Presale tickets for film festival sell in less than 30 minutes

Presale tickets offered online for the 48th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival were reserved or sold out in less than half-an-hour on Monday. Ten percent of overall tickets became available at 10 in the morning. Regular counter sales begin on Thursday, a day before the start of the festival. This year more than 200 films will be screened; top stars attending will include French actress Audrey Tautou (Amélie, The Da Vinci Code) and American actor John Travolta (Saturday Night Fever, Get Shorty, Pulp Fiction).