Festivali        54th Kalrovy Vary International Film festival

AWARDS

Grand jury: Czech screenwriter and author Štěpán Hulík (Burning Bush), Palestinian writer-director-producer Annemarie Jacir (Wajib), Ukrainian director-screenwriter-producer Sergei Loznitsa (Donbass), Greek actress Angeliki Papoulia (Dogtooth) and Cannes Critics’ Week curator Charles Tesson.

GRAND PRIX – CRYSTAL GLOBE ($25,000)

The Father (Bulgaria, Greece) dir. Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov,Father is an intimate family drama focused on the difficulties of communicating with those close to us, wittily conveyed through comic situations., The winning Bulgarian authorial duo Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov, are known for their films The Lesson and Glory.

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE ($15,000)
Lara (Germany) dir. Jan-Ole Gerster

BEST DIRECTOR AWARD
Tim Mielants for Patrick (Belgium) 

BEST ACTRESS AWARD
Corinna Harfouch for Lara (Germany) 

BEST ACTOR AWARD
Milan Ondrík for Let There Be Light (Slovak Republic, Czech Republic) 

SPECIAL JURY MENTION
The August Virgin (Spain) dir. Jonás Trueba 

SPECIAL JURY MENTION
Antonia Giesen for The Man of the Future (Chile, Argentina)

 

East Of The West – Competition

Jury: Denis Ivanov, Juho Kuosmanen, Tomáš Pavlíček, Ioanna Stais and Dagnė Vildžiūnaite.

 

EAST OF THE WEST GRAND PRIX ($15,000)
The Bull (Russia) dir. Boris Akopov Russia

EAST OF THE WEST SPECIAL JURY PRIZE ($10,000)
My Thoughts Are Silent (Ukraine) dir.Antonio Lukich 

 

Documentary films – Competition

Documentary film jury: Gastón Solnicki, Aline Schmid and Andreas Horvath

GRAND PRIX FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM ($5,000)
Immortal (Estonia, Latvia) dir. Ksenia Okhapkina 

DOCUMENTARY SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Confucian Dream (China) dir. Mijie Li 

 

PRÁVO AUDIENCE AWARD
Jiří Suchý – Tackling Life With Ease (Czech Republic), dir. Olga Sommerová 

 

Non-Statutory awards

AWARD OF INTERNATIONAL FILM CRITICS (FIPRESCI)

Jury: Hugo Emmerzael, Victor Palak, Ana Sturm
The August Virgin (Spain) dir. Jonás Trueba 

THE ECUMENICAL JURY AWARD

Jury: Alyda Faber, Martin Horalek, Peter Sheehan
Lara (Germany) dir. Jan-Ole Gerster 

Ecumenical Jury Commendation
Let There Be Light (Slovak Republic, Czech Republic) dir. Marko Škop 

FEDEORA AWARD

Jury: Maja Bogojević, Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi, Pavlina Jeleva
Passed by Censor (Turkey, Germany, France) dir. Serhat Karaaslan 

FEDEORA JURY Special Mention
Aga’s House (Kosovo, Croatia, France, Albania) dir. Lendita Zeqiraj 

EUROPA CINEMAS LABEL AWARD

Jury: Maarten Alexander, Carinzia Camilleri, Eva Demeter, Denis Samardžić
Scandinavian Silence (Estonia, France, Belgium) dir. Martti Helde 

 

Industry awards

WORKS IN PROGRESS (100,000 EUR)
Pigeon’s Milk (Russia, Moldova) dir. Eugen Maryan 

DOCS IN PROGRESS (5,000 EUR)
The Silhouettes (Iran, Philippines) dir. Afsaneh Salari 

EURIMAGES LAB PROJECT AWARD (50 000 EUR)
Bottled Songs (Germany, France, USA, Finland) dir. Kevin B. Lee, Chloé Galibert-Laîné 

KVIFF & MIDPOINT DEVELOPMENT AWARD (10 000 EUR)
Some Birds (Hungary) dir. Dániel Hevér

Crystal Globe for outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema

Julianne Moore, USA
Patricia Clarkson, USA

Festival president’s award for contribution to Czech cinematography

Vladimír Smutný, Czech Republic