
| Kafka | Kafka | Zbigniew Rybczyński | United States, France |
| Kafka | Kafka | Steven Soderbergh | United States, France |
| Metamorphosis | Die Verwandlung | Jan Němec | Germany |
| The Money Order | Mandabi | Ousmane Sembène | France, Senegal |
| Mr. Kneff | Mr. Kneff | Steven Soderbergh | United States, France |
| The Tenant | Le Locataire | Roman Polanski | France |
| Tetsuo: The Iron Man | Tetsuo: The Iron Man | Shinya Tsukamoto | Japan |
| The Tomb of Kafka | Le Tombeau de Kafka | Jean-Claude Rousseau | France |
| The Trial | Le procès | Orson Welles | France, Italy, Germany |
| Twin Peaks: A Limited Event Series | Twin Peaks: A Limited Event Series | David Lynch | United States |

### Tribute to Francine Maisler

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| The Bikeriders | The Bikeriders | Jeff Nichols | United States |

### Tribute to Ivan Trojan

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| The Karamazov Brothers | Karamazovi | Petr Zelenka | Czechia, Poland |

## Awards

The following awards were presented:

### Official selection awards

* Grand Prix – Crystal Globe: A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things — Mark Cousins
* Special Jury Prize: Loveable (Elskling) — Lilja Ingolfsdottir
* Special Jury Mention:
** Xoftex — Noaz Deshe
** Our Lovely Pig Slaughter (Mord) — Adam Martinec
* Best Director: Nelicia Low, Pierce
* Best Actress: Helga Guren, Loveable (Elskling)
* Best Actor: Ton Kas & Guido Pollemans, Three Days of Fish (Drie dagen vis)

### Other statutory awards

* PROXIMA Grand Prix: Stranger (Ju wai ren) — Yang Zhengfan
* PROXIMA Special Jury Prize: Night Has Come (Vino la noche) — Paolo Tizón
* PROXIMA Special Jury Mention: March to May (Od marca do mája) — Martin Pavol Repka
* Právo Audience Award: Waves (Vlny) — Jiří Mádl
* Festival President's Award: Viggo Mortensen, Daniel Brühl, Clive Owen
* Festival President's Award for Contribution to Czech Cinematography: Ivan Trojan

### Non-statutory awards

* The Ecumenical Jury Award: Loveable (Elskling) — Lilja Ingolfsdottir
* Commendation of the Ecumenical Jury: Panopticon (Panoptikoni) — George Sikharulidze
* Europa Cinemas Label Award: Loveable (Elskling) — Lilja Ingolfsdottir
* FIPRESCI Award for Crystal Globe Competition: Loveable (Elskling) — Lilja Ingolfsdottir
* FIPRESCI Award for PROXIMA Competition: Night Has Come (Vino la noche) — Paolo Tizón