Overview

• A newly restored print of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest screened in KVIFF’s “Out of the Past” gala to honor the film’s 50th anniversary
• Festival director Kryštof Mucha surprised producer Michael Douglas with a Crystal Globe statuette during the event
• Douglas cautioned that the United States is “flirting with autocracy” under President Trump while Paul Zaentz labeled him a “malignant narcissist”
• The anniversary presentation underscored Miloš Forman’s enduring legacy and the film’s parable of individual rebellion against institutional control
• Zaentz announced two television adaptations in development: one from Chief Bromden’s perspective and another expanding on The English Patient’s original novel material