Russell Crowe will receive the Crystal Globe Award for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema at the 2023 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, KVIFF organizers announced Friday. And unlike previous Crystal Globe winners such as Michael Caine, Julianne Moore, Mel Gibson, Judi Dench and Robert De Niro, Crowe will also perform on the festival’s opening night with his rock band, Indoor Garden Party.
The festival, which takes place in a spa town outside Prague in the Czech Republic, will present the award to Crowe on its opening night on June 30. Commander: The other side of the world.
KVIFF also announced that Johnny Depp, who was a special guest at the festival two years ago, will star in the festival’s new trailer, which will premiere on its opening night. Depp, who stars in “Jeanne du Barry,” the opening film at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, was a controversial choice for the festival two years ago, but will become the 18th person to star in a Karlovy Vary trailer. .
The trailers, made by directors Ivan Zachariáš and Martin Krejčí, are typically humorous vignettes that make use of the festival’s Crystal Globe trophy. Jude Law, John Malkovich, Harvey Keitel and Helen Mirren are among the actors who have starred in previous trailers.
Earlier, Karlovy Vary announced that this year’s festival will include a celebration of Iranian cinema focusing on films from the past four years, a tribute to Japanese filmmaker Yasuzo Masumura, a restoration of Evald Schorm’s 1964 Czech New Wave classic, ” Courage for every Day”, and a tribute to the Czech actress Daniela Kolářová.
The festival will take place from June 30 to July 8.