American actor Peter Salusgaard called for “group action” to counter the division of the US at the opening ceremony of 59th Karlovy will change the International Film Festival (KVIFF) on Friday, July 4th.
Speaking on stage when he received the Presidential Honorary Award, Sarsgaard said, “Any actor will tell you that good work is possible only in an environment that supports it.
“My country is trying to retreat from its global responsibility and go on its own, so it is also divided into factions from within, divided into political, gender, sexuality, race, and Jewish wars.
“But when you have a common enemy, that’s not all,” continued Sarusgard. “The enemy is the power to separate us, making us individual. We all know who they are. Collective action is the only way of art and our happiness.”
Sarsgaard ended with the citement of former Czechoslovakia president Vaclav Havel.
Luxembourger actress Vicki Creeps, another recipient of the Presidential Award at the ceremony, also gestured towards social division in her speech. “We need to try to keep the film present and spread love, peace and, most importantly, forgiveness,” Creeps said.
Most of the opening ceremony was centered around the president of the late festival, Jiri Bartoska, who passed away in May at the age of 78. Since its 1994 renewal, Bartoska has been president of the festival, regularly crediting it for saving the event from cancellations and turning it into a premier international festival.
“People say no one is irreplaceable — that’s not true,” said Malek Eben, the host of the ceremony. “If (Baltoska) had spent more years, he would have been there for years to come.” Eben believed that he had transformed the festival into a “living creature” and that Bartoska “will live longer than all of us… Giri would have been pleased to see it.”
Since his death in May, debate has been underway regarding the town’s permanent respect for Bartoska, including naming the streets and terraces after him. Eben joked that a more appropriate gesture would be to rename “Karlovy’s highest chimney is different” after Bartoska, who was known to always have a cigarette in his hand.
New trailer
In a moving moment, the festival premiered the latest in its popular black and white trailer, featuring acclaimed guests. In the new trailer, we saw acclaimed Czech actor Bolek Polivka getting drunk at a bar with his peers. For Bartoska, only to reveal the empty chair. (Previous trailers featured Jude Law, Helen Mirren, John Malkovic and Benicio del Toro.)
Eben, artistic director Karel Ock and executive director Christophe Mucha later took to the stage, each refusing to officially hold the festival.
Instead, participants were shown their first screening after an hour break at the ceremony. We need to assemble it!in an extended interview with Bartoska, filmed in 2021, he spoke throughout his festival acting career and time.
The ceremony usually began with a variety of eye-catching fashions from Carlovy, with a group of 30 female dancers distorted by throbbing techno tracks under the individual spotlights.
Music also concluded the evening with a concert from British synth pop singer La Roux in front of the hotel thermal venue.
The main program for the nine-day festival will begin on Saturday (July 5th) with the title of the Crystal Glove Competition A bright life From Portugal From love A special screening of Czech director Milos Forman from France Flying over the cuckoo’s nestproducer Michael Douglas will receive the Honorary Award.
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