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TOP STORIES: Richard Gere Pays Tribute to Dalai Lama at Opening of Karlovy Vary Film Festival; K...

Karlovy Vary eSHOW DAILY NUMBER ONE 07.04.15

TOP STORIES Richard Gere Pays Tribute to Dalai Lama at Opening of Karlovy Vary Film Festival By Leo Barraclough and Will Tizard KARLOVY VARY, Czech Rep. -- Richard Gere struck a political note at Friday's opening of the 50th edition of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival in the Czech Republic, where he received an award. Gere paid tribute to the Dalai Lama, while also tak... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Karlovy Vary: Eaux Vives, Martin, Ivanov Prep 'At Dawn' (EXCLUSIVE) By John Hopewell At Karlovy Vary for competition entry “Babai,” which it co-produces, Paris-based Eaux Vives Production will reteam with Philip Martin for “At Dawn” (“Des L’Aube”), which is set to star Romanian actor... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Karlovy Vary: 'Hopefuls' Producer Bubbles Links for 'Nona,' 'Immersed Family' (EXCLUSIVE) By John Hopewell Tatiana Leite at Brazil’s Bubbles Project, producer of “Hopefuls,” which opens Karlovy Vary’s Forum of Independents, has boarded “Nona,” from Chile’s Camila Jose Donoso, and Maria Alche’s &ldqu... Read Full Story at Variety.com → 'Heil' Director Dietrich Brüggemann on Neo-Nazis, Satire, Budgets By Alissa Simon German helmer Dietrich Brüggemann’s fifth feature “Heil,” which has its international premiere today in competition at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, is an acerbic social satire that explores contemporary German ident... Read Full Story at Variety.com → 'Home Care's' Slavek Horak on How Mother's Stories Inspired Movie; First Look at Pic's Trailer (EXCLUSIVE) By Will Tizard Variety speaks to director Slavek Horak about “Home Care,” which is in competition at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, and premieres the film's trailer. The film, which is the first feature from the commercials director, ... Read Full Story at Variety.com → 'Red Spider's' Marcin Koszalka on Serial Killers, Evil; First Look at Trailer (EXCLUSIVE) By Will Tizard Variety speaks to Marcin Koszalka, the director of psychological thriller “The Red Spider,” which world premieres in competition at Karlovy Vary Film Festival, and exclusively premieres the film's trailer. The movie, whi... Read Full Story at Variety.com → 'Song of Songs' Director Eva Neymann on Re-creating the World of Russian Jewish Shtetls By Alissa Simon After winning Karlovy Vary Film Festival’s East of the West competition with “House With a Turret” in 2012, Ukrainian helmer-writer Eva Neymann world preems her third feature “Song of Songs” in the main event. E... Read Full Story at Variety.com → WATCH: Trailer for 'Chemo,' World Premiering at Karlovy Vary Film Festival (EXCLUSIVE) By Leo Barraclough Variety has been given exclusive access to the trailer to "Chemo," an unconventional love story. The film world premieres at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, which kicks off Friday. Bartek Prokopowicz's debut feature as a director ce... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Threat to Movie Financing Model to Be Debated at Karlovy Vary By Will Tizard PRAGUE -- Movie business professionals attending the Karlovy Vary Film Festival will debate the European Parliament's proposals for a digital single market, and the effect it will have on film distribution in Europe. At the July 6 session is... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Czechs Present Enhanced Production Incentives to Hollywood Producers By Leo Barraclough The Czech Republic is making adjustments to its production incentives to make it easier for studio films and other big-budget productions to access the cash rebate. The country offers filmmakers who shoot there a 20% rebate on the Czech prod... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Karlovy Vary Film Festival to Present Six Close Encounters By Leo Barraclough The 50th edition of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival is to include a special section entitled Six Close Encounters, in which six directors who share a history with the festival will present one of their favorite films. “It is extremely i... Read Full Story at Variety.com → 50th Anniversary Edition of Karlovy Vary Film Festival Puts Accent on Youth By Leo Barraclough The Karlovy Vary Film Festival, which is Central and Eastern Europe's leading movie showcase, may be celebrating its 50th anniversary, but it is putting the emphasis on youth and up-and-coming talent, with seven directorial debuts in the com... Read Full Story at Variety.com → REVIEWS Film Review: 'Time Out of Mind' By Justin Chang Richard Gere goes slumming in the streets of Manhattan and emerges with one of his most remarkable performances in "Time Out of Mind." Read Full Story at Variety.com → Film Review: 'Heil' By Peter Debruge If Hitler were alive today, it would take a triumph of the will to sit through “Heil,” director Dietrich Brueggemann’s brazen assault on the present state of right-wing extremism in Germany, which ruthlessly lampoons what c... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Film Review: 'Rams' By Alissa Simon Hakonarson lovingly captures a deeply rooted rural culture that is closely connected to the Icelandic national spirit. Read Full Story at Variety.com → Film Review: 'Franny' By Ben Kenigsberg A flamboyant turn by Richard Gere is the heart and soul of "Franny," an off-kilter character study of a Philadelphia philanthropist whose eccentricities both mask and manifest a dark side. The movie ends in a more conventional place than the... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Film Review: 'Sworn Virgin' By Guy Lodge The rising profile of transgender issues in popular culture could clear an arthouse path for Laura Bispuri's sensitive, deliberate debut feature "Sworn Virgin" — though it's not a film that actively advertises its own topicality. Read Full Story at Variety.com → Karlovy Vary Festival: Czech List of Eye-Opening Moments By Steven Gaydos As I reflected upon the importance of the Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival on the occasion of its 50th edition, which opens with Oren Moverman's "Time Out of Mind," starring Richard Gere, I toyed with the idea of detailing what I’ve le... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Future Frames Makes Debut at Karlovy Vary With 10 Shorts By Alissa Simon The venerable Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival may be turning 50, but the thrust of its program remains fresh and tuned to emerging talent. A new strand this year, launched by European Film Promotion (EFP), introduces directors that come fro... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Richard Gere Talks Movies, Karlovy Vary Honor By Iain Blair Richard Gere has enjoyed — and is still enjoying — the sort of hugely successful, long, eclectic career that nearly every actor would kill for. Gere started gathering serious attention in Terrence Malick’s “Days of He... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Variety's Critics' Choice Unspools at Karlovy Vary By Variety Staff Variety's critics reveal their choices for the publication's annual Critics' Choice sidebar at the Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival, which runs July 3-11. Above and Below Read Full Story at Variety.com → Tweet this Forward this

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