11-07-2010

FNE at KVIFF 2010: Karlovy Vary IFF Winners

By Anna Franklin

    KARLOVY VARY: Spanish film The Mosquito Net directed by Agusti Vila won the Grand Prix at the 45th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (www.kviff.com) but the majority of the prizes went the films from Central Europe and the Baltics.

    Oscar winning Czech director Jan Sverak won the special Jury Prize for his puppet film Kooky a departure from his previous work. The award for best director went to Croatian director Rajko Grlic for his Just Between Us another film striking out in a new direction for an experienced director who won numerous international awards for her previous film Border Post. The Polish film Mother Teresa of Cats directed by Pawel Sala split the Best Actor award between its two young start Mateusz Kościukiewicz and Filip Garbacz.

    The River directed by Lithuanian directors Julia Gruodiene and Rimantas Gruodis won best short doc and the top prize for the East of the West competition went to Romanian director Cristi Puiu for Aurora with a Special mention for Estonian film The Temptation of St Tony directed by Veiko Ounpuu.

    Star power was provided by a visit from Jude Law while Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov was honoured for his lifetime contribution to cinema. Sverak provided one of the lighter moments at the awards ceremony when he presented a Kooky puppet to Grand Jury President Ron Yerxa.

    Complete list of winners.

    COMPETITION OF FULL-LENGTH FEATURE FILMS

    Grand Jury

    Ron Yerxa - President of the Jury, USA

    Mirjana Karanović, Serbia

    Lee Chang-dong, South Korea

    Lola Mayo, Spain

    Alexei Popogrebsky, Russia

    Bohdan Sláma, Czech Republic

    David Stratton, Australia

    Grand Prix - Crystal Globe (30,000 USD)

    The Mosquito Net (La mosquitera), Spain, 2010
    Director: Agustí Vila

    Special Jury Prize (20,000 USD)

    Kooky (Kuky se vrací), Czech Republic, Denmark, 2010
    Director: Jan Svěrák

    Best Director Award


    Just Between Us (Neka ostane medju nama), Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, 2010
    Director: Rajko Grlić

    Best Actress Award

    Anaïs Demoustier

    for her role in the film Sweet Evil (L'enfance du mal)
    France, 2009

    BEST ACTOR AWARD

    Mateusz Kościukiewicz and Filip Garbacz

    for their roles in the film Mother Teresa of Cats (Matka Teresa od kotów)
    Poland, 2010

    SPECIAL MENTION

    Another Sky (Drugoje něbo), Russia, 2010
    Director: Dmitri Mamulia

    There Are Things You Don't Know (Chiz-haie hast keh nemidani), Iran, 2010

    Director: Fardin Saheb Zamani

    DOCUMENTARY FILMS IN COMPETITION

    Documentary Jury

    Heino Deckert - Chairman of the Jury, Germany

    Ronald Bergan, United Kingdom

    Rebecca Cammisa, USA

    Alena Činčerová, Czech Republic

    Dimitris Kerkinos, Greece

    Best Documentary Film (5,000 USD)

    (under 30 minutes long)

    The River (Upe), Lithuania, 2009

    Directors: Julia Gruodienė, Rimantas Gruodis

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

    (over 30 minutes long)

    Familia, Sweden, 2010

    Directors: Mikael Wiström, Alberto Herskovits

    SPECIAL MENTION

    Tinar, Iran, 2009

    Director: Mahdi Moniri

    EAST OF THE WEST AWARD

    East of the West Jury

    Marion Döring - Chairwoman of the Jury, Germany

    Mihai Chirilov, Romania

    Peter Nágel, Slovakia

    Susanna Nicchiarelli, Italy

    George Ovashvili, Georgia

    EAST OF THE WEST AWARD (10,000 USD)

    Aurora, Romania, France, Switzerland, Germany, 2010
    Director: Cristi Puiu

    Special Mention

    The Temptation of St. Tony (Püha Tõnu kiusamine), Estonia, Sweden, Finland, 2009

    Director: Veiko Õunpuu

    OTHER PRIZES AWARDED AT THE FESTIVAL

    CRYSTAL GLOBE
    FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION TO WORLD CINEMA

    Nikita Mikhalkov, Russia

    Juraj Herz, Czech Republic

    FESTIVAL PRESIDENT'S AWARD

    Jude Law, United Kingdom

    PRÁVO AUDIENCE AWARD

    Oldboys, Denmark, 2009

    Director: Nikolaj Steen

    NON-STATUTORY AWARDS

    INDEPENDENT CAMERA

    This year at KVIFF Czech Television has for the seventh time awarded the Independent Camera prize for the best film from the Forum of Independents.

    Four Lions,United Kingdom, 2010

    Director: Christopher Morris

    EUROPA CINEMAS LABEL

    The winning film selected from European pictures which had their premieres at KVIFF will receive promotional support and be screened at cinemas in the Europa Cinemas network.

    Just Between Us (Neka ostane medju nama), Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, 2010
    Director: Rajko Grlić

    AWARD OF INTERNATIONAL FILM CRITICS (FIPRESCI)

    Hitler in Hollywood (Hitler à Hollywood), Belgium, France, Italy, 2010

    Director: Frédéric Sojcher

    THE ECUMENICAL JURY AWARD

    Another Sky (Drugoje něbo), Russia, 2010
    Director: Dmitri Mamulia

    THE DON QUIJOTE PRIZE (FICC - International Federation of Film Societies)

    The Mosquito Net (La mosquitera), Spain, 2010
    Director: Agustí Vila

    NETPAC AWARD

    Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema

    Son of Babylon, Iraq, UK, France, Netherlands, Palestine, UAE, Egypt, 2009

    Director: Mohamed Al-Daradji

    The Orion (Orion), Iran, 2010

    Director: Zamani Esmati