| 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival | |
| Location: | Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic |
| Founded: | 1946 |
| Number: | 170 |
| Date: | 28 June - 6 July 2024 |
| Chronology: | KVIFF |
| Previous: | 57th |
The 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival took place from 28 June to 6 July 2024, in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic.[1] The official selections lineup was announced on 28 May,[2] with the remainder of the lineup announced on 14 June.[3]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banzo | Margarida Cardoso | Portugal, France, Netherlands | ||
| Celebration | Proslava | Bruno Anković | Croatia, Qatar | |
| The Hungarian Dressmaker | Ema a smrtihlav | 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 | Cì xīn qiè gŭ | Nelica Low | Singapore, Taiwan, Poland | |
| Rude to Love | Ai ni ranbou | Yukihiro Morigaki | Japan | |
| A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things | United Kingdom | |||
| Three Days of Fish | Drie dagen vis | Peter Hoogendoorn | Netherlands, Belgium | |
| Tiny Lights | Světýlka | Beata Parkanová | Czech Republic, Slovakia | |
| Xoftex | Germany, France | |||
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Alienated | Fără suflet | Anja Kreis | Germany, Moldova, France | |
| Cabo Negro | France, Morocco | |||
| Chlorophyll | Clorofilla | Ivana Gloria | Italy | |
| 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 | Subhadra Mahajan | India | ||
| Stranger | Ju wai ren | Zhengfan Yang | United States, China, Netherlands, Norway, France | |
| Trans Memoria | Victoria Verseau | Sweden, France | ||
| Tropicana | Omer Tobi | Israel, Canada | ||
| Windless | Bezvetrije | Pavel G. Vesnakov | Bulgaria, Italy | |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | Marek Najbrt | Czech Republic | ||
| Waves | Vlny | Jiří Mádl | Czech Republic | |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All We Imagine as Light | France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg | |||
| Architecton | Germany, France, United States | |||
| The Balconettes | Les Femmes au Balcon | France | ||
| The Beast | La Bête | France, Canada | ||
| 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 | Sweden, Denmark, France, Turkey, Georgia | |||
| A Different Man | Aaron Schimberg | United States | ||
| Direct Action | Germany, France | |||
| Dying | Sterben | Germany | ||
| Explanation for Everything | Magyarázat mindenre | Hungary, Slovakia | ||
| Favoriten | Austria | |||
| Gasoline Rainbow | United States | |||
| Girls Will Be Girls | India, France, United States, Norway | |||
| The Girl with the Needle | Pigen med nalen | Denmark, Poland, Sweden | ||
| Gloria! | Italy, Switzerland | |||
| Grand Tour | Portugal, Italy, France | |||
| Holy Cow | Vingt dieux | France | ||
| Housekeeping for Beginners | Domakinstvo za pocetnici | North Macedonia, Croatia, Serbia, Poland, Kosovo | ||
| The Invasion | Netherlands, France, United States | |||
| It's Not Me | C'est pas moi | France | ||
| Julie Keeps Quiet | Julie zwijgt | Leonardo Van Dijl | Belgium, Sweden | |
| Kinds of Kindness | Ireland, United Kingdom, United States | |||
| Kneecap | Ireland | |||
| Living Large | Život k sežrání | Kristina Dufková | Czechia, Slovakia, France | |
| Memory | Mexico, United States | |||
| My Favourite Cake | Keyke mahboobe man | Iran, France, Sweden, Germany | ||
| My Summer with Irène | Quell'estate con Irène | Carlo Sironi | Italy, France | |
| Nasty | Tudor Giurgiu, Cristian Pascariu, Tudor D. Popescu | Romania | ||
| No Other Land | Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor | Palestine, Norway | ||
| On Becoming a Guinea Fowl | Zambia, United Kingdom, Ireland | |||
| The Other Way Around | Volveréis | Spain, France | ||
| Parthenope | Italy, France | |||
| Pepe | Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias | Dominican Republic, Namibia, Germany, France | ||
| Porcelain War | Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev | Ukraine, Australia, United States | ||
| El rapto | Daniela Goggi | Argentina, United States | ||
| Rumours | Canada, Germany | |||
| Neo Sora | Japan | |||
| Santosh | United Kingdom, India, France, Germany | |||
| Shambhala | Nepal, France, Norway, Hong Kong, China, Turkey, Taiwan, United States, Qatar | |||
| Silent Trilogy | Mykkätrilogia | Finland | ||
| Sleep with Your Eyes Open | Dormir de olhos abertos | Nele Wohlatz | Brazil, Argentina, Taiwan, Germany | |
| The Story of Souleymane | L'Histoire de Souleymane | France | ||
| The Substance | United Kingdom, United States, France | |||
| Three Kilometres to the End of the World | Trei kilometri până la capătul lumii | Romania | ||
