Viggo Mortensen receives festival president’s award at Karlovy Vary

The 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival opened on Friday night with a screening of the Western The Dead Don’t Hurt, written and directed by Viggo Mortensen.

Mortensen, who is one of the big international celebrities at the festival this year, received the festival’s President’s Award at the gala opening on Friday night.

Other big names at the festival are Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh, Hollywood actor Clive Owen and Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush, who is on the jury of the main competition.

Over the next seven days the festival will screen 136 films in 12 cinemas.