Viggo Mortensen, Clive Owen, and Daniel Brühl will every obtain Karlovy Fluctuate’s Honorary Presidents Award throughout this yr’s version, which runs from June 28 to July 6.
Mortensen will obtain the award on the competition’s opening ceremony earlier than a screening of his newest directorial effort The Lifeless Don’t Damage. The pic is Mortensen’s second outing as director and can function the competition’s opening movie. As together with his debut, he wrote the screenplay, acted as director and producer, composed the music, and carried out one of many lead roles.
Owen and Brühl will obtain their honors later in the course of the competition. To rejoice their honors Owen will present his 2004 movie Nearer whereas Brühl will display his directorial debut Subsequent Door.
Veteran filmmaker Steven Soderbergh may also be on the town to current two of his movies, Kafka and Mr. Kneff, that are being proven as a part of the competition’s Kafka retrospective, The Want to Be a Purple Indian: Kafka and Cinema. Elsewhere, Nicole Holofcener will journey to Karlovy Fluctuate to display three of her movies, Please Give, Sufficient Stated, and 2023’s You Damage My Emotions. Mexico-born filmmaker Michel Franco will display his 2023 drama Reminiscence, starring Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard. And Ti West can be in Karlovy Fluctuate to introduce MaXXXine, the ultimate instalment in his X trilogy, produced by A24.
Away from this yr’s Karlovy Fluctuate options, the competition additionally introduced at the moment that Benicio del Toro will function the principle protagonist of the 2024 competition trailer. Every year the competition produces a satirical ‘competition trailer’ that’s screened in the course of the opening ceremony. This yr’s trailer was written and directed by long-time creator of KVIFF trailers Ivan Zachariáš.
“We filmed with Benicio del Toro in Might in Berlin, the place he took trip for us whereas taking pictures Wes Anderson’s new movie. His first response was: ‘It’s an excellent concept, however now we have to be fast.” mentioned Zachariáš. “Benicio was a professional. He instantly understood what I needed from him, and so we received many of the pictures in a single go. We have been ready prematurely, we marked all of the digital camera positions and lenses earlier than the shoot, and ultimately, Benicio himself was stunned at how we managed all of it.”
British band Kosheen will carry out as a part of the opening live performance of the 58th Karlovy Fluctuate Worldwide Movie Pageant. The live performance can be free for the general public.
