53. KVIFF WINNERS AND PRIZES AT THE KARLOVY VARY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2018

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The 53rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, a non-specialized festival with three competitive categories, took place from June 29th to July 7
th this year. It was organized by Film Servis Festival Karlovy Vary, a.s., with Jiří Bartoška as president of the festival and Karel Och as an artistic director.

The 54th Karlovy Vary IFF will be held from June 28th to 6th July 2019. On July 7th 2018, the festival’s juries presented awards for the
best films at the closing ceremony of the 53rd Karlovy Vary IFF.

O F F I C I A L   S E L E C T I O N   –   C O M P E T I T I O N 

GRAND JURY
Mark Cousins, United Kingdom
Zrinka Cvitešić, Croatia
Marta Donzelli, Italy
Zdeněk Holý, Czech Republic
Nanouk Leopold, Netherlands

 

GRAND PRIX – CRYSTAL GLOBE (25 000 USD)
The financial award is shared equally by the director and producer of the award-winning film.
“I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians” / „Îmi este indiferent dacă în istorie vom intra ca barbari”
Directed by: Radu Jude
Romania, Czech Republic, France, Bulgaria, Germany, 2018

Personal stories and quests for truth dominated the Karlovy Vary film fest this year with Romanian Radu Jude taking the Crystal Globe and $25,000 for best film with his story of a director who refuses to compromise with Holocaust deniers, I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians.

The film, which also won the Europa Cinemas network prize and support, employs a meta-structure historical immersion to convey a little-known chapter of WWII in which popular general Ion Antonescu led a massacre of Jews. Jury member Mark Cousins said Jude’s film “points a finger at those people who are rewriting history.”

Producer Ada Solomon, in accepting the award with Jude, dedicated it “to every true patriot who dares to speak the truth about their country.” She cited parallels in the fight for the truth about Romania’s role in Holocaust with the honesty of Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, who has been imprisoned in Russia since 2014 on trumped up charges and is now on a hunger strike, voicing hope he “will be a filmmaker, not a martyr.”

 

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE (15 000 USD)
The financial award is shared equally by the director and producer of the award-winning film.
Sueño Florianópolis / Sueño Florianópolis
Directed by: Ana Katz
Argentina, Brasil, France, 2018

BEST DIRECTOR AWARD
Olmo Omerzu for the film Winter Flies / Všechno bude
Czech Republic, Slovenia, Poland, Slovakia, 2018

BEST ACTRESS AWARD
Mercedes Morán for her role in the film Sueño Florianópolis / Sueño Florianópolis
Directed by: Ana Katz
Argentina, Brasil, France, 2018

BEST ACTOR AWARD
Moshe Folkenflik for his role in the film Redemption / Geula
Directed by: Joseph Madmony, Boaz Yehonatan Yacov
Israel, 2018

SPECIAL JURY MENTION
Jumpman / Podbrosy
Directed by: Ivan I. Tverdovskiy
Russia, Lithuania, Ireland, France, 2018

SPECIAL JURY MENTION
History of Love / Zgodovina ljubezni
Directed by: Sonja Prosenc
Slovenia, Italy, Norway, 2018

 

E A S T   O F   T H E   W E S T   –   C O M P E T I T I O N 

EAST OF THE WEST JURY
Peter Badač, Slovakia
Iris Elezi, Albania
Myriam Sassine, Lebanon
Dounia Sichov, France
Andrei Tănăsescu, Romania

EAST OF THE WEST GRAND PRIX (15 000 USD)
The financial award is shared equally by the director and producer of the award-winning film.
Suleiman Mountain / Suleiman gora
Directed by: Elizaveta Stishova
Kyrgyzstan, Russia, 2017

EAST OF THE WEST SPECIAL JURY PRIZE (10 000 USD)
The financial award is shared equally by the director and producer of the award-winning film.
Blossom Valley / Virágvölgy
Directed by: László Csuja
Hungary, 2018

 

D O C U M E N T A R Y   F I L M S   –   C O M P E T I T I O N 

DOCUMENTARY FILMS JURY
Raúl Camargo, Chile
M. Siam, Egypt
Diana Tabakov, Czech Republic

GRAND PRIX FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM (5 000 USD)
The financial award goes to the director of the award-winning film.
Putin’s Witnesses / Svideteli Putina
Directed by: Vitaly Mansky
Latvia, Switzerland, Czech Republic, 2018

DOCUMENTARY SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Walden / Walden
Directed by: Daniel Zimmermann
Switzerland, Austria, 2018

PRÁVO AUDIENCE AWARD
Rain Man / Rain Man
Directed by: Barry Levinson
USA, 1988

CRYSTAL GLOBE FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION TO WORLD CINEMA
Tim Robbins, USA

CRYSTAL GLOBE FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION TO WORLD CINEMA
Barry Levinson, USA

FESTIVAL PRESIDENT’S AWARD
Robert Pattinson, United Kingdom

FESTIVAL PRESIDENT’S AWARD FOR CONTRIBUTION TO CZECH CINEMATOGRAPHY
Jaromír Hanzlík, Czech Republic

 

N O N – S T A T U T O R Y   A W A R D S 

AWARD OF INTERNATIONAL FILM CRITICS (FIPRESCI)
Awarded by The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI).

