Hidden within a valley range west of Prague in the northwest Czech Republic, the spa town of Karlovy Vary was offering a kind of haven and retreat centuries before the film festival — or really, the very art form of cinema — came into being. But that sense of distance and isolation made a different echo over the course of this year’s 58th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, which wrapped on July 6.
Over the course of nine days and more than 200 screenings, the 2024 festival took place during a time of sustained international tumult, including era-defining elections in the U.K.
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