In its 'Retrospective' section, the Marienbad Film Festival, which takes place from 28th to 31st August this year, will present director Alain Resnais, showing a restored version of his film Last Year in Marienbad, and also the actress Audrey Hepburn. The festival will welcome one of the most important European directors BenceFliegauf. The main 'Theater Electrique' section will feature film by award-winning Argentine director Eduardo Williams, who will introduce it personally together with the actor Nula Pérez Biscayart. This section will also present work of Czech authors Roman Štětina, Bohdan Karásek and Jan Kačena.

The graphic design of the fourth year of Marienbad Film Festival presents some fairly dramatic changes. Jakub Samek, one of the foremost Czech designers and typographers, is responsible for this year’s look. It is inspired by the classic film Last Year at Marienbad of director Alain Resnais, the same film that brought about the idea to establish Marienbad Film Festival to begin with.

The resident cultural society, Švihák, will traditionally join forces with Full Moon magazine to provide the accompanying program of Marienbad Film Festival. Ferdinand’s spring colonnade will host Katarzia, Zabelov Group, +-0, Market, Kittchen, Aid Kid and Isama Zing. The main film program will also be supplemented by lectures, video clip presentations and electronic music workshops.

We started ticketing in collaboration with Goout. The festival pass provides the opportunity to enjoy beautiful Mariánské Lázně for the full duration of the festival at a friendly price. This year students pay only CZK 300 for entry to all events. Adults can purchase the festival pass for CZK 500. For philatropists that would like to support our festival we offer Sponsor pass which starts at CZK 3,000.

We closed our Open Call on May 31. We received a total of 142 submissions from 32 countries across the world. Physical presence of the authors is a key condition of the application. We can look forward to many inspiring encounters with creators from across the world.

The fourth iteration of Marienbad Film festival will take place during the last week of summer holidays located in the heart of picturesque Mariánské Lázně. From August 28 until August 31, 2019 it will feature a program focused on experimental pictures, classics of world cinema in fresh arrangements and also an homage to Petr Lébl, a giant of Czech theatre direction. The calm spa town will also cheer up with a film- education and musical program. This year’s graphic design is inspired by the classic film Last Year at Marienbad of French director Alain Resnais.