American Actor Casey Affleck to be Honored at Karlovy Vary IFF this Year

The Oscar winner and “Manchester by the Sea” star will debut his new film at the 52nd edition of the Karlovy Vary IFF this July

Elizabeth Zahradnicek-Haas

Written by Elizabeth Zahradnicek-Haas Published on 16.05.2017 09:35:04 (updated on 16.05.2017) Reading time: 1 minute

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Organizers of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival announced yesterday that American actor Casey Affleck will be honored with its prestigious Festival President’s Award this year.

The Festival President’s Award is a special honor given to actors, directors, and producers who have contributed in a fundamental way to the development of contemporary world cinema.

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The Oscar winner for Manchester by the Sea (2016) will present his latest film, A Ghost Story, starring Rooney Mara and written and directed by David Lowery, which premiered this January at the Sundance Film Festival. Lowery and producers Toby Halbrooks and James M. Johnston will also attend.

“We are very glad that Casey Affleck is accepting Karlovy Vary IFF President’s Award at our 52nd annual edition.  We regard Casey Affleck as one of the most intriguing actors in contemporary American film and are honored to welcome the filmmakers during the presentation of A Ghost Story,” said Jiří Bartoška, president of the festival.

Affleck began his carreer in in director Gus Van Sant’s To Die For (1995). He went on to star in Good Will Hunting (1997), Gone Baby Gone (2007), The Killer Inside Me (2010), and Interstellar (2014).

In 2008 he earned his first Oscar nomination and Golden Globe for his performance in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007), starring alongside Brad Pitt.

High-profile festival guests in years past include Susan Sarandon, John Malkovich, Robert DeNiro, Richard Gere, Jude Law, Willem Dafoe, and Jamie Dornan.

The 52nd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, held from June 30-July 8, 2017 in the historic West Bohemian spa town, has become one of the most celebrated film festivals in Europe.

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