KVIFF’s annual Pragueshorts Film Festival underway

The 16th annual Pragueshorts Film Festival, organised by the team behind the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF), kicked off on Wednesday evening at Světozor cinema in Prague. Through June 27, the international competition will feature 37 films from 29 countries screening at 10 indoor and outdoor cinemas in the Czech capital.

This year’s program includes extra short films in the Ultrashorts section, a block of comedies titled Live Forever!, the traditional and popular Brutal Relax Show, LABO, a section dedicated to presenting fresh and innovative approaches to both form and content, a Radu Jude retrospective, the Fullmoon magazine selection.

This year’s Pragueshorts festival is also being held online on the Karlovy Vary film festival’s movie platform www.kviff.tv, where the complete program is available for free, and through which viewers can vote for the Audience Awards.