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
