“Harry Dean Stanton” and “Vaters Garten” in Karlovy Vary

The festival in the Czech Republic, which is one of the oldest of all times, has selected “Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction” by Sophie Huber as well as “Vaters Garten – Die Liebe meiner Eltern” by Peter Liechti for the festival programme. The two films will thus carry forth their international careers at the prominent 48^th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (June 28 – July 6, 2013). The film “Harry Dean Stanton” has already been distributed in eleven countries. Apart from the two Swiss documentary films, the following international coproduction’s will also be screened:  “l’intervallo” (The Interval) by Leonardo Di Costanzo; the Serbian-Swiss fiction film “Odumiranje (Withering)” by Miloš Pušić, screened in competition with the director in attendance. In addition, the festival will present the Turkish-Swiss fiction film “The Way” (Yol) from 1982 in the “Focus on Kurdish Film” section.

Bridge to Eastern Europe£
The festival is one of the 12 A-category festivals and serves as a bridge between Central and Eastern Europe. It offers a platform to the talent programme organised by European Film Promotion, “Ten European Directors to Watch,” among others. Placed in the limelight for two days are ten promising European directors selected by film critics of the Variety magazine, in cooperation with members of European Film Promotion and the festival. Also taking place in Karlovy Vary is the annual meeting of FAN of Europe, the network of national film academies and the European Film Academy, at which the Swiss Film Academy will also be represented.

Zurich, June 26, 2013