| Trust | Confidenza | Italy | ||
| Viet and Nam | Trong lòng đất | Philippines, Singapore, France, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Vietnam, United States | ||
| The Village Next to Paradise | Austria, France, Germany, Somalia | |||
| When the Light Breaks | Ljósbrot | Iceland, Netherlands, Croatia, France | ||
| Who Do I Belong To | Mé el Aïn | Tunisia, France, Canada, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia | ||
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abiding Nowhere | Wu Suo Zhu | Taiwan, United States | ||
| Allies | Aliados | Azucena Losana | Mexico | |
| 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 | France | |||
| Bliss Point | Gerard Ortín Castellví | Spain, United Kingdom, Italy | ||
| The Garden Cadences | Dane Komljen | Germany | ||
| The Human Hibernation | Anna Cornudella Castro | Spain | ||
| Lolo & Sosaku: The Western Archive | Sergio Caballero | Spain | ||
| Mare Imbrium | Siegfried A. Fruhauf | Austria | ||
| Of Other Tomorrows Never Known | Natasha Tontey | Indonesia, Germany | ||
| Preemptive Listening | Aura Satz | United Kingdom, Finland | ||
| Silent Panorama | Nicolas Piret | Belgium | ||
| Slow Shift | Shambhavi Kaul | United States, India | ||
| Spheres | Daniel Zimmermann | Switzerland, Austria | ||
| Teen Girl Fantasy | Marisa Hoicka | Canada, | ||
| UNDR | Kamal Aljafari | Germany, Palestine | ||
| 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 | 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 | 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 | Marie-Magdalena Kochová | Czechia | ||
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AliEN0089 | Valeria Hofmann | Chile, Argentina | ||
| The Baroque | Baroko | David Payne, Tomáš Navrátil | Czechia | |
| Battery Mommy | Seung-bae Jeon | South Korea | ||
| Blue Boy | Nikulás Tumi Hlynsson | Czechia | ||
| Buzz of the Earth | Bzukot Země | Greta Stocklassa | Czechia | |
| Cross My Heart and Hope to Die | Sam Manacsa | Philippines | ||
| Curiosa | Tessa Moult-Milewska | United Kingdom | ||
| Dormouse | Siebenschläfer | Julia Ocker | Germany | |
| Eighth Day | Osmý den | Petr Pylypčuk | Czechia | |
| Electra | Czechia, France, Slovakia | |||
| Kinderfilm | Total Refusal | Austria | ||
| Luce and the Rock | Britt Raes | Belgium, France, Netherlands | ||
| 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 | Leila Basma | Czechia, Lebanon | ||
| To Be Sisters | Entre deux sœurs | Anne-Sophie Gousset, Clément Céard | France | |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Apache | United States | |||
| François Truffaut, My Life, a Screenplay | François Truffaut, le scénario de ma vie | David Teboul | France | |
| Let's Get Lost | United States | |||
| Love Streams | United States | |||
| Murdering the Devil | Vražda ing. Čerta | Czechoslovakia | ||
| The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians | Tajemství hradu v Karpatech | Czechoslovakia | ||
| Paris, Texas | Germany, France, United Kingdom, United States | |||
| Shadows of a Hot Summer | Stíny horkého léta | Czechoslovakia | ||
| The Taking | United States | |||
| Twentynine Palms | France, United States, Germany | |||
| Two English Girls | Les deux Anglaises et le continent | France | ||
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunting Daze | Jour de chasse | Annick Blanc | Canada | |
| Love Lies Bleeding | United States | |||
| MaXXXine | United States | |||
| 범죄도시4 | Heo Myung-haeng | South Korea | ||
| Steppenwolf | Adilkhan Yerzhanov | Kazakhstan | ||
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| After Hours | United States | |||
| America | Amerika | Czechia | ||
| Artist of Fasting | Danjiki geinin | Japan, South Korea | ||
| The Audience | L'udienza | Italy, France | ||
| The Castle | Das Schloss | Germany | ||
| Class Relations | Klassenverhältnisse | Germany, France | ||
| Franz Kafka's A Country Doctor | Kafka inaka isha | Japan | ||
| Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life | United Kingdom | |||
| The Grandmother | United States | |||
| Interview | Intervista | Italy | ||
| Joseph Kilian | Postava k podpírání | Czechoslovakia | ||
| K | United Kingdom | |||
| Kafka | United States, France | |||
| Kafka | United States, France | |||
| Metamorphosis | Die Verwandlung | Germany | ||
| The Money Order | Mandabi | France, Senegal | ||
| Mr. Kneff | United States, France | |||
| The Tenant | Le Locataire | France | ||
| Japan | ||||
| The Tomb of Kafka | Le Tombeau de Kafka | Jean-Claude Rousseau | France | |
| The Trial | Le procès | France, Italy, Germany | ||
| Twin Peaks: A Limited Event Series | United States | |||
The following awards were presented:[4]
Loveable (Elskling) — Lilja Ingolfsdottir[5]