First Czech-Viet Feature ‘Summer School, 2001’ and Anime Series: Duzan Duong Is Everywhere at KVIFF

First Czech-Viet Feature ‘Summer School, 2001’ and Anime Series: Duzan Duong Is Everywhere at KVIFF

The Czech Republic has the third-largest Vietnamese diaspora in Europe, only behind Germany and France. In fact, the Vietnamese make up the third-largest ethnic minority in the country after Slovaks and Ukrainians. Now, this community is buzzing about its chance to be represented and make its presence felt on the silver screen. After all, Tuesday, July 8,…

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Dakota Johnson Gets Karlovy Vary Award and Love, Calls Celine Song “Probably the Best Filmmaker of Our Time”

Dakota Johnson Gets Karlovy Vary Award and Love, Calls Celine Song “Probably the Best Filmmaker of Our Time”

Dakota Johnson (Fifty Shades of Grey, Black Mess, Suspiria) got feted at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) on Saturday as the audience for one of her latest movies showered the Hollywood star with enthusiastic applause and love, and she received one of the Czech fest’s honors. On a summer-y and warm evening of day three…

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Peter Sarsgaard on Elon Musk’s Mars Plans, Going to a “No Kings” Protest, and How “We’re All F***ed”

Peter Sarsgaard on Elon Musk’s Mars Plans, Going to a “No Kings” Protest, and How “We’re All F***ed”

Humanity must work together or else, Peter Sarsgaard (Dead Man Walking, Boys Don’t Cry) told reporters during a Saturday roundtable interview conducted as part of the 59th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF), in which he also explained why he joined a “No Kings” protest on U.S. President Donald Trump’s birthday, and why he doesn’t believe in Elon…

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Kun on Latest Single “Deadman” and His Next Chapter: “It’s Really Just the Beginning”

Kun on Latest Single “Deadman” and His Next Chapter: “It’s Really Just the Beginning”

It only takes a moment with Kun – the 26-year-old singer-songwriter who rose to fame on China’s Idol Producer – to feel like long-lost friends. The boy group member turned singer-songwriter is quick to jump into conversation about his seemingly favorite topic – making music. There’s plenty to talk about. His latest single, “Deadman,” was…

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Peter Sarsgaard Gets Political as Karlovy Vary Opens: “The Enemies Are the Forces That Divide Us”

Peter Sarsgaard Gets Political as Karlovy Vary Opens: “The Enemies Are the Forces That Divide Us”

Politics seems to be everywhere and everything these days, and Friday evening’s opening ceremony for the 59th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) in the Czech Republic got a dose of it as honorees Peter Sarsgaard and Vicky Krieps used their acceptance speeches for comments on the United States’ role in the world and…

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