FIPRESCI JURY
René Marx, France
Marita Nyrhinen, Finland
Alejandra Trelles, Uruguay

Sueño Florianópolis / Sueño Florianópolis
Directed by: Ana Katz
Argentina, Brasil, France, 2018

THE ECUMENICAL JURY AWARD

THE ECUMENICAL JURY
Michael Otřísal, Czech Republic
Milja Radovic, United Kingdom
David Sipoš, Slovenia

Redemption / Geula
Directed by: Joseph Madmony, Boaz Yehonatan Yacov
Israel, 2018

Commendations

Winter Flies / Všechno bude
Directed by: Olmo Omerzu
Czech Republic, Slovenia, Poland, Slovakia, 2018

Miriam Lies / Miriam miente
Directed by: Natalia Cabral, Oriol Estrada
Dominican Republic, Spain 2018

FEDEORA AWARD
Awarded by the Federation of Film Critics of Europe and the Mediterranean (FEDEORA) to the best film from the East of the West – Competition.

FEDEORA JURY
Stefan Dobroiu, Romania
Natascha Drubek, Germany
Nenad Dukić, Serbia

Suleiman Mountain / Suleiman gora
Directed by: Elizaveta Stishova
Kyrgyzstan, Russia, 2017

EUROPA CINEMAS LABEL AWARD
For the best European film in the Official Selection – Competition and in the East of the West – Competition.

EUROPA CINEMAS LABEL JURY
Daira Āboliņa, Latvia
Simon Blaas, Netherlands
Balázs Kalmanovits, Hungary
Jan Makosch, Germany

“I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians” / „Îmi este indiferent dacă în istorie vom intra ca barbari”
Directed by: Radu Jude
Romania, Czech Republic, France, Bulgaria, Germany, 2018

 

W O R K S   I N   P R O G R E S S ,   D O C S   I N   P R O G R E S S   A N D   E U R I M A G E S   L A B   P R O J E C T   A W A R D   A T   K V I F F   2 0 1 8 

WORKS IN PROGRESS (100,000 Euro)
JURY
Matthijs Wouter Knol, Germany
Rossitsa Valkanova, Bulgaria
Rickard Olsson, Sweden

During Works in Progress, eleven projects were presented from countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, the former Soviet Union, and now also the Middle East. A prize in the value of 100,000 Euro will be given to the project. The whole award consists of post-production services in UPP (60,000 Euro), Soundsquare (30,000 Euro), and a cash prize of 10,000 Euro from Barrandov Studio.

All This Victory / All This Victory
Director: Ahmad Ghossein
Producer: Georges Schoucair, Myriam Sassine, Marie-Pierre Macia, Claire Gadéa, Fabian Massah
Lebanon, France, Germany

DOCS IN PROGRESS (5,000 Euro)
JURY
Tanja Georgieva, Germany
Noemi Schory, Israel
Shane Smith, Canada

Ten projects from Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, the former Soviet Union, and the Middle East were presented within Docs in Progress event which introduced new documentary films that will premiere after the Karlovy Vary IFF. The winning film received a cash prize in the amount of 5,000 Euro.

The Projectionist / The Projectionist
Director: Yuriy Shylov
Producer: Gennady Kofman, Olha Beskhmelnytsina, Dirk Simon, Miroslaw Dembinski
Ukraine, Germany, Poland

A Special Mention was awarded to the Polish project Little Poland by Matej Bobrik.

EURIMAGES LAB PROJECT AWARD (50,000 Euro)
JURY
David Kořínek, Czech Republic
Dorien van de Pas, Netherlands
Christoph Terhechte, Germany

KVIFF is the first of four international film festivals in Europe to be awarding the Eurimage prize. KVIFF has selected projects for the Eurimage prize that surpass traditional film methods and are based on international cooperation. The prize was awarded in the value of 50,000 Euro. Eight Eurimages projects were presented at the KVIFF.

Normal / Normal
Director: Adele Tulli
Producer: Valeria Adilardi, Laura Romano, Luca Ricciardi
Italy, Sweden

 

STATISTICS OF THE 53RD KARLOVY VARY IFF 2018
The 53rd Karlovy Vary IFF 2018 was attended by 13 080 accredited visitors. Of that number 10 857 had Festival Passes, 403 were filmmakers, 1190 film professionals, and 630 journalists. There were a total of 501 film screenings and total of 140 135 tickets were sold. A total of 236 films were
shown: 181 feature films (143 full-length and 38 short) and 55 documentary films (35 full-length and 20 short). 35 films received their world premiere, while 8 had their international premiere and 7 their European premiere. 182 screenings were personally presented by delegations of filmmakers. 103 Press & Industry screenings were held.

FILM INDUSTRY AT THE 53RD KARLOVY VARY IFF 2018
1373 film buyers, sellers, distributors, film festival programmers, representatives of film institutions, and other industry professionals were accredited for the 53rd Karlovy Vary IFF. 545 accredited film professionals came to the festival from abroad. 265 film buyers and distributors and 183 festival programmers chose from the new films and Works in Progress.

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