06-07-2013

KVIFF - FINAL PRESS RELEASE

The 48^th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, a non-specialized festival with four competition categories, took place from June 28^th to July 6^th this year. It was organized by Film Servis Fesival Karlovy Vary, a.s., with Jiří Bartoška as president of the festival and Karel Och as artistic director. The 49^th Karlovy Vary IFF will be held from July 4^th to July 12^th, 2014.

On July 6^th 2013, the festival’s juries presented awards for the best films at the closing ceremony of the
48^th Karlovy Vary IFF.

Official Selection – Competition

Grand Jury

Agnieszka Holland, Poland (president of the Jury)

Ivo Andrle, Czech Republic

Frédéric Boyer, France

Alon Garbuz, Israel

Claudia Llosa, Peru

Meenakshi Shedde, India

Sigurjon "Joni" Sighvatsson, Iceland

Grand Prix - Crystal Globe (25 000 USD)

The financial award is shared equally by the director and producer of the award-winning film.

Le grand cahier / A nagy füzet
Directed by: János Szász
Hungary, Germany, Austria, France, 2013

Special Jury Prize (15 000 USD)

The financial award is shared equally by the director and producer of the award-winning film.

A Field in England
Directed by: Ben Wheatley
United Kingdom, 2013

Best Director Award

Jan Hřebejk
for the film Honeymoon / Líbánky
Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, 2013

Best Actress Award

Amy Morton
for her role in the film Bluebird
Directed by: Lance Edmands
USA, Sweden, 2012

ex aero

Louisa Krause
for her role in the film Bluebird
Directed by: Lance Edmands
USA, Sweden, 2012

ex aero

Emily Meade
for her role in the film Bluebird
Directed by: Lance Edmands
USA, Sweden, 2012

ex aero

Margo Martindale
for her role in the film Bluebird
Directed by: Lance Edmands
USA, Sweden, 2012

Best Actor Award

Ólafur Darri Ólafsson
for his role in the film XL
Directed by: Marteinn Þórsson
Iceland, 2013

Special Mention

Papusza
Directed by: Joanna Kos-Krauze, Krzysztof Krauze
Poland, 2013

East of the West – Films in Competition

East of the West Jury

Éva Vezér, Hungary (chairwoman)

Peter Paul Huth, Germany

Maja Miloš, Serbia

Piotr Mularuk, Poland

Sergej Stanojkovski, Germany

East of the West Award (20 000 USD)

Floating Skyscrapers / Płynące wieżowce
Directed by: Tomasz Wasilewski
Poland, 2013

Special Mention

Miracle / Zázrak
Directed by: Juraj Lehotský
Slovak Republic, Czech Republic, 2013

Documentary Films in Competition

Documentary Film Jury

Krzysztof Gierat, Poland (chairman)

Maria Bonsanti, Italy

Martin Mareček, Czech Republic

Sergio Oksman, Spain

Andrea Reuter, Sweden

Best Documentary Film over 30 minutes long (5 000 USD)

Pipeline / Truba
Directed by: Vitaly Manskiy
Russia, Germany, Czech Republic, 2013

Best Documentary Film under 30 minutes long (5 000 USD)

Beach Boy
Directed by: Emil Langballe
United Kingdom, 2013

Special Mention

The Manor
Directed by: Shawney Cohen
Canada, 2013

Forum of Independents

Independent Camera Jury

Jan Ole Gerster, Germany

Michael Málek, Czech Republic

Leslie Vuchot, France

Independent Camera Award

Things the Way They Are / Las cosas como son
Directed by: Fernando Lavanderos
Chile, 2012

Audience Award

Revival
Directed by: Alice Nellis
Czech Republic, 2013

Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema

Theodor Pištěk
Czech Republic

Oliver Stone
USA

John Travolta
USA

Festival President´s Award

Vojtěch Jasný
Czech Republic

Non-Statutory Awards

Award of International Film Critics (FIPRESCI)

Shame / Styd
Directed by: Yusup Razykov
Russia, 2013

FIPRESCI Jury

György Báron, Hungary (chairman)

Richard Mowe, Scottland

Mike Naafs, Netherlands

Latika Padgaonkar, India

Šimon Šafránek, Czech Republic

The Ecumenical Jury Award

Bluebird
Directed by: Lance Edmands
USA, Sweden, 2012

The Ecumenical Jury

Marisa Villareale, Germany (chairwoman)

Jan Regner, Czech Republic

Lothar Strüber, Germany

Helena Zvolská, Czech Republic

Federation of Film Critics of Europe and the Mediterranean (FEDEORA)

FEDEORA Award

For the best film from East of the West competition section

Velvet Terrorists / Zamatoví teroristi
Directed by: Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarčík, Peter Kerekes
Slovak Republic, Czech Republic, Croatia, 2013

FEDEORA Jury

James Evans, United Kingdom (chairman)

Michael Ranze, Austria
Tonci Valentić, Croatia

Europa Cinemas Label Award

Le grand cahier / A nagy füzet
Directed by: János Szász
Hungary, Germany, Austria, France, 2013

Europa Cinemas Label Jury

Christophe Maffi, France (chairman)

Mette Schramm, Denmark

Michael Spiegel, Germany

Tiina Teras, Estonia

Works In Progress 2013

19 selected projects were presented in the Works in Progress 2013. The most promising project selected by the International Jury received the award of 10.000 Euros in services from the event’s partner Barrandov Studios.

The Works in Progress Jury 2013

Keiko Funato, France (Alpha Violet)

Mira Staleva, Bulgary (Sofia IFF, Sofia Meetings)

Pavel Strnad, Czech Republic (Negativ)

Award of 10 000 Euros in Services for the Most Promising Project

Blind dates / Brma Paemnebi
Directed by: Levan Koguashvili
Georgia
The project was presented by Olena Yershova, producer of the film.

Statistics of the 48^th Karlovy Vary IFF 2013

The 48^th Karlovy Vary IFF 2013 was attended by 12028 accredited visitors. Of that number 10155 had Festival Passes, 375 were filmmakers, 855 film professionals, and 643 journalists.

128031 tickets were sold for 461 film screenings. A total of 235 films were shown: 197 feature films (163 full-length and 34 short) and 38 documentary films (30 full-length and 8 short). 23 films received their world premiere, while 30 had their international premiere and 13 their European premiere. 35 of the films screened were debuts. 194 screenings were personally presented by delegations of filmmakers. 108 Press & Industry screenings were held.

Film Industry at the 48^th Karlovy Vary IFF 2013

855 film buyers, sellers, distributors, film festival programmers, representatives of film institutions, and other industry professionals were accredited for the 48^th Karlovy Vary IFF. 436 accredited film professionals came to the festival from abroad. 159 film buyers and distributors and 127 festival programmers chose from the new films and Works in Progress.