55th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

55th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Opening filmZátopek by David Ondříček
Closing filmThe Nest by Sean Durkin
LocationKarlovy Vary, Czech Republic
Founded1946
AwardsCrystal Globe: As Far as I Can Walk by Stefan Arsenijević
No. of films144
Festival dateAugust 20–28, 2021
Websitewww.kviff.com/en/homepage

The 55th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival took place from August 20 to August 28, 2021, in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic.

A total of 144 films were presented at the festival, including 29 world premieres, twelve international and two European premieres. Serbian-French-Luxembourgish-Bulgarian-Lithuanian co-produced film As Far as I Can Walk won the Crystal Globe. The festival paid tributes to Jan Svěrák and Martin Scorsese's The Film Foundation.