Karlovy Vary opened its 60th edition Friday, with Dustin Hoffman set to receive an outstanding artistic contribution award on opening night and Juliette Binoche due for the same honor at the July 11 closing ceremony.
Hoffman, a two-time best actor Oscar winner, will also present 1967’s “The Graduate” on Saturday, while three Binoche films — “Certified Copy,” “Three Colors: Blue” and “In-I in Motion” — are scheduled to screen.
Robert Richardson, the three-time Oscar-winning cinematographer known for work with Oliver Stone, Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino, is the festival’s third major honoree and will introduce his documentary “Robert Richardson: The White Devil” on Saturday.
The western Czech spa-town festival will also stage its main competition, with a grand jury weighing 12 films for the Crystal Globe.