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The 52nd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, a non-specialized festival with three competitive categories, took place from June 30th to July 8th 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 53rd Karlovy Vary IFF will be held from June 29th to 7th July 2018. On July 8th 2017, the festival’s juries presented awards for the best films at the closing ceremony of the 52nd Karlovy Vary IFF.
OFFICIAL SELECTION – COMPETITION
GRAND JURY
Anna Brüggemann, Germany
Sarah Flack, USA
Ciro Guerra, Columbia
Michel Merkt, Principality of Monaco
Štefan Uhrík, Czech Republic
GRAND PRIX – CRYSTAL GLOBE (25 000 USD)
The financial award is shared equally by the director and producer of the award-winning film.
Little Crusader / Křižáček
Directed by: Václav Kadrnka
Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Italy, 2017
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE (15 000 USD)
The financial award is shared equally by the director and producer of the award-winning film.
Men Don’t Cry / Muškarci ne plaču
Directed by: Alen Drljević
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Croatia, Germany, 2017
BEST DIRECTOR AWARD
Peter Bebjak for the film The Line / Čiara
Slovak Republic, Ukraine, 2017
BEST ACTRESS AWARD
Jowita Budnik and Eliane Umuhire ex-aequo for their roles in the film Birds Are Singing in Kigali / Ptaki śpiewają w Kigali
Directed by: Joanna Kos-Krauze, Krzysztof Krauze
Poland, 2017
BEST ACTOR AWARD
Alexander Yatsenko for his role in the film Arrhythmia / Aritmiya
Directed by: Boris Khlebnikov
Russia, Finland, Germany, 2017
SPECIAL JURY MENTION
For the best First Feature Film
Keep the Change
Directed by: Rachel Israel
USA, 2017
SPECIAL JURY MENTION
For the Best Newcomer
Voica Oltean, actress
Breaking News
Directed by: Iulia Rugină
Romania, 2017
EAST OF THE WEST – COMPETITION
EAST OF THE WEST JURY
Evrim Ersoy, Turkey
Cosima Finkbeiner, Germany
Rusudan Glurjidze, Georgia
Igor Soukmanov, Republic of Belarus
Karla Stojáková, Czech Republic
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.
How Viktor “the Garlic” Took Alexey “the Stud” to the Nursing Home / Kak Vitka Chesnok vez Lecha Shtyrya v dom invalidov
Directed by: Alexander Hant
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.
Dede
Directed by: Mariam Khatchvani
Georgia, Qatar, Ireland, Netherlands, Croatia, 2017
DOCUMENTARY FILMS – COMPETITION
DOCUMENTARY FILMS JURY
Roberto Cueto, Spain
Anne Fabini, Germany
Pavla Janoušková Kubečková, Czech Republic
Grand Prix for Best Documentary Film (5 000 USD)
The financial award goes to the director of the award-winning film.
Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle / Muchos hijos, un mono y un castillo
Directed by: Gustavo Salmerón
Spain, 2017
Documentary Special Jury Prize
Atelier de conversation
Directed by: Bernhard Braunstein
Austria, France, Liechtenstein, 2017
Právo AUDIENCE AWARD
Wind River
Režie: Taylor Sheridan
USA, 2016
Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema
Ken Loach, United Kingdom
Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema
Paul Laverty, United Kingdom
Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema
James Newton Howard, USA
Festival President’s Award
Uma Thurman, USA, Casey Affleck, USA and Jeremy Renner, USA
Festival President’s Award for Contribution to Czech Cinematography
Václav Vorlíček, Czech Republic
NON-STATUTORY AWARDS
AWARD OF INTERNATIONAL FILM CRITICS (FIPRESCI)
Awarded by The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI).
FIPRESCI JURY
Peter Kremski, Germany
Karin Svensson, Sweden
Kaan Karsan, Turkey
Keep the Change
Directed by: Rachel Israel
USA, 2017
THE ECUMENICAL JURY AWARD
THE ECUMENICAL JURY
Ennio Terrasi Borghesan, Italy
Laura Lots, Switzerland
Petr Vacík, Czech Republic
The Cakemaker
Directed by: Ofir Raul Graizer
Israel, Germany, 2017
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
Kostas Terzis, Greece
Blagoja Kunovski, Macedonia
Eva af Geijerstam, Sweden
Mariţa
Directed by: Cristi Iftime
Romania, 2017
Special Mention
Blue Silence
Directed by: Bülent Öztürk
Turkey, Belgium, 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
Marijana Bosnjak, Croatia
Kevin Coyne, Ireland
Zachary Ioannides, Greece
Stein Sorensen, Norway
Men Don’t Cry / Muškarci ne plaču
Directed by: Alen Drljević
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Croatia, Germany, 2017
THE WINNERS OF WORKS IN PROGRESS AWARD AND EURIMAGES LAB PROJECT AWARD @ KVIFF
JURY
WORKS IN PROGRESS AWARD @ KVIFF
At the 14th edition of Works in Progress @KVIFF, eight selected projects (plus one out of competition) were presented from a total of 77 submissions from Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Turkey, Greece and post-Soviet territories. The 2017 award, with a total value of EUR 100,000, includes post-production services at UPP and Soundsquare and a EUR 10,000 cash award from Barrandov Studio.
