The 47^th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, a non-specialized festival with four competition categories, took place from June 29^st to July 7^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 48^th Karlovy Vary IFF will be held from June 28^th to July 6^th, 2013.

On July 7^th 2012, the festival's juries presented awards for the best films at the closing ceremony of the
47^th Karlovy Vary IFF.

Official Selection - Competition

Grand Jury

Richard Peña - President of the Jury, USA

Rajko Grlić, Croatia

Maria Hatzakou, Greece

Makram Khoury, Israel

Joanna Kos-Krauze, Poland

Ivo Mathé, Czech Republic

François Papineau, France

Grand Prix - Crystal Globe (25 000 USD)

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

The Almost Man / Mer eller mindre mann

Directed by: Martin Lund
Norway, 2012

Special Jury Prize (15 000 USD)

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

Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy / Romanzo di una strage
Directed by: Marco Tullio Giordana
Italy, 2012

Best Director Award

Rafaël Ouellet
for the film Camion
Canada, 2012

Best Actress Award

Leila Hatami
for her role in the film The Last Step / Peleh akhar
Directed by: Ali Mosaffa
Iran, 2012

Best Actor Award

Henrik Rafaelsen
for his role in the film The Almost Man / Mer eller mindre mann
Directed by: Martin Lund
Norway, 2012

ex aequo

Eryk Lubos
for his role in the film To Kill a Beaver / Zabić bobra
Directed by: Jan Jakub Kolski
Poland, 2012

Special Mention

Pavel Liška

for his role in the film Polski film
Directed by: Marek Najbrt
Czech Republic, Poland, 2012

Tomáš Matonoha

for his role in the film Polski film
Directed by: Marek Najbrt
Czech Republic, Poland, 2012

Marek Daniel

for his role in the film Polski film
Directed by: Marek Najbrt
Czech Republic, Poland, 2012

Josef Polášek

for his role in the film Polski film
Directed by: Marek Najbrt
Czech Republic, Poland, 2012

Yannis Papadopoulos

for his role in the film Boy Eating the Bird's Food / To agori troi to fagito tou pouliou

Directed by: Ektoras Lygizos
Greece, 2012

East of the West - Films in Competition

East of the West Jury

Vladimir Blaževski - Chairman, Macedonia

Jaromír Blažejovský, Czech Republic

Natascha Drubek, Germany

Ágnes Kocsis, Hungary

John Nein, USA

East of the West Award (20 000 USD)

House with a Turret / Dom s bashenkoy
Directed by: Eva Neymann
Ukraine, 2011

Special Mention

Vanishing Waves / Aurora

Directed by: Kristina Buožytė, Bruno Samper
Lithuania, France, Belgium, 2012

Documentary Films in Competition

Documentary Film Jury

Ron Yerxa - Chairman, USA

José Luis Cienfuegos, Spain

Tizza Covi, Italy

Pamela Jahn, Germany

Jiří Konečný, Czech Republic

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

Sofia's Last Ambulance / Poslednata lineika na Sofia
Directed by: Ilian Metev
Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, 2012

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

Story for the Modlins
Directed by: Sergio Oksman
Spain, 2012

Special Mention

Private Universe / Soukromý vesmír

Directed by: Helena Třeštíková
Czech Republic, 2012

Forum of Independents

Independent Camera Jury

Massoud Bakhshi, Iran

Aida LiPera, USA

Michael Málek, Czech Republic

Independent Camera Award

Death of a Man in Balkans / Smrt čoveka na Balkanu
Directed by: Miroslav Momčilović
Serbia, 2012

Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema

Dame Helen Mirren

Susan Sarandon

Festival President´s Award

Josef Somr

Audience Award

Come As You Are / Hasta la vista

Directed by: Geoffrey Enthoven

Belgium, 2011

Non-Statutory Awards

Award of International Film Critics (FIPRESCI)

FIPRESCI Jury

Lesley Chow, Australia

Carmen Gray, UK

Nil Kural, Turkey

Łukasz Maciejewski, Poland

Vojtěch Rynda, Czech Republic

International Critics' Prize

Peleh akhar / The Last Step
Director: Ali Mosaffa
Iran, 2012

The Ecumenical Jury

Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati, Switzerland

Barbara Lorey de Lacharrière, France

Heinz Kersten, Germany

Michael Otřísal, Czech Republic

Rafal Wieczyński, Poland

Lukáš Jirsa, Czech Republic

The Ecumenical Jury Award

Camion
Directed by: Rafaël Ouellet

Canada, 2012

Ecumenical Jury Commendation

Hay Road / Estrada de Palha
Directed by: Rodrigo Areias

Portugal, Finland, 2011

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

FEDEORA Jury

Ronald Bergan, UK

Furio Fossati, Italy

Eero Tammi, Finland

FEDEORA Award

For the best film from East of the West competition section

Poupata / Flower Buds
Directed by: Zdeněk Jiráský

Czech Republic, 2011

Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC)

