The 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival took place from 28 June to 6 July 2024, in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic.Leo Barraclough, "Karlovy Vary Film Festival Lineup Includes 15 Directorial Debuts, Plus Films by Established Filmmakers". Variety, 28 May 2024. The official selections lineup was announced on 28 May,Tim Dams, "Karlovy Vary Film Festival unveils 2024 official selection". Screen Daily, 28 May 2024. with the remainder of the lineup announced on 14 June.Martin Kudlac, "Karlovy Vary unveils the full line-up for its 58th edition". Cineuropa, 14 June 2024.
Official selection Crystal Globe 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 Iveta Grófová 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 刺心切骨 Nelicia Low Singapore, Taiwan, Poland Rude to Love Ai ni ranbou Yukihiro Morigaki Japan A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things Mark Cousins United Kingdom Three Days of Fish Drie dagen vis Peter Hoogendoorn Netherlands, Belgium Tiny Lights Světýlka Beata Parkanová Czech Republic, Slovakia Xoftex Noaz Deshe Germany, France
PROXIMA English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s) The Alienated Fără suflet Anja Kreis Germany, Moldova, France Cabo Negro Abdellah Taïa 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
Special Screenings 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
Horizons English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s) All We Imagine as Light Payal Kapadia France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg Architecton Viktor Kossakovsky Germany, France, United StatesThe Balconettes Les Femmes au Balcon Noémie Merlant France The Beast La Bête Bertrand Bonello 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 Levan Akin Sweden, Denmark, France, Turkey, Georgia A Different Man Aaron Schimberg United States Direct Action Guillaume Cailleau, Ben Russell Germany, France Dying Sterben Matthias Glasner Germany Explanation for Everything Magyarázat mindenre Gábor Reisz Hungary, Slovakia Favoriten Ruth Beckermann Austria Gasoline Rainbow Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross United States Girls Will Be Girls Shuchi Talati India, France, United States, Norway The Girl with the Needle Pigen med nalen Magnus von Horn Denmark, Poland, Sweden Gloria! Margherita Vicario Italy, Switzerland Grand Tour Miguel Gomes Portugal, Italy, France Holy Cow Vingt dieux Louise Courvoisier France Housekeeping for Beginners Domakinstvo za pocetnici Goran Stolevski North Macedonia, Croatia, Serbia, Poland, Kosovo The Invasion Sergei Loznitsa Netherlands, France, United States It's Not Me C'est pas moi Leos Carax France Julie Keeps Quiet Julie zwijgt Leonardo Van Dijl Belgium, Sweden Kinds of Kindness Yorgos Lanthimos Ireland, United Kingdom, United States Kneecap Rich Peppiatt Ireland Living Large Život k sežrání Kristina Dufková Czechia, Slovakia, France Memory Michel Franco Mexico, United States My Favourite Cake Keyke mahboobe man Maryam Moqadam, Behtash Sanaeeha 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 Rungano Nyoni Zambia, United Kingdom, Ireland The Other Way Around Volveréis Jonás Trueba Spain, France Parthenope Paolo Sorrentino Italy, France Pepe Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias Dominican Republic, Namibia, Germany, France Porcelain War Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev Ukraine, Australia, United States The Rescue: The Weight of the World El rapto Daniela Goggi Argentina, United States Rumours Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson Canada, Germany Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus Neo Sora Japan Santosh Sandhya Suri United Kingdom, India, France, Germany Shambhala Min Bahadur Bham Nepal, France, Norway, Hong Kong, China, Turkey, Taiwan, United States, Qatar Silent Trilogy Mykkätrilogia Juho Kuosmanen Finland Sleep with Your Eyes Open Dormir de olhos abertos Nele Wohlatz Brazil, Argentina, Taiwan, Germany The Story of Souleymane L'Histoire de Souleymane Boris Lojkine France The Substance Coralie Fargeat United Kingdom, United States, France Three Kilometres to the End of the World Trei kilometri până la capătul lumii Emanuel Pârvu Romania Trust Confidenza Daniele Luchetti Italy Viet and Nam Trong lòng đất Minh Quý Trương Philippines, Singapore, France, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Vietnam, United States The Village Next to Paradise Mo Harawe Austria, France, Germany, Somalia When the Light Breaks Ljósbrot Rúnar Rúnarsson Iceland, Netherlands, Croatia, France Who Do I Belong To Mé el Aïn Meryam Joobeur Tunisia, France, Canada, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia
Imagina English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s) Abiding Nowhere Wu Suo Zhu Tsai Ming-liang 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 Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel 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
Future Frames: Generation Next of European Cinema 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
Pragueshorts 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 Daria Kashcheeva 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
Out of the Past English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s) Fort Apache John Ford United States François Truffaut, My Life, a Screenplay François Truffaut, le scénario de ma vie David Teboul France Let's Get Lost Bruce Weber United States Love Streams John Cassavetes United States Murdering the Devil Vražda ing. Čerta Ester Krumbachová Czechoslovakia The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians Tajemství hradu v Karpatech Oldřich Lipský Czechoslovakia Paris, Texas Wim Wenders Germany, France, United Kingdom, United States Shadows of a Hot Summer Stíny horkého léta František Vláčil Czechoslovakia The Taking Alexandre O. Philippe United States Twentynine Palms Bruno Dumont France, United States, Germany Two English Girls Les deux Anglaises et le continent François Truffaut France
Midnight Screenings English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s) Hunting Daze Jour de chasse Annick Blanc Canada Love Lies Bleeding Rose Glass United States MaXXXine Ti West United States The Roundup: Punishment 범죄도시4 Heo Myung-haeng South Korea Steppenwolf Adilkhan Yerzhanov Kazakhstan
The Wish to Be a Red Indian: Kafka and Cinema English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s) After Hours Martin Scorsese United States America Amerika Vladimír Michálek Czechia Artist of Fasting Danjiki geinin Masao Adachi Japan, South Korea The Audience L'udienza Marco Ferreri Italy, France The Castle Das Schloss Rudolf Noelte Germany Class Relations Klassenverhältnisse Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet Germany, France Franz Kafka's A Country Doctor Kafka inaka isha Kōji Yamamura Japan Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life Peter Capaldi United Kingdom The Grandmother David Lynch United States Interview Intervista Federico Fellini Italy Joseph Kilian Postava k podpírání Pavel Juráček, Jan Schmidt Czechoslovakia K Lorenza Mazzetti United Kingdom Kafka Zbigniew Rybczyński United States, France Kafka Steven Soderbergh United States, France Metamorphosis Die Verwandlung Jan Němec Germany The Money Order Mandabi Ousmane Sembène France, Senegal Mr. Kneff Steven Soderbergh United States, France The Tenant Le Locataire Roman Polanski France Tetsuo: The Iron Man Shinya Tsukamoto Japan The Tomb of Kafka Le Tombeau de Kafka Jean-Claude Rousseau France The Trial Le procès Orson Welles France, Italy, Germany Twin Peaks: A Limited Event Series David Lynch United States
Tribute to Francine Maisler English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s) The Bikeriders Jeff Nichols United States
Tribute to Ivan Trojan English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s) The Karamazov Brothers Karamazovi Petr Zelenka Czechia, Poland
Awards The following awards were presented:
Official selection awards Grand Prix – Crystal Globe: A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things — Mark Cousins"Karlovy Vary Reveals Award Winners: Mark Cousins’ Doc ‘A Sudden Glimpse To Deeper Things’ Takes The Crystal Globe". Deadline Hollywood, 6 July 2024.