{"id":2027155,"date":"2026-07-04T17:54:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T14:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2027155"},"modified":"2026-07-04T17:54:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T14:54:52","slug":"diamonds-are-forever-karlovy-vary-film-festival-honours-dustin-hoffman-on-its-60th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2027155","title":{"rendered":"Diamonds are forever: Karlovy Vary film festival honours Dustin Hoffman on its 60th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/82\/54\/83\/1200x675_cmsv2_77ba41bd-0b25-58c7-9b27-cc3ddcb0e86d-9825483.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2907288-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2907288\" data-cid=\"9825473\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2907288-label-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/82\/54\/73\/189x106_cmsv2_dff84948-1138-5398-99e2-e636f0e45686-9825473.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A demonstration against gender-based and sexual violence sets off from Place de la Bastille in Paris, France, 4 July, 2026.\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Europe News<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Thousands march throughout France against sexual violence\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2907296-pos2-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2907296\" data-cid=\"9825493\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2907296-label-pos2-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/82\/54\/81\/189x106_cmsv2_f6d9c1b8-1b58-56b0-910d-7012890be090-9825481.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"AP Photo\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Health news<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    First Ebola case &#8216;recovered&#8217; and discharged from hospital\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2907292-pos3-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1 the-media-object--has-video\" data-nid=\"2907292\" data-cid=\"9825477\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2907292-label-pos3-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/82\/54\/77\/189x106_cmsv2_721d0ecf-1b7a-5ee0-8e09-1ee4f3542b94-9825477.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Latest news bulletin | July 4th, 2026 \u2013 Evening\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Top News Stories Today<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Latest news bulletin | July 4th, 2026 \u2013 Evening\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2907286-pos4-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2907286\" data-cid=\"9825461\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2907286-label-pos4-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/82\/54\/59\/189x106_cmsv2_b5ea34b2-d00d-50fa-9780-6402926deeb3-9825459.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"ARCHIVE (18.09.2024). 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film festival honours Dustin Hoffman on its 60th anniversary<\/h1>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-video u-position-relative \">\n<div class=\"js-superdiv u-aspect-ratio-16x9 u-position-relative \" data-sponsored=\"Partner content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-poster-img c-article-media__img\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/82\/54\/83\/1536x864_cmsv2_77ba41bd-0b25-58c7-9b27-cc3ddcb0e86d-9825483.jpg\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Double Oscar winning actor Dustin Hoffman holds high his Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema at Karlovy Vary, 3 July 2026\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-caption u-position-absolute\"><i id=\"article-caption-content\" class=\"c-article-caption__content\"><span class=\"c-article-caption__text\"><br \/>\n              Double Oscar winning actor Dustin Hoffman holds high his Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema at Karlovy Vary, 3 July 2026<br \/>\n                    <span class=\"u-color-white\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__copyright\">Copyright\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__credit\">Courtesy: KVIFF <\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-copyright c-article-image-copyright--novideo\">\n      Copyright\u00a0Courtesy: KVIFF\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__body u-article-content\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__contributors-publication-date\">\n<div class=\"c-article-contributors\">\n  By&amp;nbsp<b>Jiri Skacel<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-publication-date\" data-timestamp=\"1783187692\">\n         Published on<br \/>\n            <time datetime=\"2026-07-04 19:54:52 +02:00\">04\/07\/2026 &#8211; 19:54 GMT+2<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex 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Jiri Skacel delves into the festival&#8217;s past to explain its increasing popularity among younger cinephiles.<br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-content c-article-content--culture js-article-content\">\n<p>The largest cultural event in the Czech Republic\u2014the international film festival\u2014is just getting underway in the spa town of Karlovy Vary. <\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Actors Dustin Hoffman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jesse Eisenberg, Juliette Binoche, Jeffrey Wright, Harvey Keitel, Kyra Sedgwick, Kevin Bacon, cinematographer Robert Richardson, and many others will be present at the annual celebration to to greet their fans and film lovers, or to accept the Crystal Globe for outstanding contributions to world cinema. