06-07-2013

KVIFF - FINAL PRESS RELEASE

    The 48th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, a non-specialized festival with four competition categories, took place from June 28th to July 6th 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 49th Karlovy Vary IFF will be held from July 4th to July 12th, 2014.

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

    The 48th 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 48th Karlovy Vary IFF 2013

    855 film buyers, sellers, distributors, film festival programmers, representatives of film institutions, and other industry professionals were accredited for the 48th 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.

    Organizer of the 48th Karlovy Vary IFF 2013

    Film Servis Festival Karlovy Vary, a.s.

    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