How to festival

If you plan on visiting the Karlovy Vary festival, you ought to know that...

• All information about the festival appears in advance on these web pages. If you do not want to miss any news, sign up for our free newsletters
• Information about this year’s film selection are regularly updated from February. All films appear on our web pages until mid-June, along with the complete film catalogue and the screening schedule. You can put together your own program before you leave for the festival with the help of the My Program service
• Festival visitors can take advantage of the Festival Pass. It can be purchased at any ticket office and used immediately to buy tickets
• Ten percent of tickets will be available for purchase before the festival through advance booking.
• Accommodation should be booked well in advance, preferably as early as April
• Ticket sales and regulations governing film screenings are subject to slight changes each year and we advise you to familiarize yourself with them before arriving at the festival
• Journalists can apply for the Press accreditation between April 11 and June 10, 2011. You will not be able to use festival press services without a press accreditation
• Film Professionals may apply for the Industry accreditation between April 11 and June 8, 2011. You will not be able to use festival industry office services without an industry accreditation
• If you are interested in festival history, you can find information about past years, a film archive, and a newly created photo gallery on our website
• For more information about the festival, click here

At the festival:

• The festival center in hotel Thermal includes the festival pass sales point, box offices, cinemas, information point, accommodation services and festival offices.
• For information about festival box offices click here.
• For information about festival cinemas click here.
• You can easily decide which film wins the Audience Award by voting during the festival (at the entrance of the cinemas)
• Audience Award votes can be handed to the festival assistants after the screening or cast in the provided boxes.
• The festival offers visitors a large variety of festival events. The program will be published by mid-June.
• Special bus lines F1, F2 and F3 will be available during the entire film festival.
• A baggage room will be available from 8AM to 3AM near the main cinema exit at Hotel Thermal for CZK 10/baggage.
• The festival center at hotel Thermal will also include a festival shop offering festival T-shirts, bags, mugs, official festival catalogue, program, DVDs and books from Czech and foreign publishers.