Geoffrey Rush (The King’s Speech, Quills, Shine) is back at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) and having a blast.
In 2022, the big festival in the scenic Czech spa town honored the Australian star and Oscar winner with its Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema, its lifetime achievement award.
For this year’s 58th edition of KVIFF, Rush serves as a member of the main competition jury, along with the likes of indie film industry veteran Christine Vachon.
In between seeing competition films, Rush talked to The Hollywood Reporter about current projects, his experiences with AI, his love of animation and his connections with Czech art and culture.
You have appeared in so many films and seen movies all over the globe. What is it like being a juror here at the Karlovy Vary festival?
It takes us to a very definite place in the Eastern European landscape and is very supportive of…