Grand Prix - Crystal Globe

Crystal Globe

Crystal Globe is the main award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, first given in the city of Karlovy Vary of the Czech Republic, in 1948.In the international competition of films, IFFKV presents the following awards:...

• Frygtelig Lykkelig (Terribly Happy
  Terribly Happy
  Terribly Happy is a 2008 Danish film directed by Henrik Ruben Genz, based on Erling Jepsen's novel of the same name from 2004....
  
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  • Dir. Henrik Ruben Genz
    Henrik Ruben Genz
    Henrik Ruben Genz is a Danish film director.Before becoming involved with film, Genz attended Designskolen Kolding, where he studied graphic design, after giving up on an earlier dream of being a painter. While there, he did some work with video, and a chance meeting with director Arne Bro...
    
    
  • Denmark 2008

Special Jury Prize

• The Photograph
  • Dir. Nan T. Achnas
  • Indonesia, France, Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden 2007

Best Actress Award

• Martha Issová
  • for her role in the film Night Owls (Děti noci)
  • Czech Republic 2008

Best Actor Award

• Jiří Mádl
  • for his role in the film Night Owls (Děti noci)
  • Czech Republic 2008

Special Jury Mention

• The Investigator (A nyomozó)
  • Dir. Attila Gigor
  • Hungary, Sweden, Ireland 2008

and

• The Karamazovs (Karamazovi)
  • Dir. Petr Zelenka
  • Czech Republic, Poland 2008

Grand Jury

Ivan Passer, president
Brenda Blethyn
Ari Folman
Ted Hope
Jan P. Muchow
Johanna ter Steege
Vilmos Zsigmond

Documentary films in competition

• Best Documentary Film under 30 minutes long (5000 USD)- Lost World (Letűnt vilá, directed by Gyula Nemes, Hungary, Finland, 2008)
• Best Documentary Film over 30 minutes long (5000 USD) - Man on Wire
  Man on Wire
  Man on Wire is a 2008 British documentary film directed by James Marsh. The film chronicles Philippe Petit's 1974 high-wire walk between the Twin Towers of New York's World Trade Center. It is based on Philippe Petit's book, To Reach the Clouds, recently released in paperback with the new title...
  
   (directed by James Marsh, United Kingdom, 2007)
• Special Jury Mention - Bigger, Stronger, Faster* (directed by Christopher Bell, USA, 2007)

East of the west - films in competition

East of the West Award (US$10,000)

• Tulpan (Tulpan)
  • Dir. Sergey Dvortsevoy
  • Kazakhstan, Germany, Switzerland, Russia, Poland 2008

Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema

• Robert De Niro, USA
• Dušan Hanák, Sloväkia
• Juraj Jakubisko, Slovakia
• Ivan Passer, USA

Festival President's Award

• Danny Glover, USA
• Christopher Lee, United Kingdom
• Armin Mueller-Stahl, Germany

Award of International Film Critics (FIPRESCI)

The Karamazovs (Karamazovi)
Dir. Petr Zelenka
Czech Republic, Poland 2008 For translating Dostoevsky’s classic into an unconventional fusion of theater, cinema, literature and real life.

Europa Cinemas Label

Bahrtalo! (Good Luck!) | Bahrtalo! (Jó szerencsét!)
Dir. Róbert Lakatos
Hungary, Austria, Germany 2008

Independent Camera

- the Czech Television Award for the best film presented in the Forum of Independents

• Mermaid (Rusalka)
  • Dir. Anna Melikyan
  • Russia 2007

External links

• Official site