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Jessica Kiang
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Courtesy of Cercamon Among pop-up bars, bandstands and opulent, 19th century spa buildings painted in sherbet pastels, the Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival (KVIFF) takes place each year in July, at the halfway mark between Cannes and Venice. For those weirdos among us who make a chunk of our living running the gauntlet of summer festivals, the Czech event is a fixture, and for me, personally, as my longest continually attended festival, it is something of a home away from home. I had the pleasure of sitting on the Crystal Globe competition jury last year, and look forward to returning this time in no small part because the festival will celebrate its 60th edition (and it’s 80-year legacy as it was founded in 1946), with a program that was designed, as artistic director Karel Och says, “in a spirit of humility. We look back at the festival’s history and want to honor the work of our predecessors.”
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