Brace of Czech movies to take part in competition at this year’s Karlovy Vary

Two Czech movies will feature in the main competition at the 45th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in July. Jan Svěrák’s new animated movie Kooky and 3 Seasons in Hell by Tomáš Mašín will be up against around a dozen other films for that Crystal Globe. Meanwhile, a Crystal Globe for lifetime contribution to world cinema will be presented to the Slovak-born director Juraj Herz, who is known for such pictures as The Cremator. The Czech director Bohdan Slama will be on the main jury at the festival, which runs from July 2 to 10.