At last year's Karlovy Vary film festival, the Czech spa town hosted a two-day seminar on Kazakh films which reignited western appreciation.

ECONOMIST: The Kazakh film industry

Veteran British actress Dame Judi Dench is to be honoured by the Karlovy Vary film festival as the annual event gets underway in the Czech Republic.

BBC: Dame Judi Dench honoured at Czech film festival