43rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

The following are the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Award Winners for 2008

Grand Prix - Crystal Globe

• Frygtelig Lykkelig (Terribly Happy)
  • Dir. Henrik Ruben Genz
  • Denmark 2008

Special Jury Prize

• The Photograph
  • Dir. Nan T. Achnas
  • Indonesia, France, Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden 2007

Best Director Award

• Alexey Uchitel
  • for the film Captive (Plennyj)
  • Russia, Bulgaria 2008

Best Actress Award

• Martha Issová
  • for her role in the film Night Owls (Děti noci)
  • Czech Republic 2008

Best Actor Award

• Jiří Mádl
  • for his role in the film Night Owls (Děti noci)
  • Czech Republic 2008

Special Jury Mention

• The Investigator (A nyomozó)
  • Dir. Attila Gigor
  • Hungary, Sweden, Ireland 2008

and

• The Karamazovs (Karamazovi)
  • Dir. Petr Zelenka
  • Czech Republic, Poland 2008

Grand Jury

Ivan Passer, president Brenda Blethyn Ari Folman Ted Hope Jan P. Muchow Johanna ter Steege Vilmos Zsigmond

Documentary films in competition

• Best Documentary Film under 30 minutes long (5000 USD)- Lost World (Letűnt vilá, directed by Gyula Nemes, Hungary, Finland, 2008)
• Best Documentary Film over 30 minutes long (5000 USD) - Man on Wire (directed by James Marsh, United Kingdom, 2007)
• Special Jury Mention - Bigger, Stronger, Faster* (directed by Christopher Bell, USA, 2007)

East of the west - films in competition

East of the West Award (US$10,000)

• Tulpan (Tulpan)
  • Dir. Sergey Dvortsevoy
  • Kazakhstan, Germany, Switzerland, Russia, Poland 2008

Special Mention

• Seamstresses (Šivački)
  • Dir. Lyudmil Todorov
  • Bulgaria 2007

Audience Award

• 12 (12)
  • Dir. Nikita Michalkov
  • Russia 2007

Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema

• Robert De Niro, USA
• Dušan Hanák, Sloväkia
• Juraj Jakubisko, Slovakia
• Ivan Passer, USA

Festival President's Award

• Danny Glover, USA
• Christopher Lee, United Kingdom
• Armin Mueller-Stahl, Germany

Award of International Film Critics (FIPRESCI)

The Karamazovs (Karamazovi) Dir. Petr Zelenka Czech Republic, Poland 2008 For translating Dostoevsky’s classic into an unconventional fusion of theater, cinema, literature and real life.

Europa Cinemas Label

Bahrtalo! (Good Luck!) | Bahrtalo! (Jó szerencsét!) Dir. Róbert Lakatos Hungary, Austria, Germany 2008

Independent Camera

- the Czech Television Award for the best film presented in the Forum of Independents

• Mermaid (Rusalka)
  • Dir. Anna Melikyan
  • Russia 2007

External links

• Official site