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13-07-2008

Terribly Happy wins Karlovy Vary grand prize

By Karlovy Vary Press Release
    Danish entry Terribly Happy won the Crystal Globe at the 44th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, which concluded July 12. Jury president Ivan Passer presented the award to the film's director Henrik Ruben Genz.
    K A R L O V Y V A R Y
    I N T E R N A T I O N A L F I L M F E S T I V A L
    Final Press Release (July 12th, 2008)
    The 43rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, a non-specialized festival with a competition
    of full-length feature films, a competition of documentary films, and the East of the West
    competition, took place from July 4th to July 12th this year.
    It was organized by FILM SERVIS FESTIVAL Karlovy Vary, a.s., the president of the festival
    is Jiří Bartoška, the artistic director Eva Zaoralová.
    The 44th Karlovy Vary IFF will be held from July 3rd – 11th, 2009.
    COMPETITION OF FULL-LENGTH FEATURE FILMS
    Grand Jury
    Ivan Passer – President of the Jury, USA
    Brenda Blethyn, United Kingdom
    Ari Folman, Israel
    Ted Hope, USA
    Jan P. Muchow, Czech Republic
    Johanna ter Steege, Netherlands
    Vilmos Zsigmond, USA
    GRAND PRIX – CRYSTAL GLOBE (30,000 USD)
    The financial award is shared equally by the director and producer of the award-winning film.
    Terribly Happy (Frygtelig Lykkelig)
    Denmark, 2008
    Director: Henrik Ruben Genz
    SPECIAL JURY PRIZE (20,000 USD)
    The financial award is shared equally by the director and producer of the award-winning film.
    The Photograph, Indonesia, France, Netherlands,
    Switzerland, Sweden, 2008
    Director: Nan T. Achnas
    BEST DIRECTOR AWARD
    Captive (Plennyj), Russia, Bulgaria, 2008
    Director: Alexey Uchitel
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    K A R L O V Y V A R Y
    I N T E R N A T I O N A L F I L M F E S T I V A L
    BEST ACTRESS AWARD
    Martha Issová
    for the film Night Owls
    Czech Republic, 2008
    BEST ACTOR AWARD
    Jiří Mádl
    for the film Night Owls
    Czech Republic, 2008
    SPECIAL MENTION
    The Karamazovs, Czech Republic, Poland, 2008
    Director: Petr Zelenka
    The Investigator (A nyomozó), Hungary, Sweden, Ireland, 2008
    Director: Attila Gigor
    DOCUMENTARY FILMS IN COMPETITION
    Documentary Jury
    Jørgen Leth – Chairman of the Jury, Denmark
    Sean Farnel, Canada
    Elda Guidinetti, Switzerland
    Kanako Hayashi, Japan
    Erika Hníková, Czech Republic
    BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM (5 000 USD)
    (under 30 minutes long)
    Lost World (Letűnt világ), Hungary, Finland, 2008
    Director: Gyula Nemes
    BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM (5 000 USD)
    (over 30 minutes long)
    Man on Wire, United Kingdom, 2007
    Director: James Marsh
    SPECIAL MENTION
    Bigger, Stronger, Faster*, USA, 2007
    Director: Christopher Bell
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    I N T E R N A T I O N A L F I L M F E S T I V A L
    EAST OF THE WEST AWARD
    East of the West Jury
    Peter Hames – Chairman of the Jury, United Kingdom
    Milena Andonova, Bulgaria
    Éva Bársony, Hungary
    Annamaria Percavassi, Italy
    Vratislav Šlajer, Czech Republic
    BEST FILM (10 000 USD)
    Tulpan, Kazakhstan, Germany, Switzerland,
    Russia, Poland, 2008
    Director: Sergey Dvortsevoy
    SPECIAL MENTION
    Seamstresses (Šivački), Bulgaria, 2007
    Director: Lyudmil Todorov
    OTHER PRIZES AWARDED AT THE FESTIVAL
    AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION TO WORLD CINEMA
    Robert De Niro, USA
    Dušan Hanák, Slovakia
    Juraj Jakubisko, Slovakia
    Ivan Passer, USA
    FESTIVAL PRESIDENT’S AWARD
    Danny Glover, USA
    Christopher Lee, United Kingdom
    THE TOWN OF KARLOVY VARY AWARD
    Armin Mueller-Stahl, Germany
    PRÁVO AUDIENCE AWARD
    12, Russia, 2007
    Director: Nikita Michalkov
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    K A R L O V Y V A R Y
    I N T E R N A T I O N A L F I L M F E S T I V A L
    NON-STATUTORY AWARDS
    INDEPENDENT CAMERA
    This year at KVIFF Czech Television has for the fourth time awarded the Independent Camera
    prize for the best film from the Forum of Independents.
