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In connection with the 44th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival we have prepared a selection of awarded films from the festival’s previous years for you. You can watch the films on the portal or download them; moreover, you can take advantage of an attractive bonus...

...as the films are available FOR FREE! You can watch the film “Lost Holiday” by director Lucie Králová which was awarded the best documentary film over 30 minutes at the Karlovy Vary IFF 2007 and the film “Other Worlds” awarded special mention in 2006.

You can also watch all trailers of films screened within this year’s documentary competition.

Films for the event

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No Regrets

Ničeho nelituji (Orig.) / 2003 / Czech Republic / 83 min

The film captures family life in the Czech Republic at the end of the millennium, to penetrate the structure of family relations and their transformations, to record the tension between generations, to create an imprint of the lifestyle change.

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Land of Madness

La terre de la folie (Orig.) / 2009 / France / 90 min

The great-grand-nephew of the great grandfather of my great-great-grandmother one day took a pickax to kill the village mayor, his wife, and the forester who was guilty of having moved his goat...

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Lost World

Letűnt világ (Orig.) / 2008 / Hungary / 20 min

In his latest film, director Gyula Nemes follows on from his previous visual study The Dike of Transience with a film of related theme and form.

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Lost Holiday

Ztracená dovolená (Orig.) / 2007 / Czech Republic / 84 min

Awarded BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM OVER 30 MINUTES LONG at 42nd Karlovy Vary IFF.

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Views Of A Retired Night Porter

Views of a Retired Night Porter (Orig.) / 2006 / Austria / 38 min

Awarded the BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM UNDER 30 MINUTES at 41st Karlovy Vary IFF.

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Life in Loops (Megacities RMX)

Life in Loops (Megacities RMX) (Orig.) / 2006 / Austria / 80 min

Timo Novotny's film is a remix of the film Megacities, a visually opulent essay about life in several big cities around the world, which was filmed in 1997 by the Austrian director Michael Glawogger.

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News

Single Shot Indonesia

Single Shot Indonesia

For more than 10 years, Dutch director Leonard Retel Helmrich has been returning to the homeland of his parents to observe and record the transformation of Indonesia in the turbulent years of economic and cultural globalization. The Dafilms portal presents all of the three parts of his famous documentary trilogy, including the latest film Position among the Stars. On the backdrop of the tension in Indonesian society, Helmrich’s camera follows the Sjamsuddin family living their daily lives of work and worries, mutual love and hatred. In the week from May 21, you can watch the first two parts of the trilogy; The Eye of the Day and Shape of the Moon; for free.

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- 21.5.2012 -

Eastern Promises

Eastern Promises

This week the Dafilms portal presents a considerable portion of European “exoticism”. Take a trip through the unique landscape of the Balkans with three remarkable documentaries. Although the protagonists of The Shutka Book of Records, The Mosquito Problem and Bahtalo! are rather poor, do not expect a heavy social drama. One can only live merrily without money! From May 14, you can watch the three films for free for a whole week.

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- 14.5.2012 -

True Stories from Russia

True Stories from Russia

Watch or download films about true life in Russia: Kommunalka (free on May 7 and May 8!), Durakovo – the Village of Fools and Mr. Triska's Epoch Making Trip to Russia.

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- 8.5.2012 -

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