Censor / Cenzorka
80 min, Slovak Republic
Directed by: Peter Kerekes
Produced by: Peter Kerekes
Camera: Martin Kollár
Cast: Irina Alexandrovna, Jura Car, Ljubov Vassilina
EURIMAGES LAB PROJECT AWARD @ KVIFF
The Karlovy Vary IFF is one of four international festivals to present this award. The final eight projects were selected from 45 submitted projects from Eurimages countries that are currently in production or post-production, are being made outside the traditional filmmaking framework, and involve international co-operation. The best project receives an award of EUR 50,000.
The Stand-In / La Controfigurata
70 min, Italy, France, Morocco
Directed by: Rä di Martino
Scriptwriter: Rä di Martino
Producer: Marco Alessi
Camera: Gianclaudio Giacomini, Giulio Squillacciotti, Hasnae el Ouarga
Cast: Valeria Gollino, Filippo Timi, Corrado Sassi, Younes Bouad, Nadia Kounda, Nisrine Adam
STATISTICS OF THE 52nd KARLOVY VARY IFF 2017
The 52nd Karlovy Vary IFF 2017 was attended by 13 734 accredited visitors. Of that number 11 554 had Festival Passes, 398 were filmmakers, 1165 film professionals, and 617 journalists.
There were a total of 505 film screenings and total of 140 067 tickets were sold. A total of 207 films were shown: 179 feature films (144 full-length and 35 short) and 28 documentary films. 23 films received their world premiere, while 18 had their international premiere and 13 their European premiere. 183 screenings were personally presented by delegations of filmmakers. 96 Press & Industry screenings were held.
FILM INDUSTRY AT THE 52nd KARLOVY VARY IFF 2017
1248 film buyers, sellers, distributors, film festival programmers, representatives of film institutions, and other industry professionals were accredited for the 52nd Karlovy Vary IFF. 547 accredited film professionals came to the festival from abroad. 213 film buyers and distributors and 222 festival programmers chose from the new films and Works in Progress.
ORGANIZER OF THE 52nd KARLOVY VARY IFF 2017
Film Servis Festival Karlovy Vary, a.s.
FESTIVAL PRESIDENT
Jiří Bartoška
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Karel Och
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Kryštof Mucha
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Petr Lintimer
ARTISTIC CONSULTANT
Eva Zaoralová
TRAILERS DIRECTORS
Ivan Zachariáš and Martin Krejčí
DESIGN
Zuzana Lednická, Aleš Najbrt, Michal Nanoru /Studio Najbrt/
FOTO
Václav Jirásek
FESTIVAL PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Martin Chocholoušek
The 52nd Karlovy Vary IFF is supported by: Ministry of Culture Czech Republic
General partner: CEZ Group
Main partners: Vodafone Czech Republic a.s., innogy, Pivovary Lobkowicz Group, City of Karlovy Vary, Karlovy Vary Region
Partners: UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia, a.s., UNIPETROL, a.s., KKCG investment group, Czech Chamber of Commerce, MALL.cz
Official car: BMW
Official coffee: Nespresso
Supported by: CZECHOSLOVAK GROUP, Česká zbrojovka, a.s. and Seznam.cz
In cooperation with: CzechTourism, Ministry of Regional Development
Partner of the People Next Door section: Sirius Foundation
Official beverage: Karlovarská Korunní
Official champagne: Moët & Chandon
Official drink: Finlandia Vodka
Official make-up artist: Douglas
International shipping partner: DHL Express (Czech Republic), s.r.o.
Main media partners: Czech Television, Czech Radio Radiožurnál, PRÁVO, Novinky.cz, REFLEX
Media partners: JCDecaux Group, ELLE Magazine, magazine TV Star, Radio 1
Festival awards supplier: MOSER, a.s
Supplier: JT International spol. s r.o.
Hardware supplier: Fujitsu
Software solutions: Microsoft
Consumer electronics supplier: LG Electronics
Partner of the festival Instagram: PROFIMED
Main hotel partners: SPA HOTEL THERMAL, Grandhotel Pupp, Augustine, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Prague
Partner of the No Barriers Project: innogy Energie
Partner of the Industry Pool: Barrandov Studio
Wine supplier: Víno Marcinčák
GPS technology supplier: ECS Invention spol. s r.o.
Official bike: Specialized
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