    Mermaid (Rusalka), Russia, 2007
    Director: Anna Melikyan
    The Jury
    Michael Málek, Czech Republic
    Riina Sildos, Estonia
    Miloš Stehlík, USA
    EUROPA CINEMAS LABEL
    The winning film selected from 17 European pictures which had their premieres at KVIFF
    will receive promotional support and be screened at cinemas in the Europa Cinemas network.
    Bahrtalo! (Good Luck!) (Bahrtalo! [Jó szerencsét!])
    Hungary, Austria, Germany, 2008
    Director: Róbert Lakatos
    Europa Cinemas Label Jury
    Inci Demirkol, Turkey
    Frédéric Henry, France
    Andrzej Puszkiewicz, Poland
    Jakabaffy B. Samu, Romania
    AWARD OF INTERNATIONAL FILM CRITICS (FIPRESCI)
    The Karamazovs (Karamazovi), Czech Republic, Poland, 2008
    Director: Petr Zelenka
    FIPRESCI Jury
    Peter Keough – Chairman, USA
    Swapan Kumar Ghosh, India
    Antonia Kovacheva, Bulgaria
    Jan Foll, Czech Republic
    Harri Römpötti, Finland
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    I N T E R N A T I O N A L F I L M F E S T I V A L
    THE ECUMENICAL JURY AWARD
    The Photograph, Indonesia, France, Netherlands,
    Switzerland, Sweden, 2008
    Director: Nan T. Achnas
    Ecumenical Jury
    Jan Eliáš - Chairman, Czech Republic
    Helena Babická, Czech Republic
    Lucia Cuocci, Italy
    Karel Deburchgrave, Belgium
    Monica Lienin, Switzerland
    Werner Schneider-Quindeau, Germany
    THE DON QUIJOTE PRIZE (FICC – International Federation of Film Societies)
    The Investigator (A nyomozó), Hungary Sweden, Ireland, 2008
    Director: Attila Gigor
    FICC Jury
    Jakub Klíma, Czech Republic
    Marianne Kõrver, Estonia
    Gjertrude Langeland, Norway
    Derick Smith, Ireland
    Raquel Llorca Sanz, Spain
    NETPAC AWARD
    Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema
    Written, South Korea, 2007
    Director: Kim Byung-woo
    Tulpan, Kazakhstan, Germany, Switzerland,
    Russia, Poland, 2008
    Director: Sergey Dvortsevoy
    The Jury
    Intishal Al Timini, Iraq
    Rashmi Doraiswamy, India
    Jiří Flígl, Czech Republic
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    K A R L O V Y V A R Y
    I N T E R N A T I O N A L F I L M F E S T I V A L
    GUESTS OF THE 43rd KARLOVY VARY IFF
    The wife of the President of the Czech Republic, Livia Klausová, Prime Minister Mirek
    Topolánek, Minister of Culture Václav Jehlička.
    FOREIGN ACTRESSES AND ACTORS
    Mohan Agashe - India, Zsolt Anger - Hungary, Arthur Berning - Norway, Jean-Luc Bideau -
    Switzerland, Brenda Blethyn - United Kingdom, Kim Bodnia - Denmark, Saffron Burrows -
    United Kingdom, Jakob Cedergren - Denmark, Grégoire Colin - France, Manuel Cortez -
    Germany, Amélie Daure - France, Robert De Niro - USA, Melonie Diaz - USA, August Diehl
    - Germany, Jadranka Djokić - Croatia, Taavi Eelmaa - Estonia, Ole Christoffer Ertvaag -
    Norway, Sergey Gazarov – Russia, Kat Germain - Canada, Elio Germano - Italy, Danny
    Glover - USA, Ari Gold - USA, Monic Hendrickx - Netherlands, William Houston - United
    Kingdom, Marius Jampolskis - Lithuania, Rasmus Kaljujärv - Estonia, Sam Karmann –
    France, Christopher Lee - United Kingdom, Wang Li - China, Daria Lorenci - Croatia, Zheng
    Luoqian - China, Laia Marull - Spain, Thomas Michael - USA, Armin Mueller-Stahl -
    Germany, Silvia Munt - Spain, Vlad Muntean - Romania, Shebly Niavarani - Sweden,
    Catherine Olson - France, Girish Pandurang Kulkarni - India, Táňa Pauhofová - Slovak
    Republic, Aaron Poole - Canada, Judit Rezes - Hungary, Gabija Ryskuviene - Lithuania, Dar
    Salim - Denmark, Peng Shan - China, Marleyda Soto - Colombia, Jean-François Stevenin -
    France, Anjorka Strechel - Germany, Danuta Szaflarska - Poland, Johanna ter Steege -
    Netherlands, John Travers - United Kingdom, Tambet Tuisk - Estonia, Semra Turan -
    Denmark, Rita Tushingham - United Kingdom, Juhan Ulfsak – Estonia and others.
