Karlovy Vary

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Festivals

In Camera – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Naqqash Khalid's inventive feature debut is a spiky take on navigating the British film industry as a non-white actor and trying to find your identity amid the hostile present day.
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Festivals

The Hypnosis – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

A power couple on the brink of pitching their start-up experience unexpected tension after a hypnotherapy session causes one of them to lose all their social inhibitions.
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Festivals

Red Rooms – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Pascal Plante presents a piercing take on true crime in this austere, affecting psychological thriller.
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Festivals

Fremont – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

A young Afghan immigrant finds herself adrift in San Francisco in Babak Jalali's poetic fourth feature.
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Festivals

Emerging filmmakers step into the spotlight at the 2022 Karlovy Vary Film Festival

by Caitlin Quinlan

The Czech Republic festival is fast becoming a showcase for exciting new talent.
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Karlovy Vary

Need a break from the awfulness of world news? Choose cinema

by Jessica Kiang

Diverse, inclusive festivals like Karlovy Vary are reaffirming the power film to edify, unite and entertain.
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Karlovy Vary

Meet the young female directors leading Mexico’s cinema revolution

by Matt Turner

Documentary filmmakers Betzabé García and Tatiana Huezo are giving a voice to victims of violent abuse.

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