Karlovy Vary Film Fest Adds Trainspotting, Sexy Beast as It Unveils Retrospective, Heritage Lineup

The60th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival(KVIFF) has unveiled its retrospective and heritage program.

Out of the Past – KVIFF 60/80will mark 60 editions and 80 years since the festival’s inception by presenting “pivotal films” from KVIFF’s history. And theSpecial Screenings – Classicssection will feature a special program dedicated to the history of cinema.

Highlights from the latter include the international premiere ofthe movie The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld, a portrait of the independent producer and visionary Stuart Cornfeld (The Elephant Man,
Kafka, The Fly), and The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, the latest Karlovy Vary screening of a movie directed by John Cassavetes.

Meanwhile, KVIFF will screen Trainspotting and Sexy Beast in its Out of the Past program.

Last year, KVIFF’s retrospective paid tribute to Hollywood star and method acting pioneer John Garfield (The Postman Always Rings Twice), who made a name for himself by playing brooding working-class characters in the 1940s.

KVIFF 2026 takes place July 3-11.

Check out the latest program additions and full Special Screenings – Classics and Out of the Past below.

SPECIAL SCREENINGS – CLASSICS

Babí léto/Autumn Spring
Director: Vladimír Michálek
Czech Republic, 2001

The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld
Director: Joan Bofill Amargós
USA, Spain, 2025

Igor a potom/Igor and After
Director: Ivan Ostrochovský
Slovak Republic, Czech Republic, 2026

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Director: John Cassavetes
USA, 1978

Kopytem sem, kopytem tam/Tainted Horseplay
Director: Věra Chytilová
Czechoslovakia, 1988

Šeptej/Whisper
Director: David Ondříček
Czech Republic, 1996

OUT OF THE PAST

Barravento/The Turning Wind
Director: Glauber Rocha
Brazil, 1962

Captain Thunderbolt
Director: Cecil Holmes
Australia, 1952

Genbaku no ko/Children of Hiroshima
Director: Kaneto Shindo
Japan, 1954

Hideg napok/Cold Days
Director: András Kovács
Hungary, 1966

Kes
Director: Ken Loach
United Kingdom, 1969

Die letzte Chance/The Last Chance
Director: Leopold Lindtberg
Switzerland, 1945

Lissy
Director: Konrad Wolf
Germany, 1957

A Matter of Life and Death
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
United Kingdom, 1946

Non c’è pace tra gli ulivi/No Peace Under the Olive Tree
Director: Giuseppe De Santis
Italy, 1950

Obžalovaný/The Defendant
Director: Ján Kadár, Elmar Klos
Czechoslovakia, 1964

Oka Tori Katha/The Outsiders
Director: Mrinal Sen
India, 1977

Río Escondido/Hidden River
Director: Emilio Fernández
Mexico, 1948

Sexy Beast
Director: Jonathan Glazer
United Kingdom, Spain, USA, 2000

To homa vaftike kokkino/Blood on the Land
Director: Vasilis Georgiadis
Greece, 1965

Trainspotting
Director: Danny Boyle
United Kingdom, 1996

Vtáčkovia, siroty a blázni/Birds, Orphans and Fools
Director: Juraj Jakubisko
Czechoslovakia, France, 1969