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/82\/54\/83\/808x539_cmsv2_7816683f-9f45-5615-b7c0-90557f66dac5-9825483.jpg\" alt=\"US actor Dustin Hoffman arrives at Karlovy Vary festival 2 July 2026 \"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">US actor Dustin Hoffman arrives at Karlovy Vary festival 2 July 2026 <\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Courtesy: KVIFF<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/82\/54\/83\/808x454_cmsv2_e76b6131-9942-5ccf-a7a6-5e42427ab6b4-9825483.jpg\" alt=\"Actor and director Jesse Eisenberg stops to sign fans autographs before receiving the President&apos;s Award at Karlovy Vary film festival, 2 July 2026\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">Actor and director Jesse Eisenberg stops to sign fans autographs before receiving the President&#8217;s Award at Karlovy Vary film festival, 2 July 2026<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Courtesy: KVIFF <\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This year, the festival will screen 12 films in the main competition, 12 in the Proxima competition, 12 in special screenings, and dozens of other feature-length fiction and documentary films. There will be up to 200 films to see in total. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.665\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/82\/54\/83\/808x539_cmsv2_ba0e596a-a7c6-511a-9298-c1dedf146a3a-9825483.jpg\" alt=\"Actress and director Maggie Gyllenhaal received the President&apos;s Awards at the festival&apos;s opening night, 3 July 2026\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">Actress and director Maggie Gyllenhaal received the President&#8217;s Awards at the festival&#8217;s opening night, 3 July 2026<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Courtesy: KVIFF <\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Time, tradition and &#8216;art nouveau cakes&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is the second-oldest film festival in the world after Venice. It was founded in 1946 and is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year, though this is only its 60th edition. <\/p>\n<p>This is because, in the past, it was the only Category A film festival designated for the Eastern Bloc, and was therefore forced to alternate annually with Moscow from 1959 to 1993. <\/p>\n<p>It survived the harsh communism of the 1950s, then the occupation in 1968 and the subsequent \u201cnormalization\u201d in the 1970s and 1980s. <\/p>\n<p>However, after the \u201cVelvet Revolution\u201d in the 1990s, it nearly ceased to exist. Competition arose in the form of the Golden Golem festival, which took place in Prague. That festival, however, ceased to exist entirely after just two years. <\/p>\n<p>Popular actor Ji\u0159\u00ed Baro\u0161ka took charge of organizing the festival, and in 1994, together with film expert Eva Zaoralov\u00e1, they revived it. Under their leadership, the Karlovy Vary Film Festival became the most important festival in the former \u201cEastern Bloc.\u201d They ensured the festival broke away from Moscow, and Barto\u0161ka&#8217;s main vision was that the festival must remain in Karlovy Vary. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cA big city dilutes the festival,\u201cJi\u0159\u00ed Barto\u0161ka said in the documentary by Milan Kuchynka and Jur\u00e1sek, &#8220;Mus\u00edme to zar\u00e1movat!&#8221; (We&#8217;ve Got To Frame It!). Whereas Karlovy Vary\u2014which Corbusi\u00e8re described as a \u2018gathering of Art Nouveau cakes,\u2019 which is wonderful\u2014encloses you. In Prague, a journalist might say, \u2018It\u2019s three o\u2019clock; I\u2019ll just feed the kids and pop by the dry cleaner\u2019s.\u2019 Not in Karlovy Vary\u2014there you have to be there, and you have to talk about film\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id data-event=\"widget_related\">\n<div class=\"c-widget-related__title\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b><\/div>\n<ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Karlovy Vary film festival honours Willem Dafoe with &#8216;outstanding contribution&#8217; prize<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>The beginnings were very difficult because the culture minister at that time decided not to support the film festival in Karlovy Vary at all. Ji\u0159\u00ed Barto\u0161ka had to sign a large promissory note so that the festival could take place. He honoured it in good faith, and the festival was able to continue and thrive. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Crucially the former president of the festival Ji\u0159\u00ed Barto\u0161ka was the very famous Czech actor with phenomenal close connections to Vaclav Havel, a close friend to former prime minister V\u00e1clav Klaus, and he was able to talk to the private companies, to sponsors. His fame brought these investors and sponsors to the festival,&#8221; Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Executive Director Kry\u0161tof Mucha told Euronews. <\/p>\n<p>Festival President Ji\u0159\u00ed Barto\u0161ka died before the 59th edition of the festival took place in 2024. No one has taken over this role, and the festival is now led by a triumvirate: Executive Director Kry\u0161tof Mucha, Artistic Director Karel Och, and Production Director Petr Lintimer. They manage the festival with a budget of about \u20ac10 million (250 million Czech Crowns), which is funded largely by sponsors. Roughly 20 percent comes from the government, 10% from the city and region of Karlovy Vary, and 70% from private sponsors. At other similar film festivals, it\u2019s the other way around. <\/p>\n<h2>Power to the people<\/h2>\n<p>Every year, the festival screens more than 180 feature-length films and several dozen short films from around the world. Last year\u2019s edition was attended by nearly 10,000 accredited visitors, 411 filmmakers, 1,055 accredited professionals, and 557 Czech and foreign journalists. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6658333333333334\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/82\/54\/83\/808x539_cmsv2_04393f58-8cd3-5f41-9ea1-aa8a956e584a-9825483.jpg\" alt=\"Karlovy Vary film festival is open to all members of the public to watch films during its annual run, 3 July 2026 \"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">Karlovy Vary film festival is open to all members of the public to watch films during its annual run, 3 July 2026 <\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Courtesy: KVIFF <\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>During the festival, 465 film screenings took place with more than 128,000 tickets sold. A total of 175 films were shown, including 108 feature-length fiction films, 23 feature-length documentaries, and 44 shorts. 