    FOREIGN DIRECTORS
    Nan T. Achnas - Indonesia, Thanos Anastopoulos - Greece, Milena Andonova - Bulgaria,
    Stefan Arsenijević - Serbia, Linas Augutis - Lithuania, Xavier Baig - Spain, Fabrizio
    Bentivoglio - Italy, Besnik Bisha - Albania, Les Blank - USA, Jana Boková - Argentina, Alex
    Buono - USA, Kristina Buožyte - Lithuania, Kim Byung-woo - South Korea, Barbara Caspar
    - Austria, Ramón Costafreda - Spain, Mijke de Jong - Netherlands, Gábor Dettre - Hungary,
    Vassilis Douvlis - Greece, Sergey Dvortsevoy - Kazakhstan, Vlado Fischer - Slovak Republic,
    Ari Folman - Israel, Matteo Garrone - Italy, Ed Gass-Donnelly - Canada, Henrik Ruben
    Genz - Denmark, Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami - Iran, Attila Gigor - Hungary, Ari Gold -
    USA, Dušan Hanák - Slovak Republic, Veit Helmer - Germany, Zhang Chi - China, Austin
    Chick - USA, Victoria Alice Jenson - USA, Sakamoto Junji - Japan, Janis Kalejs - Latvia,
    Sam Karmann - France, Paul Kieffer - Luxembourg, Matthiew Klinck - Canada, Stefan
    Komandarev - Bulgaria, Stian Kristiansen - Norway, Mikala Krogh - Denmark, Marion
    Laine - France, Róbert Lakatos - Romania, Juraj Lehotský - Slovak Republic, Jørgen Leth -
    Denmark, Ying Liang - China, Phyllida Lloyd - United Kingdom, Ángel Loza - Spain, Filip
    Marczewski - Poland, James Marsh - United Kingdom, Mani Maserrat-Agah - Sweden, Paul
    Mazursky - USA, Tom McCarthy - USA, Richie Mehta - Canada, Franziska Meletzky -
    Germany, Anna Melikyan - Russia, Salvatore Mereu - Italy, Piro Milkani - Albania, Andrea
    Molaioli - Italy, Òscar Moreno - Spain, Silvia Munt - Spain, Radu Muntean - Romania, Anna
    Negri - Italy, Dana Nechushtan - Netherlands, Gyula Nemes - Hungary, Nana Neul -
    Germany, Juraj Nvota - Slovak Republic, Zrinko Ogresta - Croatia, Francesco Patierno -
    Italy, Luis Piedrahita - Spain, Rodrigo Plá - Mexico, Manuel Poutte - Belgium, Janis Putnins
    - Latvia, Lola Randl - Germany, Tamsin Rawady - USA, Marina Razbezhkina - Russia,
    Václav Reischl - Germany, Arturo Ripstein - Mexico, Nicolas Roeg - United Kingdom,
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    K A R L O V Y V A R Y
    I N T E R N A T I O N A L F I L M F E S T I V A L
    Mariana Rondón - Venezuela, Benjamin Ross - United Kingdom, John Sayles - USA, Tom
    Schreiber - Germany, Jeon Soo-il - South Korea, Rodrigo Sopeña - Spain, Götz Spielmann -
    Austria, Marko Škop - Slovak Republic, Thomas Thurman - USA, Bettina Timm - Germany,
    Alexey Uchitel - Russia, Donatas Ulvydas - Lithuania, Macdara Vallely - Ireland, Michiel van
    Jaarsveld - Netherlands, Christophe van Rompaey - Belgium, René Vilbre - Estonia, Umesh
    Vinayak Kulkarni - India, Christina A. Voros - USA, Daniel Wallentin - Sweden, Mustafa
    Zaveri – India and others.
