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Karlovy Vary Film Festival opens 60th edition, Dustin Hoffman honored
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival began with American actor Dustin Hoffman receiving the Crystal Globe Award. Juliette Binoche and Robert Richardson will also be honored at the festival.
The 60th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival began with an opening ceremony in Czechia. The festival will also host a special celebration this year for its 80th anniversary.
On opening night, American actor Dustin Hoffman was presented with the Crystal Globe Award for his distinguished artistic contributions to cinema and his prolific career.
Hoffman will present a special screening of the 1967 film "The Graduate," which earned him his first Oscar nomination, on Saturday.
Hoffman's award-winning career
Dustin Hoffman is the recipient of dozens of international awards, including two Best Actor Oscars for "Kramer vs. Kramer" (1979) and "Rain Man" (1988). Nominated five more times in the same category, Hoffman has also been honored with prestigious awards such as BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Emmy.
Binoche and Richardson to be honored
French actress Juliette Binoche will also be honored with the Crystal Globe Award during the festival. The award is scheduled to be presented at the closing ceremony on July 11. Screenings of Binoche's films "Aslına Rücu" and "Three Colors: Blue" are also part of the festival program.
The French star, who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for the 1996 film "The English Patient," has numerous international awards.
The third Crystal Globe Award will be given to three-time Oscar-winning American cinematographer Robert Richardson. A documentary film titled "Robert Richardson: Beyaz Şeytan" will be screened in his honor.
More than 130 films in competition
More than 130 films will be screened across various competitions and programs in the festival's 60th edition. Twelve films will compete in the main Crystal Globe competition.
Among these films is "Pipes" (Borular) by Lebanese director Kerim Kasım.
80 years of cinema heritage
The Karlovy Vary Film Festival is considered one of the world's oldest film festivals. Its first edition was held in 1946 as a non-competitive event, became competitive from 1948, and permanently settled in the city of Karlovy Vary in 1950.
Classified in the same category as major festivals like Cannes, Venice, and Berlin, Karlovy Vary serves as an important international platform, especially for productions from Eastern Europe and emerging cinema markets.
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