If you ever thought that movies were a man's world, this year's Karlovy Vary was the chance to shed some feminine grace, humor and wisdom on your preconceptions. After Kerry Fox, who came to the festival with the courtroom movie Black and White, Deborah Kara Unger and Sylvie Testud were in town to share their knowledge and experiences with the press and the audience. more

With a career that encompasses all genres and all continents, and boasts a Silver Bear for Best Actress for Intimacy, Kerry Fox is one of the most oddly appealing actresses of her time. Born in New Zealand, she has worked in Australia and in England where she now resides. In Craig Lahiff’s Black and White, she puts on the lawyer’s white wig for the defense of Max Stuart, a real-life Aboriginal who was accused or murder in Australia, in the fifties. Kerry Fox ponders the idiosyncrasies of the Australian heritage in this interview.more

The distinctive American filmmaker turns eighty at Karlovy Vary and will receive a festival homage. Joseph Strick is one of those directors who likes to pull from all his resources to deal with elusive themes and subjects and who would rather make fewer films than accept work for financial reasons or to increase his popularity. Under the section title Tribute to Joseph Strick the festival will screen two adaptations of the famous works by James Joyce. more

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