43rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Award Winners 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) Dir. Gyula Nemes Hungary, Finland 2008

Best Documentary Film over 30 minutes long (5000 USD) Man on Wire (Man on Wire) Dir. James Marsh United Kingdom 2007

Special Jury Mention Bigger, Stronger, Faster* (Bigger, Stronger, Faster*) Dir. Christopher Bell USA 2007

EAST OF THE WEST - FILMS IN COMPETITION

East of the West Award (10 000 USD) 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

SPECIAL 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