01-07-2025
Cannes Winners, Serbian Miniseries ‘Absolute 100' Join KVIFF Lineup
The 59th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) will feature key Cannes Film Festival winners in its Horizons section and a selection of action and horror movies, both new and older, for its revamped Midnight Screenings program under the new name 'Afterhours.'
In a lineup update unveiled on Friday, KVIFF said it will this year screen more than 130 feature films in the picturesque Czech spa town of Karlovy Vary.
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The Horizons lineup, which traditionally features highlights from the festival circuit of the past year, includes the likes of Jay Duplass' The Baltimorons, Tom Shoval's A Letter to David, Michel Franco's Dreams, My Father's Shadow by Akinola Davies Jr., Mary Bronstein's If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, Ira Sachs' Peter Hujar's Day, Sergei Loznitsa's Two Prosecutors, Jafar Panahi's Cannes Palme d'Or winner It Was Just an Accident, and fellow Cannes award recipients Sound of Falling by Mascha Schilinski, Sirât by Oliver Laxe, Harris Dickinson's Urchin, and The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo by Diego Céspedes, which won the Un Certain Regard competition.
Meanwhile, KVIFF has added the world premiere of Serbian miniseries Absolute 100 to its Special Screenings section, marking a return of the miniseries format to that program after four years. Absolute 100 was created by filmmaker Srdan Golubović in collaboration with three other directors who are his former students. 'This dynamic thriller with political undertones follows 19-year-old Sonja, a junior champion in sport shooting, who takes justice into her own hands after her family is threatened,' said KVIFF, which will screen the miniseries in its entirety, with the creators in attendance.
Check out the full Horizons and Afterhours lineups for KVIFF 2025 below.
HorizonsAbout a HeroDirected by: Piotr Winiewicz
AprilDirected by: Dea Kulumbegashvili
ArielDirected by: Lois Patiño
The BaltimoronsDirected by: Jay Duplass
The Blue TrailDirected by: Gabriel Mascaro
DeafDirected by: Eva Libertad
DreamsDirected by: Michel Franco
DreamsDirected by: Dag Johan Haugerud
Feeling BetterDirected by: Valerio Mastandrea
The Forbidden CityDirected by: Gabriele Mainetti
Girls on WireDirected by: Vivian Qu
The Good DoctorDirected by: Gianluca Matarrese
ChristyDirected by: Brendan Canty
If I Had Legs I'd Kick YouDirected by: Mary Bronstein
It Was Just an AccidentDirected by: Jafar Panahi
KikaDirected by: Alexe Poukine
Kill the JockeyDirected by: Luis Ortega
Kontinental '25Directed by: Radu Jude
Lesbian Space PrincessDirected by: Emma Hough Hobbs, Leela Varghese
A Letter to DavidDirected by: Tom Shoval
Little Trouble GirlsDirected by: Urška Djukić
The Love That RemainsDirected by: Hlynur Pálmason
Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo)Directed by: Joel Alfonso Varga
MadlyDirected by: Paolo Genovese
MerckxDirected by: Boris Tilquin, Christophe Hermans
My Father's ShadowDirected by: Akinola Davies Jr.
The Mysterious Gaze of the FlamingoDirected by: Diego Céspedes
My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in MoscowDirected by: Julia Loktev
PerlaDirected by: Alexandra Makarová
Peter Hujar's DayDirected by: Ira Sachs
Promised SkyDirected by: Erige Sehiri
Put Your Soul on Your Hand and WalkDirected by: Sepideh Farsi
RenoirDirected by: Chie Hayakawa
SiblingsDirected by: Greta Scarano
SirâtDirected by: Oliver Laxe
Sorry, BabyDirected by: Eva Victor
Sound of FallingDirected by: Mascha Schilinski
Tales from the Magic GardenDirected by: David Súkup, Patrik Pašš, Leon Vidmar, Jean-Claude Rozec
The Things You KillDirected by: Alireza Khatami
The Thing With FeathersDirected by: Dylan Southern
TimestampDirected by: Kateryna Gornostai
TrainsDirected by: Maciej J. Drygas
Two ProsecutorsDirected by: Sergei Loznitsa
Two Times João LiberadaDirected by: Paula Tomás Marques
UrchinDirected by: Harris Dickinson
VermiglioDirected by: Maura Delpero
We Believe YouDirected by: Charlotte Devillers, Arnaud Dufeys
What Does That Nature Say to YouDirected by: Hong Sang-soo
YesDirected by: Nadav Lapid
2000 Metres to AndriivkaDirected by: Mstyslav Chernov
AfterhoursCadetDirected by: Adilkhan Yerzhanov
Dangerous AnimalsDirected by: Sean Byrne
Dead LoverDirected by: Grace Glowicki
FucktoysDirected by: Annapurna Sriram
HellraiserDirected by: Clive Barker
Mr. VampireDirected by: Ricky Lau
Straight Outta SpaceDirected by: Michael Middelkoop
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