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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