    AMONG THE FESTIVAL’S VISITORS WERE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
    FOLLOWING FOREIGN COMPANIES AND INSTITUTIONS
    3 Legged Dog Films - Canada, Absolut Film Studio - Hungary, Academy of Motion Picture
    Arts and Sciences - USA, ACME Film - Latvia, Agora Films - Switzerland, Arthaus -
    Norway, Arthouse Traffic LLC. - Ukraine, Artileria - Slovak Republic, AS Fidalgo Film
    Distribution - Norway, B&G Filmpro - Albania, Bavaria Film International - Germany, Blue
    Sky Media, LLC - USA, BrunBro Films - Belgium, Budapest Film - Hungary, Cankarjev
    dom - Slovenia, Central Partnership - Russia, Cinemania Group - Slovenia, Cold Fusion
    Media Group, LLC - USA, Dogwoof Pictures - United Kingdom, EEAP Eastern European
    Acquisition Pool - Germany, FBN Motion Pictures - USA, Filmitalia - Italy, FILMLADEN
    GES.M.B.H. - Austria, Films Boutique - Germany, Films Distribution - France, FilmSharks
    Int'l - Argentina, Folkets Bio - Sweden, Fortissimo Film Sales - Netherlands, Hollywood
    Classics - United Kingdom, Imagine Film Distribution - Belgium, Independenta Film -
    Romania, Indigo Film - Italy, Intermedia Films - USA, International Film Distribution -
    France, Intramovies - Italy, K5 International UK - United Kingdom, Katapult Film Sales -
    USA, Kool Filmdistribution - Germany, Kurtzman/Orci - USA, Lietuvos Kinas - Lithuania,
    Maiden Voyage Pictures - United Kingdom, MCF MegaCom Film - Serbia, Moonlight Film
    Distribution - Netherlands, New Cinema Distribution - Russia, NonStop Entertainment -
    Sweden, Pandora Filmproduktions GmbH - Germany, Polyfilm Distribution - Austria,
    Proventus Film House Ltd. - Bulgaria, Rec videoproduccions - Spain, Revolution Films -
    India, REZO - France, Rock Films - Russia, Samuels Media - USA, Senator Entertainment
    AG - Germany, SF Norge - Norway, Soda Pictures - United Kingdom, SPI International
    Poland - Poland, Sundance Film Festival - USA, Sunrise Film Distribution - Denmark,
    Tecolote Productions - USA, Telepool - Germany, The Match Factory - Germany, This is
    that - USA, Tour de Force - Norway, TrustNordisk - Denmark, UMEDIA - France,
    Universum Film - Germany, Wide Management - France, Xenix Filmdistribution GmbH -
    Switzerland, Zentropa Entertainments ApS – Denmark and others.
    CZECH ACTRESSES AND ACTORS
    Zlata Adamovská, Tereza Brodská, Petr Čtvrtníček, Marie Doležalová, Miroslav Donutil, Anna
    Geislerová, Igor Chmela, Klára Issová, Martha Issová, Deana Jakubisková-Horváthová, Iva
    Janžurová, Jana Krausová, Pavel Landovský, Lubomír Lipský, Pavel Liška, Jiří Mádl, Jiří
    Macháček, Kristýna Maléřová, Tomáš Matonoha, Martin Myšička, Petra Nesvačilová, Sandra
    Nováková, Josef Polášek, Bolek Polívka, Saša Rašilov, Karel Roden, Zuzana Stivínová, Bára
    Štěpánová, Lenka Termerová, Ivan Trojan, Radomil Uhlíř, Petr Vacek, Tatiana Vilhelmová and
    others.
    CZECH DIRECTORS
    F.A. Brabec, Zdeněk N. Bričkovský, Martin Duda, Erika Hníková, Jan Hřebejk, Věra Chytilová,
    Juraj Jakubisko, Miroslav Janek, Jiří Krejčík, Josef Lustig, Vladimír Michálek, Alice Nellis, Jan
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    K A R L O V Y V A R Y
    I N T E R N A T I O N A L F I L M F E S T I V A L
    Němec, Miloslav Novák, David Ondříček, Michaela Pavlátová, Jan Prušinovský, Bohdan Sláma,
    Jiří Strach, Jan Svěrák, Olga Špátová, Milan Šteindler, Ondřej Trojan, Helena Třeštíková, Karel
    Vachek, Petr Vachler, Ivan Vojnár, Václav Vorlíček, Ivan Zachariáš, Petr Zelenka and others.
    AMONG THE FESTIVAL’S VISITORS WERE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
    FOLLOWING DOMESTIC COMPANIES AND INSTITUTIONS
    Aerofilms, AQS a.s., Axman Production, Barrandov Studio a.s., Biograf Jan Svěrák s.r.o.,
    Bionaut Films, Blue Sky Film Distribution, a.s., Bontonfilm, a.s., Buc - Film s.r.o., CinemArt,
    a.s., Czech Film Center - Film Commission, Czech Film Center - Film Promotion, DÓMfilm,
    endorfilm, Falcon a.s., Febiofest s.r.o., Film Distribution Artcam, FilmBrigade, Hollywood
    Classic Entertainment, Institut dokumentárního filmu, International Documentary Film Festival
    Jihlava , Jakubisko Film s.r.o., Jan Němec - Film, Kino Aero, Lucky Man Films s.r.o., Magic
    Box - division Bioscop, Media Desk Czech Republic, Negativ s.r.o., One World International
    Human Rights Film Festival, Simply Cinema, s.r.o., SPI International Czech Republic, Stillking
    Films, s.r.o., Total HelpArt T.H.A., Warner Bros. Entertainment - Czech Republic and others.
