08-07-2013

FNE at KVIFF 2013: Prize winners

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    This year’s edition of the festival had 12028 accredited visitors. This year’s edition of the festival had 12028 accredited visitors.

    KARLOVY VARY:  Central European films triumphed at the 48th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (28 June-6 July) www.kviff.com with Hungarian director Janos Szasz long awaited Le Grand Cahier (The Notebook) awarded the Grand Prix and films from Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic  picking up a slew of other top prizes.

    Le Grand Cahier ( www.intuitpictures.comwww.hunniafilm.hu also won the Europa Cinemas Label Award. A Special Mention went to the Polish film Papusza (Argomedia Production) na Kos-Krauze, Krzysztof Krauze. The jury for the main competition was headed by distinguished Polish director Agnieszka Holland.

    In the East of the West Competition the main prize went to Floating Skyscrapers / Płynące wieżowce ( www.alteregopictures.pl) directed by Poland’s Tomasz Wasilewski. A special mention went to the Slovak director Juraj Lehotsky for his film Miracle / Zázrak ( www.artileria.sk).

    In the Documentary Competition with a jury presided over by Krakow Film Festival helmer Krzysztof Gierat the main prize went to Pipeline / Truba, a Russian ( www.vertov.ru) , German ( www.saxonia-entertainment.de), Czech ( www.ceskatelevize.cz www.hypermarketfilm.cz) coproduction, directed by Russian doc maker Vitaly Manskiy. The Audience Award went to Revival (www.ceskatelevize.czwww.infilm.cz)  directed by Czech director Alice Nellis. Georgia scored with an award of 10 000 EUR in services for the Work in Progress to be directed by Levan Koguashvili Blind dates / Brma Paemnebi and produced by Olena Yershova.

    The festival saw its usual appearances by Hollywood stars with both Oliver Stone and John Travolta turning up to collect Crystal Globes for lifetime achievement.
    This year’s edition had 12028 accredited visitors, including 357 filmmakers, 855 film professionals, and 643 journalists.

    A total of 128031 tickets were sold for 461 film screenings and 235 features, docs and short films were screened.
    Of the 855 film professionals attending these included 159 buyers and distributors and 127 festival programmers as well as representatives of film institutions, and other industry professionals.


    Full List of Prize winners

    OFFICIAL SELECTION – COMPETITION

    GRAND PRIX - CRYSTAL GLOBE (25 000 USD)
    Le grand cahier / A nagy füzet directed by János Szász
    Produced by: Hunnia Filmstudio (Hungary), Intuit Pictures (Germany), Amour Fou  (Austria),  Dolce Vita Films (France)
    Supported by the Hungarian Film Fund

    SPECIAL JURY PRIZE (15 000 USD)
    A Field in England Directed by: Ben Wheatley United Kingdom (www.rookfilms.co.uk

    BEST DIRECTOR AWARD
    Jan Hřebejk for the film Honeymoon / Líbánky
    Produced by Falcon (Czech Republic), Ceska Televize (Czech Republic), K Film Plus (Czech Republic)  Supported by: The Czech State Fund for the Support and Development of Czech Cinematography and the Slovak Audiovisual Fund

    BEST ACTRESS AWARD ex aero
    Amy Morton for her role in the film Bluebird Directed by Lance Edmands USA, Sweden

    Louisa Krause for her role in the film Bluebird Directed by: Lance Edmands USA, Sweden

    Emily Meade for her role in the film Bluebird Directed by: Lance Edmands USA, Sweden

    Margo Martindale for her role in the film Bluebird Directed by: Lance Edmands USA, Sweden

    BEST ACTOR AWARD
    Ólafur Darri Ólafsson for his role in the film XL Directed by Marteinn Þórsson Iceland


    SPECIAL MENTION
    Papusza Directed by: Joanna Kos-Krauze, Krzysztof Krauze Poland
    Produced by: Agromedia (Poland)
    Supported by: Polish Film Institute

    EAST OF THE WEST – FILMS IN COMPETITION

    EAST OF THE WEST AWARD (20 000 USD)
    Floating Skyscrapers / Płynące wieżowce directed by: Tomasz Wasilewski Poland
    Produced by Alter Ego Pictures (Poland)

    SPECIAL MENTION
    Miracle / Zázrak Directed by: Juraj Lehotský Slovak Republic, Czech Republic
    Production: Altieria (Slovakia), Negative Film Productions (Czech Republic)
    Supported by: Slovak Audiovisual Fund

    DOCUMENTARY FILMS IN COMPETITION

    BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM OVER 30 MINUTES LONG (5 000 USD)
    Pipeline / Truba Directed by: Vitaly Manskiy Russia, Germany, Czech Republic

    BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM UNDER 30 MINUTES LONG (5 000 USD)
    Beach Boy Directed by: Emil Langballe United Kingdom

    SPECIAL MENTION
    The Manor Directed by: Shawney Cohen Canada

    FORUM OF INDEPENDENTS

    INDEPENDENT CAMERA AWARD
    Things the Way They Are / Las cosas como son Directed by: Fernando Lavanderos Chile

    AUDIENCE AWARD
    Revival Directed by: Alice Nellis Czech Republic
    Produced by In Film and Czech TV

    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

    THE ECUMENICAL JURY AWARD
    Bluebird Directed by: Lance Edmands USA, Sweden, 2012
    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
    Production: Peter Kerekes s. r. o (Slovakia), Nucleus Film (Croatia), Supermarket film (Czech Republic)
    Supported by: Slovak Audiovisual Fund, The Croatian Audiovisual Centre

    EUROPA CINEMAS LABEL AWARD
    Le grand cahier / A nagy füzet Directed by: János Szász Hungary, Germany, Austria, France, 2013

    WORKS IN PROGRESS 2013

    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.