156 screenings were introduced in person by delegations of filmmakers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What&#8217;s special about Karlovy Vary is, that everyone can come and just buy a ticket,&#8221; says Kry\u0161tof Mucha. &#8220;One ticket costs less than 3 Euros and that&#8217;s what makes the festival special. You don\u2019t have to be professional, you don\u2019t have to be a filmmaker, you don\u2019t have to be in the business, in the industry, you can still go to Karlovy Vary and see the films.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why the festival is so popular, especially among young people. Thousands attend every year, even though they have to sleep in tents at prepared camps. 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earthquakes<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"articleBody\" data-key=\"articleBody\">The largest cultural event in the Czech Republic\u2014the international film festival\u2014is just getting underway in the spa town of Karlovy Vary.Actors Dustin Hoffman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jesse Eisenberg, Juliette Binoche, Jeffrey Wright, Harvey Keitel, Kyra Sedgwick, Kevin Bacon, cinematographer Robert Richardson, and many others will be present at the annual celebration to to greet their fans and film lovers, or to accept the Crystal Globe for outstanding contributions to world cinema.\u00a0This year, the festival will screen 12 films in the main competition, 12 in the Proxima competition, 12 in special screenings, and dozens of other feature-length fiction and documentary films. There will be up to 200 films to see in total.\u00a0Time, tradition and &#8216;art nouveau cakes&#8217;The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is the second-oldest film festival in the world after Venice. It was founded in 1946 and is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year, though this is only its 60th edition.This is because, in the past, it was the only Category A film festival designated for the Eastern Bloc, and was therefore forced to alternate annually with Moscow from 1959 to 1993.It survived the harsh communism of the 1950s, then the occupation in 1968 and the subsequent \u201cnormalization\u201d in the 1970s and 1980s.However, after the \u201cVelvet Revolution\u201d in the 1990s, it nearly ceased to exist. Competition arose in the form of the Golden Golem festival, which took place in Prague. That festival, however, ceased to exist entirely after just two years.Popular actor Ji\u0159\u00ed Baro\u0161ka took charge of organizing the festival, and in 1994, together with film expert Eva Zaoralov\u00e1, they revived it.\u00a0Under their leadership, the Karlovy Vary Film Festival became the most important festival in the former \u201cEastern Bloc.\u201d They ensured the festival broke away from Moscow, and Barto\u0161ka&#8217;s main vision was that the festival must remain in Karlovy Vary.\u00a0\u201cA big city dilutes the festival,\u201cJi\u0159\u00ed Barto\u0161ka said in the documentary by Milan Kuchynka and Jur\u00e1sek, &#8220;Mus\u00edme to zar\u00e1movat!&#8221; (We&#8217;ve Got To Frame It!). Whereas Karlovy Vary\u2014which Corbusi\u00e8re described as a \u2018gathering of Art Nouveau cakes,\u2019 which is wonderful\u2014encloses you. In Prague, a journalist might say, \u2018It\u2019s three o\u2019clock; I\u2019ll just feed the kids and pop by the dry cleaner\u2019s.\u2019 Not in Karlovy Vary\u2014there you have to be there, and you have to talk about film\u2026\u201dThe beginnings were very difficult because the culture minister at that time decided not to support the film festival in Karlovy Vary at all.\u00a0Ji\u0159\u00ed Barto\u0161ka had to sign a large promissory note so that the festival could take place. He honoured it in good faith, and the festival was able to continue and thrive.\u00a0&#8220;Crucially the former president of the festival Ji\u0159\u00ed Barto\u0161ka was the very famous Czech actor with phenomenal close connections to Vaclav Havel, a close friend to former prime minister V\u00e1clav Klaus, and he was able to talk to the private companies, to sponsors.\u00a0His fame brought these investors and sponsors to the festival,&#8221;\u00a0Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Executive Director Kry\u0161tof Mucha told Euronews.\u00a0Festival President Ji\u0159\u00ed Barto\u0161ka died before the 59th edition of the festival took place in 2024. No one has taken over this role, and the festival is now led by a triumvirate: Executive Director Kry\u0161tof Mucha, Artistic Director Karel Och, and Production Director Petr Lintimer. They manage the festival with a budget of about \u20ac10 million (250 million Czech Crowns), which is funded largely by sponsors. Roughly 20 percent comes from the government, 10% from the city and region of Karlovy Vary, and 70% from private sponsors. At other similar film festivals, it\u2019s the other way around.\u00a0Power to the peopleEvery year, the festival screens more than 180 feature-length films and several dozen short films from around the world. Last year\u2019s edition was attended by nearly 10,000 accredited visitors, 411 filmmakers, 1,055 accredited\u00a0professionals, and 557 Czech and foreign journalists.During the festival, 465 film screenings took place with more than 128,000 tickets sold. A total of 175 films were shown, including 108 feature-length fiction films, 23 feature-length documentaries, and 44 shorts. 156 screenings were introduced in person by delegations of filmmakers.&#8221;What&#8217;s special about Karlovy Vary is, that everyone can come and just buy a ticket,&#8221; says Kry\u0161tof Mucha. &#8220;One ticket costs less than 3 Euros and that&#8217;s what makes the festival special. You don\u2019t have to be professional, you don\u2019t have to be a filmmaker, you\u00a0don\u2019t have to be in the business, in the industry, you can still go to Karlovy Vary and see the films.&#8221;That&#8217;s why the festival is so popular, especially among young people. Thousands attend every year, even though they have to sleep in tents at prepared camps. 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