Karlovy Vary picks a jury
Karlovy Vary fest - or KV, as it's affectionately called - has lined up an impressive list of jurors for their 43rd event in July.
Czech writer, dircctor Ivan Passer (who cowrote with Milos Forman "Loves of a Blonde" and "The Firemen's Ball") will head the international jury. Actress Brenda Blethyn, "Waltz With Bashir" filmmaker Air Folman, producer Ted Hope will also serve. Other jurors include composer Jan P. Muchow, actress Johanna ter Steege, and cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond.
KV also announced that Petr Zelenka's "The Karamazovs" will compete in the film competition. Based on Evald Schorm's play, the film is a re-telling of Dostoevsky's "The Brothers Karamozov" set in contempory Poland. Zelenka's film "Year of the Devil" took the Crystal Globe for best film at the 37th KVIFF.
Michael Jones is the film festival editor at Variety.com. 
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