    SPECIAL PROGRAMMES
    VARIETY CRITICS’ CHOICE & EUROPEAN FILM PROMOTION
    For 11 years now the festival has included the Variety Critics’ Choice, a popular section
    organised by the prestigious film magazine Variety in co-operation with European Film
    Promotion. The magazine’s critics headed by Derek Elley presented their selection of ten
    European films which have particularly caught their attention recently.
    The following films were included in this section this year: Ciao bella (Sweden, directed by
    Mani Maserrat-Agah), Dunya & Desie (Netherlands, Belgium, directed by Dana Nechushtan),
    The Homecoming (I epistrofi, Greece, directed by Vassilis Douvlis), Fighter (Denmark,
    directed by Natasha Arthy), According to the Plan (Frei nach Plan, Germany, directed by
    Franziska Meletzky), Fermat’s Room (La habitación de Fermat, Spain, directed by Luis
    Piedrahita, Rodrigo Sopeña), Don’t Waste Your Time, Johnny! (Lascia perdere, Johnny!, Italy,
    directed by Fabrizio Bentivoglio), Arabian Nights (Nuits d'Arabie, Luxembourg, Belgium,
    Austria, directed by Paul Kieffer), Half-Life (Polčas rozpadu, Slovakia, directed by Vlado
    Fischer).
    EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY MEETING
    A meeting of the members of the European Film Academy was held on July 12th at the
    Grandhotel Pupp. It was attended by: Carlos Cuadro (Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias
    Cinematográficas de España), Nikola Joetze (European Film Academy), Zuzana Mistríková
    (Slovak Film and Television Academy), Manuela Pineskj (Ente David di Donatello), Nick
    Powell (BAFTA), Kirill E. Razlogov (Russian Film Academy), Marek Rozenbaum (Israeli
    Academy of Motion Pictures), Christiane Teichgräber (Deutsche Filmakademie e.V.), Petr
    Vachler, Ivo Mathé (Czech Film and Television Academy), Eva Zaoralová.
    MASTER CLASSES
    A new feature in this year’s KVIFF were regular meetings with directors, actors and other
    filmmakers who presented their work within the framework of the festival programme. These
    Master Classes were held in the afternoons at the Captain Morgan Tent. Six moderated meetings
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    were held with the following: Mexican director Arturo Ripstein and screenwriter Paz Alicia
    Garcíadiego, Danish documentary maker Jørgen Leth, the makers of the film Dr. Alemán,
    British actor Christopher Lee, US independent filmmaker Les Blank and British actress
    Saffron Burrows.
    FESTIVAL SECTIONS AND RETROSPECTIVES
    International competition of full-length feature films
    In compliance with the FIAPF (International Federation of Film Producers Associations) statute
    for non-specialised film festivals, the competition included selected films made after 1 January
    2007, which had not been shown in competition at another international festival. Out of the 14
    films included in this year’s competition, 6 were shown for the first time internationally, 7 had
    their world premiere, and one had its European premiere. Czech entrants in the competition were
    Night Owls by Michaela Pavlátová and The Karamazovs by Petr Zelenka.
    Competition of documentary films
    Documentary films included in this competition were divided into two categories: films under 30
    minutes long (6 films) and over 30 minutes long (10 films).
    East of the West – Films in Competition
    Fifteen films from Central and Eastern Europe and the countries of the former Soviet Bloc which
    were shot since January 1, 2007, were screened in this official competition, which took place for
    the fourth time.
    Besides these three international competition sections, the films at the 43rd Karlovy Vary
    International Film Festival were divided into the traditional festival sections – Horizons,
    Another View, Forum of Independents, Czech Films 2007-2008. The following themed
    sections and retrospectives were also included in this year’s programme:
    Official Selection: Out of Competition – seven pictures were screened in this section.
    East of the West – Out of Competition – the Czech film I am Bigger and Better (2007) by
    director Martin Duda and the Slovenian picture On the Sunny Side of the Alps (2007) by director
    Janez Burger.
    Forum of Independents: Tribute to Les Blank – five films by the American documentary
    maker were shown in this section.
    Tribute to Dušan Hanák – Pictures of the Old World (1972) and The Rosy Dreams (1976) by
    the Slovak director were screened on the occasion of his receiving a Crystal Globe for
    Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema.
    Tribute to Juraj Jakubisko – on the occasion of the presentation of a Crystal Globe for
    Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema to this Slovak director the world premiere of
    his film Bathory (2008) was held.
