The 59th version of the Karlovy Differ Worldwide Movie Competition (KVIFF) will function key Cannes Movie Competition winners in its Horizons part and a number of motion and horror films, each new and older, for its revamped Midnight Screenings program beneath the brand new title “Afterhours.”
In a lineup replace unveiled on Friday, KVIFF stated it’s going to this 12 months display greater than 130 function movies within the picturesque Czech spa city of Karlovy Differ.
The Horizons lineup, which historically options highlights from the competition circuit of the previous 12 months, consists of the likes of Jay Duplass’ The Baltimorons, Tom Shoval’s A Letter to David, Michel Franco’s Goals, My Father’s Shadow by Akinola Davies Jr., Mary Bronstein‘s If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, Ira Sachs’ Peter Hujar’s Day, Sergei Loznitsa’s Two Prosecutors, Jafar Panahi‘s Cannes Palme d’Or winner It Was Simply an Accident, and fellow Cannes award recipients Sound of Falling by Mascha Schilinski, Sirât by Oliver Laxe, Harris Dickinson’s Urchin, and The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo by Diego Céspedes, which received the Un Sure Regard competitors.
In the meantime, KVIFF has added the world premiere of Serbian miniseries Absolute 100 to its Particular Screenings part, marking a return of the miniseries format to that program after 4 years. Absolute 100 was created by filmmaker Srdan Golubović in collaboration with three different administrators who’re his former college students. “This dynamic thriller with political undertones follows 19-year-old Sonja, a junior champion in sport taking pictures, who takes justice into her personal arms after her household is threatened,” stated KVIFF, which is able to display the miniseries in its entirety, with the creators in attendance.
Take a look at the complete Horizons and Afterhours lineups for KVIFF 2025 beneath.
Horizons
A few Hero
Directed by: Piotr Winiewicz
April
Directed by: Dea Kulumbegashvili
Ariel
Directed by: Lois Patiño
The Baltimorons
Directed by: Jay Duplass
The Blue Path
Directed by: Gabriel Mascaro
Deaf
Directed by: Eva Libertad
Goals
Directed by: Michel Franco
Goals
Directed by: Dag Johan Haugerud
Feeling Higher
Directed by: Valerio Mastandrea
The Forbidden Metropolis
Directed by: Gabriele Mainetti
Women on Wire
Directed by: Vivian Qu
The Good Physician
Directed by: Gianluca Matarrese
Christy
Directed by: Brendan Canty
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Directed by: Mary Bronstein
It Was Simply an Accident
Directed by: Jafar Panahi
Kika
Directed by: Alexe Poukine
Kill the Jockey
Directed by: Luis Ortega
Kontinental ’25
Directed by: Radu Jude
Lesbian House Princess
Directed by: Emma Hough Hobbs, Leela Varghese
A Letter to David
Directed by: Tom Shoval
Little Hassle Women
Directed by: Urška Djukić
The Love That Stays
Directed by: Hlynur Pálmason
Mad Payments to Pay (or Future, dile que no soy malo)
Directed by: Joel Alfonso Varga
Madly
Directed by: Paolo Genovese
Merckx
Directed by: Boris Tilquin, Christophe Hermans
My Father’s Shadow
Directed by: Akinola Davies Jr.
The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo
Directed by: Diego Céspedes
My Undesirable Associates: Half I – Final Air in Moscow
Directed by: Julia Loktev
Perla
Directed by: Alexandra Makarová
Peter Hujar’s Day
Directed by: Ira Sachs
Promised Sky
Directed by: Erige Sehiri
Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Stroll
Directed by: Sepideh Farsi
Renoir
Directed by: Chie Hayakawa
Siblings
Directed by: Greta Scarano
Sirât
Directed by: Oliver Laxe
Sorry, Child
Directed by: Eva Victor
Sound of Falling
Directed by: Mascha Schilinski
Tales from the Magic Backyard
Directed by: David Súkup, Patrik Pašš, Leon Vidmar, Jean-Claude Rozec
The Issues You Kill
Directed by: Alireza Khatami
The Factor With Feathers
Directed by: Dylan Southern
Timestamp
Directed by: Kateryna Gornostai
Trains
Directed by: Maciej J. Drygas
Two Prosecutors
Directed by: Sergei Loznitsa
Two Occasions João Liberada
Directed by: Paula Tomás Marques
Urchin
Directed by: Harris Dickinson
Vermiglio
Directed by: Maura Delpero
We Consider You
Directed by: Charlotte Devillers, Arnaud Dufeys
What Does That Nature Say to You
Directed by: Hong Sang-soo
Sure
Directed by: Nadav Lapid
2000 Metres to Andriivka
Directed by: Mstyslav Chernov
Afterhours
Cadet
Directed by: Adilkhan Yerzhanov
Harmful Animals
Directed by: Sean Byrne
Useless Lover
Directed by: Grace Glowicki
Fucktoys
Directed by: Annapurna Sriram
Hellraiser
Directed by: Clive Barker
Mr. Vampire
Directed by: Ricky Lau
Straight Outta House
Directed by: Michael Middelkoop