Tip of the week

Three films connected by theme, idea, personality, genre or just the taste of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival programmers. Three Times is a dynamic collection that grows every week with a new trio of films and as an enduring inspiration it is worth visiting regularly.

3× tenderness of snow

Three wishes come true about the white landscape outside the window: friendship in the shadow of the mountain massifs, love in a remote train station in the Jeseníky Mountains and snowy Lapland reflected on the retina of a small reindeer.

3× Woody Allen

Did you know that Woody Allen's name is actually Heywood? Anyway, this phenomenal filmmaker released his 50th film this year, and that's a good reason to check out a few of his older titles.

3× Juliette Binoche

Weird retro detective comedy, mystery thriller and family drama. A trio of films as different as night and day, each containing that magic ingredient called Juliette Binoche.

3× Jiří Bartoška

The President of the KVIFF Jiří Bartoska received a state award from the President of the Czech Republic Petr Pavel and we would like to congratulate him and invite you to watch three films from his rich acting career.

3× for she's unbound

Directors and their strong-willed heroines: Sissi reimagined by Maria Kreutzer, Sarah the astronaut sent into orbit by Alice Winocour, and the iconic Nico as seen by Susanna Nicchiarelli.

3× follow the trail to the dog

John Wick had his beloved Daisy, the Kubin family had Ota, and all of Budapest had a two-headed pack led by Hagen. Three stories that wouldn't be the way they are if it weren't for the dog.

3× unlucky in Cannes

The idea of three Czech films in competition at the Cannes Film Festival at once sounds like a dangerous delusion. But in May 1968 it happened. However, at the edition which was closed early after a few days...

3× there is no planet B

An unlikely role for Johnny Depp in a film based on a true story, a Sundance award-winning meditation on changing the world and a documentary about the man who introduced the term "global warming" to the world.

3× go with the flow

What if humanity loses its memory and everyone has to start over? What is it like to become a full-time caring uncle from one day to the other? And what about a sudden love story in your sixties? Get ready for change!

3× far above the Tatras

A double survey of contemporary Slovakia and a look back at our common past may help us understand a little bit what is happening in our closest neighbourhood right now, before the crucial elections.

3× behind bars

Three stories from the jail will take you to the Leopold Prison during the 1990 riot, to the infamous prison in Thailand and behind bars in Louisiana, where Tom Waits is serving time.