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    I N T E R N A T I O N A L F I L M F E S T I V A L
    Tribute to Ivan Passer – on the occasion of the presentation of a Crystal Globe for Outstanding
    Artistic Contribution to World Cinema to this Czech-American director two of his films were
    screened, A Boring Afternoon (1964) and Intimate Lighting (1965).
    Open Eyes – for the second time this year the section featured 13 of the most interesting films
    from the Cannes International Film Festival which advanced the development of film expression
    in an original way.
    Midnight Screenings – for the third year films which either are already or will become cult
    movies were screened every midnight in this popular section. This year seven British horror
    films were carefully selected from the vaults of the BFI National Archive.
    Documentary Films: Out of Competition – this regular section included eight Czech
    documentaries.
    Tribute to Arturo Ripstein – seven of the well-known Mexican director’s films were screened
    at the 43rd KVIFF.
    Tribute to Nicolas Roeg – five of the eminent British director’s films were screened at the 43rd
    KVIFF.
    Focus on the Netherlands – this year’s retrospective focused on one territory was devoted to
    Dutch films made after the year 2000. With only ‘male’ exception, the protagonists of these
    authentic contemporary stories are girls and woman of various ages and social backgrounds. The
    Dutch school of documentary was represented by one of the most respected European directors
    Heddy Honigmann. A collection of short films introduced directors of animated pictures, as well.
    New Hollywood II – this year for the second time a retrospective of some of the most important
    filmmakers from the late-1960s/1970s golden era of American film-making were shown in this
    retrospective. The directors of these films were influenced from the New Waves emerging from
    both France and Japan. A panel discussion chaired by Steven Gaydos was held to accompany
    this section; it featured Grand Jury member and cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond, director
    Paul Mazursky, former United Artists vice-president Marcia Nasatir, English actress Rita
    Tushingham and screenwriter Lorenzo Semple Jr.
    2008: A Musical Odyssey – in this section, subtitled Escaping on a Musical Pilgrimage, there
    were eight films with musical subjects and a music videos section. It included a screening of The
    First Emperor directed by Tan Dun at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
    The Fresh Selection: The Promising Five – five student films from the Fresh Film Fest (held in
    Karlovy Vary every August) were included in this section, which was included in the programme
    for the second time. They were either screened at last year’s FFF or will be part of this year’s
    festival.
    The Best of the Prague Short Film Festival – a selection of five pictures which won audience
    awards and audience acclaim at the last Prague Short Film Festival.
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    STATISTICS OF THE 43rd KARLOVY VARY IFF 2008
    The 43rd Karlovy Vary IFF 2008 was attended by 10,872 accredited visitors. Of that number
    9,054 had Festival Passes, 309 were filmmakers, 886 film professionals (including 423 from
    abroad) and 623 journalists. 143,781 tickets were sold for 477 film screenings. A total of 235
    films from 57 states were shown – 186 feature films (167 full-length and 19 short) and 49
    documentary films (29 full-length and 20 short). Some 56 films received world, international or
    European premieres at the 43rd KVIFF. There were 54,707 votes for the Právo Audience Award.
    Official KVIFF Internet Site
    Over 24,000 users were registered in the www.kviff.com database. During the festival 46,000
    people used the festival’s website, viewing over 800,000 pages. Between January 1st and the
    start of the festival over 179,000 people from 128 countries visited the website.
    WAP and SMS Reservation
    By July 10th viewers had reserved 25,698 tickets by WAP and SMS.
    YouTube Channel Statistics www.youtube.com/kviff
    From the launch of the festival channel on 3.7.2008 a total of 83 videos were placed on the
    website, including 50 news stories about events at the festival. Up to 12.7.2008 a total of 58,990
    videos had been viewed. By the same date 14,470 viewers had visited the site, of whom 83 users
    signed up to the channel in order to receive up-to-date emails about changes.
    FILM INDUSTRY AT THE 43rd KARLOVY VARY IFF 2008
    886 producers, film buyers, sellers, distributors, film festival programmers, representatives of
    film institutions and other industry professionals were accredited for the 43rd MFF Karlovy Vary.
    423 accredited film professionals came to the festival from abroad. 123 film buyers and
    distributors were looking for new films in Karlovy Vary this year. The better part of their
    attention was devoted to the 56 films screened at the festival in their world, international or
    European premieres.
    Karlovy Vary were visited for the first time by 41 distributors from European distribution
    companies who, like Artcam, Cinemart or Aerofilms in the Czech Republic, are trying to secure
    the distribution of non-commercial and art films in their countries. Almost every European
    country had its own independent distributors in Karlovy Vary, including all of the countries of
    the former Soviet Bloc.
