Maggie Gyllenhaal & Jesse Eisenberg To Be Honored At Karlovy Vary

Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jesse Eisenberg will receive Karlovy Vary’s honorary President’s Award during this year’s festival, which runs from July 3 to July 11.

Gyllenhaal will be handed the award at the festival’s opening ceremony. She will also screen The Bride! as part of the celebrations.  Eisenberg will receive his award later in the festival, and he will present The Double, directed by Richard Ayoade. Eisenberg stars in the film alongside Mia Wasikowska.

“Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jesse Eisenberg are distinguished by a certain ‘trans-Atlantic’ sensitivity,” Karlovy Vary Artistic Director Karel Och said in a statement. 

“Their work as actors and directors has the ability to connect the New World and Europe while drawing on the most essential elements of both traditions. The humor of New York intellectuals is combined with wisdom, talent, and an original way of seeing the world.”

This year’s edition marks Karlovy Vary’s 60th anniversary. 12 titles have been set for the Festival’s Crystal Globe Competition. Among those titles is Hijamat, the latest feature from Iranian filmmaker Nader Saeivar. Saeivar is best known for his long-term collaboration with Jafar Panahi. The pair have written two films together, including last year’s Palme d’Or winner It Was Just an Accident. 

Check out the full list of competition titles here. 

The New Yorker film critic Justin Chang will serve on the jury of this year’s Crystal Globe Competition alongside filmmaker Amanda Nell Eu, Czech sound designer, producer, and composer Pavel Rejholec, producer Nadia Turincev, and filmmaker Eskil Vogt.