International Competition sections in Karlovy Vary Film Festival 2020:
 

East of the West - Competition:

An international competition – first and second films from Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Turkey and the countries of the former Soviet Union that presented as World, International or European premieres.

Documentary Films - Competition:

An international competition of feature-length documentary films presented as World, International and European premieres.

Industry section:

The main goal of the industry section is to connect film professionals, provide producers and directors with an opportunity to present their films, and to provide them with a space for meeting buyers, distributors, and representatives from other film festivals. The festival is visited by a total of nearly 850 film professionals from 60 countries throughout the world, with more coming every year.

The festival in numbers:

• 300 international directors, filmmakers, and actors personally presenting their latest films
• 150 selected feature films seen by audiences every year
• 14 festival venues
• 70 films shown as world, international or European premieres
• 800 attending distributors, sales agents, producers, and festival programmers
• 700 attending journalists, primarily from Central and Eastern Europe
• 11 000 audience members
• 120 000 tickets sold