Opening film | Zátopek by David Ondříček |
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Closing film | The Nest by Sean Durkin |
Location | Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic |
Founded | 1946 |
Awards | Crystal Globe: As Far as I Can Walk by Stefan Arsenijević |
No. of films | 144 |
Festival date | August 20–28, 2021 |
Website | www |
The 55th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival took place from August 20 to August 28, 2021, in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic.[1]
A total of 144 films were presented at the festival, including 29 world premieres, twelve international and two European premieres.[2] Serbian-French-Luxembourgish-Bulgarian-Lithuanian co-produced film As Far as I Can Walk won the Crystal Globe.[3] The festival paid tributes to Jan Svěrák and Martin Scorsese's The Film Foundation.[4]