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The 61st edition takes place from 2 to 10 July 2027.",false,[15],{"year":16,"hasAwards":17,"hasSelection":17},"2026",true,[19],"The 60th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival took place in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, from July 3 to 11, 2026. Juliette Binoche, Dustin Hoffman and Robert Richardson received Crystal Globes for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema. The Festival President’s Award went to Jesse Eisenberg, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Magda Vášáryová and Jeffrey Wright.\n\nKVIFF Promises awarded the EUR 20,000 Eurimages Co-production Development Award to Selamlik, directed by Jerry Carlsson, and the EUR 20,000 Eurimages Special Co-production Development Award to Reminiscence, directed by Anastasia Tykha. They Bloom at Dawn, directed by Angela Dimeska, received the EUR 10,000 MIDPOINT & KVIFF Development Award. Reminiscence also received the Connecting Cottbus Award. Producer Monika Matuszewska received the Rotterdam Lab Award for Confirmation. Producers Tomáš Hrubý, for Cowgirl, and Eva Váchová, for A Few Branches Off, received Marché du Film Producers Network Awards.\n\nKVIFF Talents supported six projects: Exposed, directed by Klára Tasovská; Until We Leave, written by Lucia Čižinská; Nera, directed by Ivana Vogrinc Vidali; the stop-motion feature Inhalatorium, directed by Bára Anna Stejskalová; the miniseries Burning Witches, written by Martina Babišová and Věra Starečková; and the miniseries K-Dream, directed by Adam Sedlák.",[21,35,48,57,73,89,101,114,126,141,154,166,178,190],{"key":22,"title":23,"info":24,"person":25,"film":26},"3167","Crystal Globe Competition — Grand Prix – Crystal Globe","USD 25,000, shared equally by the director and producers.",null,{"entryId":27,"urlTitle":28,"status":7,"title":29,"synopsis":30,"duration":31,"hasFullFilm":13,"hasTrailer":13,"image":32,"directors":33,"series":25},53353,"fruit-gathering-aung-phyoe","Fruit Gathering","In industrial Yangon, young factory worker San Kyi dreams of returning to her native…",97,"\u002Fimg\u002Ffilms\u002F_th600\u002F%D0%A1%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BA_%D1%8D%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0_2026-06-21_%D0%B2_18.29.52.png",[34],"Aung Phyoe",{"key":36,"title":37,"info":38,"person":25,"film":39},"3168","Crystal Globe Competition — Special Jury Prize","USD 15,000, shared equally by the director and producer.",{"entryId":40,"urlTitle":41,"status":7,"title":42,"synopsis":43,"duration":44,"hasFullFilm":13,"hasTrailer":13,"image":45,"directors":46,"series":25},53361,"the-guest-gaesten-mads-mengel","The Guest","Fresh parents Karl and Emilie are looking forward to a weekend at a seaside hotel, where…",100,"\u002Fimg\u002Ffilms\u002F_th600\u002F%D0%A1%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BA_%D1%8D%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0_2026-06-21_%D0%B2_18.43.54.png",[47],"Mads Mengel",{"key":49,"title":50,"info":51,"person":52,"film":55},"3169","Crystal Globe Competition — Best Director Award","",{"entryId":53,"urlTitle":54,"name":47},53360,"mads-mengel",{"entryId":40,"urlTitle":41,"status":7,"title":42,"synopsis":43,"duration":44,"hasFullFilm":13,"hasTrailer":13,"image":45,"directors":56,"series":25},[47],{"key":58,"title":59,"info":51,"person":60,"film":64},"3170","Crystal Globe Competition — Best Actress Award",{"entryId":61,"urlTitle":62,"name":63},61161,"anna-schinz","Anna Schinz",{"entryId":65,"urlTitle":66,"status":7,"title":67,"synopsis":68,"duration":69,"hasFullFilm":13,"hasTrailer":13,"image":70,"directors":71,"series":25},53343,"a-happy-family-jan-eric-mack","A Happy Family","Niki works two jobs, but the little money she earns is barely enough to cover the living…",121,"\u002Fimg\u002Ffilms\u002F_th600\u002F%D0%A1%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BA_%D1%8D%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0_2026-06-21_%D0%B2_18.13.17.png",[72],"Jan-Eric Mack",{"key":74,"title":75,"info":51,"person":76,"film":80},"3171","Crystal Globe Competition — Best Actor Award",{"entryId":77,"urlTitle":78,"name":79},61162,"ghassan-saad","Ghassan Saad",{"entryId":81,"urlTitle":82,"status":7,"title":83,"synopsis":84,"duration":85,"hasFullFilm":13,"hasTrailer":13,"image":86,"directors":87,"series":25},53359,"pipes-karim-kassem","Pipes","Although Hassan has retired from his job at the water authority, his neighbors are used…",114,"\u002Fimg\u002Ffilms\u002F_th600\u002F%D0%A1%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BA_%D1%8D%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0_2026-06-21_%D0%B2_18.40.46.png",[88],"Karim Kassem",{"key":90,"title":91,"info":51,"person":25,"film":92},"3172","Právo Audience Award",{"entryId":93,"urlTitle":94,"status":7,"title":95,"synopsis":96,"duration":97,"hasFullFilm":13,"hasTrailer":13,"image":98,"directors":99,"series":25},53393,"bara-diary-of-a-rockstar-helena-teshtikova","Bára - Diary of a Rockstar","Bára Basiková is an icon of Czech rock and other music genres. 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