It is no coincidence that the Marienbad Film Festival opens with a film by a creator who has managed to build a unique creative environment, enabling him and his team to deliver top-tier, internationally resonant works year after year under modest conditions. Likewise, it's no coincidence that we chose to present, in its Czech premiere, a film that revolves around a theatre performance: Marienbad traditionally opens at the Municipal Theatre in Mariánské Lázně, originally named after N. V. Gogol, and the festival itself is, in a way, a unique, continuous three-day (scandalous) performance.

It is no coincidence that the Marienbad Film Festival opens with a film by a creator who has managed to build a unique creative environment, enabling him and his team to deliver top-tier, internationally resonant works year after year under modest conditions. Likewise, it's no coincidence that we chose to present, in its Czech premiere, a film that revolves around a theatre performance: Marienbad traditionally opens at the Municipal Theatre in Mariánské Lázně, originally named after N. V. Gogol, and the festival itself is, in a way, a unique, continuous three-day (scandalous) performance.