Film celebrities glitter in Czech spa town
Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic - A quiet spa town glittered with more than Hollywood glory as filmmakers from around the world mingled Saturday at the Czech Republic's largest film festival.
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This is the festival's 41st year, although it officially began in 1946.

From the late 1940s, the former communist regime turned Karlovy Vary into a propaganda machine. It wasn't until 1994, five years after democracy returned with the 1989 Velvet Revolution, that the festival revived as a feast of free cinematography.

Festival organizers expect more than 1,000 visitors to enjoy a week of films from Europe, the Americas and Asia.

Celebrities casually strolling among the crowds in the relaxed spa atmosphere included British stars Hugh Dancy and Jacqueline Bisset, American actor Alan Alda and Czech supermodel Hana Soukupova.

One of the many reminders of Czech cinematographic past (and present).