    The number of sales companies (i.e. owners of international rights for the sale of films into
    distribution in individual countries) has also grown considerably this year. The main sales agents
    of all of the important European companies (Bavaria, Fortissimo, NonStop, TrustNordisk, Wild
    Bunch, Films Distribution, K5 International, etc.) and a number of important American ones
    (Katapult Film Sales, FilmSharks, Maximum Films) came to Karlovy Vary to sell their films
    selected for the festival programme and purchase new ones.
    Interfacing with Hollywood for development, production and marketing of your movies
    This discussion enabled European filmmakers, producers and industry professionals to hear the
    first hand knowledge and advice of four experienced Hollywood insiders who talked about how
    Hollywood works and how Europeans can successfully make that transition.
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    I N T E R N A T I O N A L F I L M F E S T I V A L
    Panel members were: Melinda Jason, Alan Grodin, Suzanne Warren, Justin Manask.
    East of the West – Works in Progress
    Presentation designed for international distributors, sales agents, and festival programmers
    offered a selection of 26 feature films, recently completed or in post-production, whose
    premieres are expected after 43rd Karlovy Vary IFF (7 Czech, 3 Slovakian, 2 Lithuanian, 3
    Croatian, 6 Polish, 2 Slovenian, 1 Serbian, 1 Russian and 1 Estonian).
    Docu Talents from the East 2008
    Docu Talents from the East is a guide to the outstanding upcoming creative documentaries from
    Central and Eastern Europe. Directors and producers of nine selected projects presented their
    film to festival organizers, distributors, buyers and journalist. The event was organized in
    collaboration with the Institute of Documentary Film and Jihlava International Documentary
    Film Festival.
    Oscar Competition Workshop
    Moderated by Steven Gaydos / Executive Editor of Variety magazine
    The participants had a chance to learn how successfully navigate the eligibility rules and
    submission process and handle the promotional campaign for the foreign language, documentary,
    animated, and live action short film categories to compete for Academy Awards.
    The awards coordinator from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Torene Svitil,
    and a foreign language film publicist, Tatiana Detlofson, were on hand to answer all the
    questions.
    THE MOST SIGNIFICANT MEDIA PRESENT AT THE FESTIVAL
    DAILIES
    Adevarul - Romania, Al Akhbar - Egypt, Al-Hayat - Lebanon, An-Nahar - Lebanon, Corriere
    Canadese - Canada, Deníky Bohemia - Czech Republic, Denník SME - Slovak Republic,
    Diena - Latvia, Eesti Ekspress - Estonia, El Mundo - Spain, Eleftherotypia Daily Paper -
    Greece, Evening Standard - United Kingdom, Gazeta Wyborcza - Poland, Helsingin
    Sanomat - Finland, Hospodárske noviny - Slovak Republic, Hospodářské noviny - Czech
    Republic, Irish Examiner - Ireland, Kommersant - Russia, Komsomolskaya Pravda - Russia,
    L'Humanité - France, Lidové noviny - Czech Republic, Magyár Nemzet - Hungary, MF Dnes
    - Czech Republic, National Post - Canada, Népszabadság - Hungary, Népszava - Hungary,
    NRA - Latvia, Politika - Serbia, Pravda - Slovak Republic, Právo - Czech Republic,
    Sächsische Zeitung - Germany, Sangbad pratidin - India, Süddeutsche Zeitung - Germany,
    The Boston Phoenix - USA, The Hollywood Reporter - USA, The Independent - United
    Kingdom, Trud - Bulgaria, ÚJ SZÓ - Hungary, Utrinski Vesnik Daily - Macedonia, Večernje
    novosti - Serbia, Večernji list - Croatia, Vjesnik - Daily News - Croatia, Vremya Novostey –
    Russia
    MAGAZINES
    Argumenty nedely - Russia, Cahiers du cinéma - France, Cinema - Czech Republic,
    Cinematheque Magazine - Israel, Cinepur - Czech Republic, Delo - Polet - Slovenia, Elle -
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    I N T E R N A T I O N A L F I L M F E S T I V A L
    Czech Republic, Empire - United Kingdom, Euro-Movies International - Spain, Film & TV
    Kamera - Poland, Film a doba - Czech Republic, Film a doba - Czech Republic, Film
    International - Iran, Film Monthly - Iran, filmkultura.hu - Hungary, Filmmagie - Belgium,
    Filmový přehled - Czech Republic, Filmtett - Hungary, Instinkt - Czech Republic, Iskusstvo
