2009 Karlovy Vary Film Festival Awards

2009 Karlovy Vary Film Festival: July 3-11

Photos: © Karlovy Vary Film Festival

Set in a small town in southern Morocco, Frédéric Dumont’s Angel at Sea is a coming-of-age tale about a 12-year-old whose life undergoes a radical change after his father tells him an old secret. In addition to winning the Karlovy Vary Film Festival’s Crystal Globe for best film, Angel at Sea also earned its (adult) star, Olivier Gourmet, the best actor award (tied with Paul Giamatti for the soul-stealing comedy Cold Souls). Also in the Angel at Sea cast: Anne Consigny and Martin Nissen.

OFFICIAL SELECTION – COMPETITION

Grand Prix – Crystal Globe
Angel at Sea / Un ange à la mer
Director: Frédéric Dumont
Belgium, Canada

Special Jury Prize
Twenty / Bist
Director: Abdolreza Kahani
Iran

Best Director Award
Andreas Dresen for Whisky with Vodka / Whisky mit Wodka
Director: Andreas Dresen
Germany

Best Actor Award (ex-aequo)
Olivier Gourmet for Angel at Sea / Un ange à la mer
Director: Frédéric Dumont
Belgium, Canada

Paul Giamatti for Cold Souls / Cold Souls
Director: Sophie Barthes
USA

Best Actress Award
Paprika Steen for Applause
Director: Martin Pieter Zandvliet
Denmark

Special Jury Mention
Filip Garbacz for Piggies
Director: Robert Glinski
Poland, Germany

DOCUMENTARY FILMS IN COMPETITION

Best Documentary Film under 30 minutes
Wagah / Wagah
Director: Supriyo Sen
Germany, India, Pakistan

Special Jury Mention
Till It Hurts / Do bolu
Director: Marcin Koszalka
Poland 2008

Best Documentary Film over 30 minutes
Osadné / Osadné
Director: Marko Škop
Slovak Republic, Czech Republic

Special Jury Mention
We Live in Public
Director: Ondi Timoner
USA

EAST OF THE WEST
Room and a Half
Director: Andrey Khrzhanovsky
Russia

Special Mention
Scratch / Rysa
Director: Michal Rosa
Poland

AUDIENCE AWARD
A Matter of Size / Sipur Gadol
Director: Erez Tadmor, Sharon Maymon
Israel, Germany, France

SPECIAL CRYSTAL GLOBE FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION TO WORLD CINEMA
Isabelle Huppert, France
John Malkovich, USA
Jan Švankmajer, Czech Republic

FESTIVAL PRESIDENT´S AWARD
Antonio Banderas, USA

AWARD OF INTERNATIONAL FILM CRITICS (FIPRESCI)
Will Not Stop There / Nije kraj
Director: Vinko Brešan
Croatia, Serbia

EUROPA CINEMAS LABEL AWARD
Applause
Director: Martin Pieter Zandvliet
Denmark

PRIZE OF THE ECUMENICAL JURY
Twenty / Bist
Director: Abdolreza Kahani
Iran

INDEPENDENT CAMERA
Eamon
Director: Margaret Corkery
Ireland

Special Mention
La Tigra, Chaco
Director: Federico Godfrid, Juan Sasiaín
Argentina

PRIZE OF DON QUIJOTE (International Federation of Film Societies FICC)
Angel At Sea / Un ange a la mer
Director: Frédéric Dumont
Belgium, Canada

Special Mentions
Wolfy
Director: Vassilij Sigarev
Russia

Cold Souls / Cold Souls
Director: Sophie Barthes
USA

NETPAC Prize
Breathless / Ddongpari
Director: Yang Ik-june
South Korea

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