Geraldine Chaplin in Agustí Vila’s The Mosquito Net (top); Jan Sverac’s Kooky (bottom)
Karlovy Vary Film Festival 2010: THE MOSQUITO NET Wins Top Prize
COMPETITION OF FULL-LENGTH FEATURE FILMS
Grand Jury
Ron Yerxa – President of the Jury, USA
Mirjana Karanovi?, Serbia
Lee Chang-dong, South Korea
Lola Mayo, Spain
Alexei Popogrebsky, Russia
Bohdan Sláma, Czech Republic
David Stratton, Australia
Grand Prix – Crystal Globe (30,000 USD)
The financial award is shared equally by the director and producer of the award-winning film.
The Mosquito Net (La mosquitera), Spain, 2010
Director: Agustí Vila
Special Jury Prize (20,000 USD)
The financial award is shared equally by the director and producer of the award-winning film.
Kooky (Kuky se vrací), Czech Republic, Denmark, 2010
Director: Jan Sv?rák
Best Director Award
Just Between Us (Neka ostane medju nama), Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, 2010
Director: Rajko Grli?
Best Actress Award
Anaïs Demoustier
for her role in the film Sweet Evil (L’enfance du mal)
France, 2009
Best Actor Award
Mateusz Ko?ciukiewicz
and
Filip Garbacz
for their roles in the film Mother Teresa of Cats (Matka Teresa od kotów)
Poland, 2010
SPECIAL MENTION
Another Sky (Drugoje n?bo), Russia, 2010
Director: Dmitri Mamulia
There Are Things You Don’t Know (Chiz-haie hast keh nemidani), Iran, 2010
Director: Fardin Saheb Zamani
DOCUMENTARY FILMS IN COMPETITION
Documentary Jury
Heino Deckert – Chairman of the Jury, Germany
Ronald Bergan, United Kingdom
Rebecca Cammisa, USA
Alena ?in?erová, Czech Republic
Dimitris Kerkinos, Greece
Best Documentary Film (5,000 USD)
(under 30 minutes long)
The River (Upe), Lithuania, 2009
Directors: Julia Gruodien?, Rimantas Gruodis
Best Documentary Film over 30 minutes long(5,000 USD)
(over 30 minutes long)
Familia, Sweden, 2010
Directors: Mikael Wiström, Alberto Herskovits
SPECIAL MENTION
Tinar, Iran, 2009
Director: Mahdi Moniri
EAST OF THE WEST AWARD
East of the West Jury
Marion Döring – Chairwoman of the Jury, Germany
Mihai Chirilov, Romania
Peter Nágel, Slovakia
Susanna Nicchiarelli, Italy
George Ovashvili, Georgia
EAST OF THE WEST AWARD(10,000 USD)
Aurora, Romania, France, Switzerland, Germany, 2010
Director: Cristi Puiu
Special Mention
The Temptation of St. Tony (Püha Tõnu kiusamine), Estonia, Sweden, Finland, 2009
Director: Veiko Õunpuu
OTHER PRIZES AWARDED AT THE FESTIVAL
CRYSTAL GLOBE
FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION TO WORLD CINEMA
Nikita Mikhalkov, Russia
Juraj Herz, Czech Republic
FESTIVAL PRESIDENT’S AWARD
Jude Law, United Kingdom
PRÁVO AUDIENCE AWARD
Oldboys, Denmark, 2009
Director: Nikolaj Steen
NON-STATUTORY AWARDS
INDEPENDENT CAMERA
This year at KVIFF Czech Television has for the seventh time awarded the Independent Camera prize for the best film from the Forum of Independents.
Four Lions,United Kingdom, 2010
Director: Christopher Morris
The Jury
Irena Ková?ová, Czech Republic/USA
Michael Málek, Czech Republic
Dragan Ruljan?i?, Croatia
EUROPA CINEMAS LABEL
The winning film selected from European pictures which had their premieres at KVIFF
will receive promotional support and be screened at cinemas in the Europa Cinemas network.
Just Between Us (Neka ostane medju nama), Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, 2010
Director: Rajko Grli?
Europa Cinemas Label Jury
Daniela Bacanu, Romania
Leonidas Papageorgiou, Greece
Fernanda Silva, Portugal
Pavel Škapík, Czech Republic
AWARD OF INTERNATIONAL FILM CRITICS (FIPRESCI)
Hitler in Hollywood (Hitler à Hollywood), Belgium, France, Italy, 2010
Director:Frédéric Sojcher
FIPRESCI Jury
Rekha Deshpande, India
Blagoja Kunovski, Macedonia
Christina Stojanova, Canada
Eero Tammi, Finland
Jan Foll, Czech Republic
THE ECUMENICAL JURY AWARD
Another Sky (Drugoje n?bo), Russia, 2010
Director: Dmitri Mamulia
Ecumenical Jury
Helena Babická, Czech Republic
Hans-Joachim Schlegel, Germany
Lukáš Jirsa, Czech Republic
Charles Martig, Switzerland
Cindy Mollaret, France
Jean-Michel Zucker, France
THE DON QUIJOTE PRIZE (FICC – International Federation of Film Societies)
The Mosquito Net (La mosquitera), Spain, 2010
Director: Agustí Vila
FICC Jury
David O Mahony, Ireland
Lenka Zemánková, Czech Republic
Eric Schaer, Switzerland
Hege Kristin Widnes, Norway
Krisztina Tajta, Hungary
NETPAC AWARD
Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema
Son of Babylon, Iraq, UK, France, Netherlands, Palestine, UAE, Egypt, 2009
Director: Mohamed Al-Daradji
The Orion (Orion), Iran, 2010
Director: Zamani Esmati
NETPAC Jury
Sudhir Nandgaonkar, India
Intishal Al Timimi, Iraq
Edna Fainaru, Israel
Photos: Karlovy Vary Film Festival