The 48th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, a non-specialized festival with four competition categories, took place between June 28th and July 6th this year. It was organized by Film Servis Fesival Karlovy Vary, 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
Organizers of the 48th Karlovy Vary IFF thanks to all partners which help to organize the festival.
48th Karlovy Vary IFF is supported by:
Ministry of Culture Czech Republic
General partner: CEZ Group
Main partners: RWE
Vodafone Czech Republic a.s.
City of Karlovy Vary
Partners: construction group EUROVIA CS
UniCredit Bank Czech Republic, a.s.
KKCG investment group
SONY
czech lager Lobkowicz Premium
Supported by: Lesy České republiky, s.p.
Karlovy Vary Region
Official car: Audi
Official beverage: Karlovarská Korunní
Official carrier: České dráhy
Carriers: Czech Airlines a.s.
Air France
International shipping partner: DHL Express (Czech Republic), s.r.o.
Suppliers: ARBOR, spol. s.r.o.
Sixt Rent a Car
Fuel supplier: BENZINA
Main media partners: Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Novinky.cz
PRÁVO
REFLEX
Media partners: JCDecaux Group
InStyle
Euro Weekly Magazine
magazine TV Star
Radio 1
tablet weekly DOTYK
Festival awards supplier: MOSER, a.s.
Software solutions: Microsoft
Main hotel partner: Kempinski Hotel Hybernská Prague
Hotel partner: InterContinental Prague
Official bike: Specialized
Non-profit partner: Nonprofit organisationDebRA ČR