NETPAC Jury

Helmut Janes, Estonia

Kais Kasim, Iraq

Neel Chaudhuri, India

NETPAC Award

For the best Asian film

Beyond the Hill / Tepenin ardi

Directed by: Emin Alper

Turkey, Greece, 2012

Europa Cinemas Label

Europa Cinemas Label Jury

Urszula Biel, Poland

Jaki McDougall, UK

Wolfgang Steininger, Austria

Rita Stella, Italy

Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy / Romanzo di una strage
Directed by: Marco Tullio Giordana

Italy, 2012

Works In Progress 2012

18 selected projects were presented in the Works in Progress 2012. The most promising project selected by the International Jury received the award 10.000 Euros in services from the event's partner Barrandov Studios.

The Works in Progress Jury 2012

Ivo Andrle, Aerofilms, Czech Republic

Amy Dotson, Independent Filmmakers Projects, USA

Silje Nikoline Glimsdal, TrustNordisk, Denmark

Award 10 000 Euros in Services for the Most Promising Project

The Eternal Return of Antonis P / I Aionia Epistrofi Tou Antoni Paraskeua

Directed by: Elina Psykou

Greece

the project was presented by Elina Psykou and Giorgos Karnavas

Statistics of the 47^th Karlovy Vary IFF 2012

The 47th Karlovy Vary IFF 2012 was attended by 11 471 accredited visitors. Of that number 9 596 had Festival Passes, 405 were filmmakers, 803 film professionals, and 667 journalists.

121 071 tickets were sold for 410 film screenings. A total of 218 films were shown: 162 feature films
(151 full-length and 11 short) and 56 documentary films (33 full-length and 23 short). 23 films received their world premiere, while 35 had their international premiere and 8 their European premiere. 56 of the films screened were debuts. 180 screenings were personally presented by delegations of filmmakers.
99 Press & Industry Screenings were held.

Film Industry at the 47^th Karlovy Vary IFF 2012

803 film buyers, sellers, distributors, film festival programmers, representatives of film institutions, and other industry professionals were accredited for the 47th Karlovy Vary IFF. 387 accredited film professionals came to the festival from abroad. 131 film buyers and distributors and 120 festival programmers chose from the new films and Works in Progress.

Karlovy Vary online screening room on Cinando

In co-operation with Cinando.com, the Karlovy Vary IFF this year is again offering buyers, distributors and other users of Cinando.com the opportunity to watch the films from Official Selection - Competition and East of the West - Films in Competition. The screening room went live on July 5^th, 2012.

Organiser of the 47^th Karlovy Vary IFF

Film Servis Festival Karlovy Vary Inc.

Festival President

Jiří Bartoška

Artistic Director

Karel Och

Executive Director

Kryštof Mucha

Production Manager

Petr Lintimer

Artistic Advisor

Eva Zaoralová

Trailers Directors

Ivan Zachariáš and Martin Krejčí

Graphic and Poster Design

Jan Matoušek, Aleš Najbrt /Studio Najbrt/

Festival Production Designer

Martin Chocholoušek

The organisers of the 47^th Karlovy Vary IFF would like to thank to all partners which help to organize the festival.

The 47^th Karlovy Vary IFF was supported by Ministry of Culture Czech Republic.

General Partner

CEZ Group

Main partners

RWE

Vodafone Czech Republic, a.s.

City of Karlovy Vary

Partners

SONY

EUROVIA CS Construction Group

Investment Group KKCG

UniCredit Bank Czech Republic, a.s.

Budweiser Budvar

Supported by

ČD Cargo, a. s.

Lesy České republiky, s.p.

Karlovarský kraj

Official car

Audi

Official Make-Up Artist

L'Oréal Paris

Official Beverage

Karlovarská Korunní

International Shipping Partner

DHL Express (Czech Republic), s.r.o.

Carriers

Czech Airlines, a.s.

Air France

Fuel Supplier

Benzina, s.r.o.

Main Media Partners

PRÁVO

Česká televize

Český rozhlas

REFLEX

Novinky.cz

Media Partners

JCDecaux Group

Euro Weekly Magazine

Radio 1

magazine TV Star

Filmstage

InStyle

Festival Awards Supplier

MOSER, a.s.

Software Solutions

Microsoft

Official Fest Food

Bageterie Boulevard

Main Hotel Partner

Mandarin Oriental, Prague

Hotel Partner

InterContinental Prague

Official Bike

Specialized

The sponsor of the No Barriers project is RWE.

The partner of the No Barriers project is Nadace Charty 77 Konto bariéry.

Non-Profit Partner is Foundation of Jedlička Institute.