    kino - Russia, Kalam El Nass Magazine - Egypt, Kino - Poland, Květy - Czech Republic,
    KULTURA - Russia, Le Film Français - France, Literární noviny - Czech Republic,
    Literárny Týždenník - Slovak Republic, Marianne - Czech Republic, Moving Pictures
    Magazine - USA, Opinion Liberale - Switzerland, Panorama TV - Russia, Panoramiche -
    Italy, Prashad Patrika - India, Premiere - Czech Republic, Quaderni di Cinemasud - Italy,
    Reflex - Czech Republic, Respekt - Czech Republic, Rush Print - Norway, Russian Reporter -
    Russia, Screen International - United Kingdom, Serra d´Or - Spain, Schnitt - das
    Filmmagazin - Germany, Sight and Sound - United Kingdom, Skrien - Netherlands, Telecity -
    Ukraine, Time In - Czech Republic, Time Out London magazine - United Kingdom, TV
    Revue - Czech Republic, TV Star - Czech Republic, Týden - Czech Republic, Týdeník
    Rozhlas - Czech Republic, Tygodnik Powszechny - Poland, Variety London - United
    Kingdom, Variety Los Angeles - USA, VOX Mozimagazin - Hungary, Xantypa - Czech
    Republic
    RADIO
    Al Funun - Radio Cairo - Egypt, BBC World Service Radio - United Kingdom, Český
    rozhlas - Czech Republic, Český Rozhlas - Regina - Czech Republic, Český Rozhlas 1 - Czech
    Republic, Český Rozhlas 4 – Radio Wave - Czech Republic, Magyar Rádió - Hungary, Radio
    1 - Czech Republic, Radio Beograd - Serbia, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty - Czech
    Republic, RFI Radio France Internationale - France, Slovenský rozhlas - Slovak Republic,
    SVERIGES RADIO AB - Sweden, TV and Radio Riga – Latvia
    TELEVISION
    Arte Deutschland - Germany, Česká televize / Czech Television - Czech Republic, Deutsche
    Welle - Germany, Duna TV - Hungary, EuroChannel - USA, HRT Croatian TV - Croatia,
    Kinobox - Czech Republic, Reuters TV - Czech Republic, TV Cultura - Brazil, TV Nova -
    Czech Republic, TV ZDF - Germany, VOT TV Channel - Russia, Prima TV - Czech Republic,
    Stream TV - Czech Republic, TV Markíza - Slovakia, Slovenská televízia - Slovakia, Z1
    -Czech Republic, TV Vřídlo - Czech Republic
    INTERNET
    aktualne.centrum.cz - Czech Republic, cinemaeteatro.com - Italy, Film New Europe -
    Poland, Film Scouts - USA, Film.sk - Slovak Republic, Greencine - USA, iDNES.cz - Czech
    Republic, iForum - Czech Republic, ihned.cz - Czech Republic, novinky.cz - Czech Republic,
    sentieriselvaggi.it - Italy, VanityFair.com - USA, www.scena.cz - Czech Republic, tyden.cz -
    Czech Republic
    NEWS AGENCIES
    AFP Czech Republic - Czech Republic, Agencia EFE - Spain, Associated Press - USA, ČTK
    - Czech Republic, Hollywood Foreign Press Association - USA, Isifa - Czech Republic,
    Mediafax - Czech Republic, Rompres - Romania, Reuters TV - UK
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    I N T E R N A T I O N A L F I L M F E S T I V A L
    THE 43rd KARLOVY VARY IFF WAS HELD WITH THE SUPPORT OF:
    General Partner: Skupina ČEZ
    Main Partners: Vodafone Czech Republic a.s., RWE Transgas, a.s., UNIPETROL, a.s., and The
    Town of Karlovy Vary
    Partners: AXA Financial Group, Kapsch, Stavby silnic a železnic, a.s., Budweiser Budvar
    Official Car: Audi
    Supported by: UniCredit Bank Czech Republic, a.s., Karlovy Vary Region
    Official Carrier: Czech Airlines
    Official Shipping Partner: DHL Express (Czech Republic), s.r.o
    Official Drink: Karlovarská Korunní
    Official Notebook: ASUS
    Main Media Partners: Česká televize, ČRo1 – Radiožurnál, Novinky.cz, PRÁVO
    Media Partners: JCDecaux, Instinkt magazine, TV Star magazine
    Information System by: Microsoft
    Suppliers: Sony Czech s.r.o., Fotolab, a.s., Moser, a.s
    Hotel Partner: Mandarin Hotel, Prague
    Sponsor of the project No Barriers: RWE Transgas, a.s.
    We would like to thank the following for helping to create the trailer for the 43rd KVIFF:
    Stillking Films, s.r.o., Universal Production Partners, a.s., Soundsquare, Česká televise, Vantage
    Film Prague, s.r.o., Panther Rental Prag, s.r.o.
    Special thanks for their financial support: Government of the Czech Republic, Ministry of
    Culture of the Czech Republic
    All information about the 43rd KVIFF, including the complete catalogue, can be found on the
    official festival website: www.kviff.com.
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