Karlovy Vary Film Festival 2007 Awards
July 13th, 2007 by Andre Soares
42nd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival - 2007 Crystal Globe Awards
The 42nd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival was held between June 29-July 7, 2007.
The 42nd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Awards were announced at the Grand Hall of the Thermal Hotel on July 7, 2007.
GRAND PRIX – CRYSTAL GLOBE (20,000 USD)
Jar City (Mýrin), Iceland, Germany, 2006
Director: Baltasar Kormákur
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Lucky Miles, Australia, 2007
Director: Michael James Rowland
BEST DIRECTOR AWARD
The Art of Negative Thinking (Kunsten å tenke negativt), Norway, 2006
Director: Bård Breien
BEST ACTOR AWARD
Sergey Puskepalis for Simple Things (Prostyje vešci)
Russia, 2006
BEST ACTRESS AWARD
Elvira Mínguez for Pudor
Spain, 2007
SPECIAL MENTION Ex-aequo
Leonid Bronevoy for his role in Simple Things (Prostyje vešci)
Russia, 2006
and
Zdenek Sverák for the script of Empties (Vratné lahve)
Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Denmark, 2007
DOCUMENTARY FILMS IN COMPETITION
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM (5 000 USD)
(under 30 minutes long)
Artel (Artel), Russia, 2006
Director: Sergey Loznitsa
SPECIAL MENTION
Theodore (Teodors), Latvia, 2006
Director: Laila Pakalnina
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM (5 000 USD)
(over 30 minutes long)
Lost Holiday (Ztracená Dovolená), Czech Republic, 2007
Director: Lucie Králová
SPECIAL MENTION
The Mosquito Problem and Other Stories (Problemat s komarite i drugi istorii)
Bulgaria, 2007
Director: Andrey Paounov
EAST OF THE WEST AWARD
BEST FILM (10 000 USD)
Armin, Croatia, Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2007
Director: Ognjen Svilicic
SPECIAL MENTION
The Class (Klass), Estonia, 2007
Director: Ilmar Raag
AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION TO WORLD CINEMA
Danny DeVito, USA
Bretislav Pojar, Czech Republic
PRÁVO AUDIENCE AWARD
Empties (Vratné lahve), Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Denmark, 2007
Director: Jan Sverák
AWARD OF INTERNATIONAL FILM CRITICS (FIPRESCI)
Simple Things (Prostyje vešci), Russia, 2006
Director: Alexey Popogrebsky
THE DON QUIJOTE PRIZE (FICC – International Federation of Film Societies)
Jar City (Mýrin), Iceland, Germany, 2006
Director: Baltasar Kormákur
THE ECUMENICAL JURY AWARD
Simple Things (Prostyje vešci), Russia, 2006
Director: Alexey Popogrebsky
SPECIAL MENTION
Conversation with My Gardener (Dialogue avec mon jardinier), France, 2007
Director: Jean Becker
EUROPA CINEMAS LABEL
The Class (Klass), Estonia, 2007
Director: Ilmar Raag
CZECH TELEVISION AWARD – INDEPENDENT CAMERA
Pingpong, Germany 2006
Director: Matthias Luthardt
NETPAC AWARD
Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema
The Band’s Visit (Bikur hatizmoret) Israel, France, 2007
Director: Eran Kolirin
Grand Jury
Peter Bart – President of the Jury, USA
Karl Baumgartner, Germany
Jean-Luc Bideau, Switzerland
Nandita Das, India
Daniele Gaglianone, Italy
Arsinée Khanjian, Canada
David Ondrícek, Czech Republic
Documentary Jury
Dimitri Eipides – Chairman of the Jury, Greece
Anna Bucchetti, Italy
Anchalee Chaiworaporn, Thailand
Manuel Grosso Galván, Spain
Marko Škop, Slovakia
East of the West Jury
Stefan Laudyn – Chairman of the Jury, Poland
Andreas Horvath, Austria
Marta Nováková, Czech Republic
Ivan Shvedoff, Russia
Alissa Simon, USA
FIPRESCI Jury
Beat Glur – Chairman, Switzerland
Jan Foll, Czech Republic
Henrik Uth Jensen, Denmark
Anita Piotrowska, Poland
Gorazd Trusnovec, Slovenia
FICC Jury
Steven Daley, Ireland
Kristian Fyllingsnes, Norway
Maciej Gil, Poland
Petr Mašata, Czech Republic
Eva Szutányiová, Slovakia
Ecumenical Jury
Dietmar Adler - Chairman, Germany
Jan Eliáš, Czech Republic
Johannes Horstmann, Germany
Denyse Miller, France
Kvetoslava Šamajová, Czech Republic
Teresa R. Tunay, Philippines
Europa Cinemas Label Jury
Christian Braschi, France
Leoš Kucera, Czech Republic
Wanda Lindblom Bendjelloul, Sweden
Krijn Meerburg, Netherlands
Independent Camera Jury
Michael Málek, Czech Republic
Hrönn Marinosdóttir, Iceland
Gyda Velvin Myklebust, Norway
NETPAC Jury
Gulnara Abikeyeva, Kazakhstan
Philip Cheah, Singapore
Ron Holloway, USA
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Site
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