The 49th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, a non-specialized festival with four competition categories, took place from July 4th to July 12th 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 50th Karlovy Vary IFF will be held from July 3rd to July 11th, 2015.
On July 12th 2014, the festival’s juries presented awards for the best films at the closing ceremony of the
49th Karlovy Vary IFF.
OFFICIAL SELECTION – COMPETITION
GRAND JURY
Luis Miñarro, Spain (president of the Jury)
Mira Fornay, Slovakia
Phedon Papamichael, Greece
Kjartan Sveinsson, Iceland
Viktor Tauš, Czech Republic
GRAND PRIX – CRYSTAL GLOBE (25 000 USD)
The financial award is shared equally by the director and producer of the award-winning film.
Corn Island / Simindis kundzuli
Directed by: George Ovashvili
Georgia, Germany, France, Czech Republic, Kazakhstan, 2014
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE (15 000 USD)
The financial award is shared equally by the director and producer of the award-winning film.
Free Fall / Szabadesés
Directed by: György Pálfi
Hungary, France, South Korea, 2014
BEST DIRECTOR AWARD
György Pálfi
for the film Free Fall / Szabadesés
Hungary, France, South Korea, 2014
BEST ACTRESS AWARD
Elle Fanning
for her role in the film Low Down
Directed by: Jeff Preiss
USA, 2014
BEST ACTOR AWARD
Nahuel Pérez Biscayart
for his role in the film All Yours / Je suis à toi
Directed by: David Lambert
Belgium, Canada, 2014
EAST OF THE WEST – COMPETITION
EAST OF THE WEST JURY
Ahmet Boyacıoğlu, Turkey (chairman of the Jury)
Ivana Ivišić, Croatia
Levan Koguashvili, Russia
Amanda Livanou, Greece
Tomasz Wasilewski, Poland
EAST OF THE WEST AWARD (20 000 USD)
The financial award is shared equally by the director and producer of the award-winning film.
Corrections Class / Klass korrektsii
Directed by: Ivan I. Tverdovsky
Russia, Germany, 2014
SPECIAL MENTION
Barbarians / Varvari
Directed by: Ivan Ikić
Serbia, Montenegro, Slovenia, 2014
DOCUMENTARY FILMS – COMPETITION
DOCUMENTARY FILMS JURY
Philippa Kowarsky, Israel (chairwoman of the Jury)
Oskar Alegria, Spain
Tomáš Bojar, Czech Republic
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM OVER 60 MINUTES (5 000 USD)
Waiting for August
Directed by: Teodora Ana Mihai
Belgium, 2014
SPECIAL MENTION
Steadiness / Sitzfleisch
Directed by: Lisa Weber
Austria, 2014
BEST DOCUMENTARY UNDER 30 MINUTES (5 000 USD)
Autofocus
Directed by: Boris Poljak
Croatia, 2013
SPECIAL MENTION
The Queen / La reina
Directed by: Manuel Abramovich
Argentina, 2013
FORUM OF INDEPENDENTS – COMPETITION
FORUM OF INDEPENDENTS JURY
Clare Crean, Great Britain
Chad Hartigan, USA
Michael Málek, Czech Republic
FORUM OF INDEPENDENTS AWARD
The winning film will be purchased by Czech Television for the flat fee of 5000 EUR.
Anywhere Else / Anderswo
Directed by: Ester Amrami
Germany, 2014
AUDIENCE AWARD
The Magic Voice of a Rebel / Magický hlas rebelky
Directed by: Olga Sommerová
Czech Republic, 2014
Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema
Mel Gibson, USA
William Friedkin, USA
Festival President’s Award for Contribution to Czech Cinematography
Zdeněk Svěrák, Czech Republic
NON-STATUTORY AWARDS
AWARD OF INTERNATIONAL FILM CRITICS (FIPRESCI)
Awarded by The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI).
Rocks in My Pockets
Directed by: Signe Baumane
USA, Latvia, 2014
FIPRESCI JURY
Cerise Howard, Australia
Viliam Jablonický, Slovakia
Darina Křivánková, Czech Republic
Marita Nyrhinen, Finland
Yael Shuv, Israel
THE ECUMENICAL JURY AWARD
Corn Island / Simindis kundzuli
Directed by: George Ovashvili
Georgia, Germany, France, Czech Republic, Kazakhstan, 2014
SPECIAL MENTION
Rocks in My Pockets
Directed by: Signe Baumane
USA, Latvia, 2014
THE ECUMENICAL JURY
Brigitte Affolter, Switzerland
Lukáš Jirsa, Czech Republic
Joel Ruml, Czech Republic
Blandine Salles, France
FEDEORA AWARD
Awarded by the Federation of Film Critics of Europe and The Mediterranean (FEDEORA) to the best film from East of the West - Competition
Bota
Directed by: Iris Elezi, Thomas Logoreci
Albania, Italy, Kosovo, 2014
SPECIAL MENTION
Corrections Class / Klass korrektsii
Directed by: Ivan I. Tverdovsky
Russia, Germany, 2014
FEDEORA JURY
Sherif Awad, Egypt
Natascha Drubek, Germany
Kirsten Liese, Germany
EUROPA CINEMAS LABEL AWARD
For the best European film in the Official Selection - Competition and in the East of the West - Competition.
Free Fall / Szabadesés
Directed by: György Pálfi
Hungary, France, South Korea, 2014
Europa Cinemas Label jury
Naděžda Hetešová, Czech Republic
Vilma Levickaite, Lithuania
Anastasios Liagkris, Greece
Cloe Tralci, Belgium
Works in Progress 2014
15 selected projects were presented in the Works in Progress 2014. 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 2014
Mihai Chirilov, Transylvania International Film Festival, Romania
Guillaume de Seille, Arizona Productions, France
Niloufar Siassi, Fortissimo Film Sales, Netherlands
AWARD OF 10 000 EUROS IN SERVICES FOR THE MOST PROMISING PROJECT
Goat / Koza
Directed by: Ivan Ostrochovský
Slovakia, Czech Republic, 2014
The project was presented by: Ivan Ostrochovský (director), Jiří Konečný (producer)
STATISTICS OF THE 49TH KARLOVY VARY IFF 2014
The 49th Karlovy Vary IFF 2014 was attended by 12 433 accredited visitors. Of that number 10 490 had Festival Passes, 478 were filmmakers, 825 film professionals, and 640 journalists.
130 987 tickets were sold for 478 film screenings. A total of 245 films were shown: 216 feature films (173 full-length and 43 short) and 29 documentary films (23 full-length and 6 short). 33 films received their world premiere, while 19 had their international premiere and 6 their European premiere. 62 of the films screened were debuts. 189 screenings were personally presented by delegations of filmmakers. 115 Press & Industry screenings were held.
FILM INDUSTRY AT THE 49TH KARLOVY VARY IFF 2014
825 film buyers, sellers, distributors, film festival programmers, representatives of film institutions, and other industry professionals were accredited for the 49th Karlovy Vary IFF. 433 accredited film professionals came to the festival from abroad. 178 film buyers and distributors and 132 festival programmers chose from the new films and Works in Progress.