Dustin Hoffman, Juliette Binoche, Jeffrey Wright to Be Honored at Karlovy Vary Film Festival
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- Dustin Hoffman will receive the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema at the opening ceremony, with the festival screening his breakthrough film "The Graduate," which earned Mike Nichols the Academy Award for best director.
- Juliette Binoche will be presented with the same Crystal Globe at the closing ceremony, and the festival will screen three of her films: "Certified Copy" (2010), "Three Colors: Blue" (1993), and "In-I in Motion" (2025).
- Jeffrey Wright will receive the President's Award during the festival, alongside a screening of his 1996 film "Basquiat."
- Robert Richardson will receive the Crystal Globe during the festival and will present the documentary portrait "Robert Richardson: The White Devil" with director Jana Hojdová; Richardson has earned seven Oscar nominations and three wins for "JFK," "The Aviator," and "Hugo."
- Harvey Keitel will attend his third edition of the festival to join a screening of Martin Scorsese's "Mean Streets," having received his first Crystal Globe at the 2004 edition.
- Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon will present their horror-comedy "Family Movie," co-directed by and starring the couple and their children Travis and Sosie Bacon, which had its world premiere at SXSW.
- The festival will open with the Argentine-Spanish documentary "The Match" about the 1986 World Cup match between Argentina and England, and close with Noah Segan's crime drama "The Only Living Pickpocket in New York" starring John Turturro.
Why it matters: The 60th edition of Karlovy Vary — a milestone for one of Europe's longest-running film festivals — has assembled a notably broad honoree slate spanning acting (Hoffman, Binoche, Wright) and cinematography (Richardson), while the program also leverages a family-headlined Bacon/Sedgwick premiere and a 1986 World Cup documentary to broaden audience appeal beyond the awards.
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