The 54^th edition of the largest Czech film gathering, the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, has already revealed the identities of the films that will be competing for its coveted awards (see the news), details of the commemoration of the 30^th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution and a retrospective to honour Egyptian filmmaker Youssef Chahine (see the news), and the list of promising films by students and graduates set to take part in Future Frames, which focuses on emerging directorial talents (see the news). It has also disclosed the names of the individuals being honoured for their Outstanding Artistic Contribution (see the news).

The festival has now raised the curtain on its remaining (non-competitive) programming sections. The very latest films will be screened in the Horizons section, including Jim Jarmusch’s star-studded zombie comedy The Dead Don’t Die [+lire aussi :
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interview : Juris Kursietis
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interview : Benjamín Naishtat
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interview : Nora Fingscheidt
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interview : Hlynur Pálmason
fiche film]. The Another View section boasts though-provoking titles such as Kelly Copper and Pavol Liška’s unorthodox adaptation of Elfriede Jelinek’s magnum opus, The Children of the Dead [+lire aussi :
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interview : J.-P. Valkeapää
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interview : Óliver Laxe
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interview : Marius Olteanu
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The Imagina section consists of daring experimental works, such as Frank Beauvais’ audiovisual diary Just Don’t Think I’ll Scream [+lire aussi :
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The full programme is available here.

The 54^th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival runs from 28 June-6 July.