“The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff) may have a have lost a Key Figurehead Due to the May Death of Legendary Czech Actor and Long-Time Fest president jiři. But Itadership and Majority Owner, Rockaway Arts, Have Vowed to “Preserve The Values and Level of Quality That Its President Built Uver Over The Years.” Rockaway”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
Rockaway Recently Lauded the “Strong and Stable Team Headed by Executive Director Kryštof Muccha, Saying:“ The Position of President Will Nota and Will Remain Dedicated To -To Ji.
Muca, Who Joined the Festival Team in 1997 and Has Been ITS Executive Director Since 2004, Has Also Become Chairman of the Board of the Kviff Group. Remaining on the Festival’s Management Team Are Artistic Director Karel Och and Head of Production Petr Lintime.
“For Many Years, I Had the Wonderful Opportunity to Work with Jiří BartoSKA and to See How How He Thought and WHERE HE WAS Taking the Festival,“ Mucha Said After his Promotation. “I BELIEVE THAT, TOGETHER WITH OCH AND PETR LINTIMER, WE WILL SUCCEED IN Continuing His Legacy.”
Ahead of this year’s 59th edition of kviff, Thr CAUGHT UP WITH MUCHA TO DisCUSSSA OF BARTOSKA, How The Festival’s Duties Are Now Being Divide Up, ITS FOCUS ON CONTINUITY ALONG TO DIME New Accents, Ann.
“MR. BARTOSKA WAS The Biggest TV and Film Star in The ’80s, and THEN A VERY IMPORTANT FIGURE FOR The REVOLUTION IN 1989 [that led to the fall of communism in Czechoslovakia] and Very Well Connected to People Like Miloš Forman and Others, “Muca Tells Thr. The Executive Worked Closely with the Legendary Actor and Festival President from 2000, 2001 and Even More So on Mucha Became Executive Director in 2004.
“HE was focused on the positioning of the Film Festival in Terms of the Czech Environment, Developing and Bringing Sponsors Into the Festival, Support from The GOVERNMENT, AND FROM The CITY. “HE was the key person per all that. WHEN HE passed, and Replaced Him, But We Said We Are Not Going to Have The Festival President Anymore. That Was The Was The Fest, this RUNING The FILNING Right Position for HIM, Because As President, He Was Such A Big Figure. ”
That’s what the Fest has organized a tribute to bartoška this year, with the fest’s Opening Film We’ve Got to Frame It! (A Conversation with Jiří BartoSKA IN JULY 2021)Along with Screenings of An Older Film Starring The Legend, and An Exhibration of Large-Scale Photographs Featuring HIM. “IT is a Celebration of What This Incredible Person Achieved,“ Says Muca.
“IT’S NOT ABOUT ONE PERSON, IS ABOUT A TEAM,” ADDS MUCHA OF HIS WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH OCH and LINTIMER. “We Feel That’s How It Should Be Right Now.”
How Will Muca’s ROLE AT FESTIVAL CHANGE? “Jiří bartoSKA WAS the one who was representing the Festival and Meeting the Stars and Other Guests of the Festival, But Also When Politicians Came and Important Figures in the and SPent Time With Them, ”He Noted. “That work is going to be quite a figment for me. Karel and I will do do more of Those Things Together. For Example, WHEN WE HAVE A GUEST GETTING Award, We Wiln. Meanwhile, “Petr, As the Director of Production, Will Be With Me At Events for The Sponsors. SO We Will Try to Share Tese Duties Among US.”
HAVING MUCHA AND OCH ATTENDING BIG FESTIVals, Such As Cannes and Sundance, ALSO HAS Key Benefits. “Being there Together Means We Can Make Decisions ImmediaTely. And is Great That You Can Can Have the Artistic Director and Executive Director Doing TESE TOGETCHER.”
Evolution Rater than Revolution is What Mucha Sees Ahead for Kviff. One Such Evolution Is A Recently Unveiled Tweaking of the Industry Program of the Fest, Who’s Adding A Day This Year, Launching “A SHARPENED FOCUS ON CENTAL EUROPEAN COPORATEAN CO-POPROPEAN. Showcase Format ”Called Kviff Central Stage, and Introducing A Series Incubator.
“Things Are Changing Very Fast in this Industry,“ Says Muca. “We Previoously Had A Works-In-Progress Programs. These Days, It’s Different Because Right Now, Every Single Significant Project Already Has Sales, An and PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT.
A Focus on Co-Production Opportunities Across Eastern and Central European Countries, Including Germany and Austria, Seemed a Natural Fit. “That’s The Territory Where We Feel We Are A Key Player and Want to Be Focused On This. It’s Something that Could Really Be Benefical for All of Us.”
TV is Also Playing An Expanded Role This Year, Including the World Premiere of Serbian Miniseries Absolute 100 in the fest’s special screenings section.
Plus, Central European Media Enterprises (CME), Who Owns Television Businesses in Central and Eastern Europe, Approached Kviff About a Possible Broader Collaboration. “So We Talked About Film and TV and Decided this Was A Great Time to Start Something New,“ Says Muca.
The Result Is The New Pop-Up Series Incubator Featuring Five Original European Series Ideas. “We Are Not Going to Be Cancer The Program Focus of the Festival to TV,“ Highlights Mucha. “BUT IF THERE IS A QUALITY MOVING FROM TV, WEW LOVE TO SCREEN IT. THERE Are No Limits for Us. So, Again, IT’s Natural. to work and that it is going to have Benefits.
All in all, Muca Says the Troika in Charge of Kviff is ExperienCed and Ready to Carry on the Legacy of BartoSKA while Also Continuing to Innovate.
SAYS MUCHA: “HE WAS The ONE WHO FRONOD UP FRONT AND DEALT WITH The MEDIA AND PUBLIC. We Were Working Together and With Him, But More Behind Him. Years. Right Way.