The 49th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, a non-specialized festival with four competition categories, took place from July 4th to July 12th this year. It was organized by Film Servis Fesival Karlovy Vary, a.s., with Jiří Bartoška as president of the festival and Karel Och as artistic director. The 50th Karlovy Vary IFF will be held from July 3rd to July 11th, 2015.

On July 12th 2014, the festival’s juries presented awards for the best films at the closing ceremony of the

49th Karlovy Vary IFF.

OFFICIAL SELECTION – COMPETITION

GRAND JURY

Luis Miñarro, Spain (president of the Jury)

Mira Fornay, Slovakia

Phedon Papamichael, Greece

Kjartan Sveinsson, Iceland       

Viktor Tauš, Czech Republic

GRAND PRIX – CRYSTAL GLOBE (25 000 USD)

The financial award is shared equally by the director and producer of the award-winning film.

Corn Island / Simindis kundzuli

Directed by: George Ovashvili

Georgia, Germany, France, Czech Republic, Kazakhstan, 2014

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE (15 000 USD)

The financial award is shared equally by the director and producer of the award-winning film.

Free Fall / Szabadesés

Directed by: György Pálfi

Hungary, France, South Korea, 2014

BEST DIRECTOR AWARD

György Pálfi

for the film Free Fall / Szabadesés

Hungary, France, South Korea, 2014

BEST ACTRESS AWARD

Elle Fanning

for her role in the film Low Down

Directed by: Jeff Preiss

USA, 2014

BEST ACTOR AWARD

Nahuel Pérez Biscayart

for his role in the film All Yours / Je suis à toi

Directed by: David Lambert

Belgium, Canada, 2014
EAST OF THE WEST – COMPETITION

EAST OF THE WEST JURY

Ahmet Boyacıoğlu, Turkey (chairman of the Jury)

Ivana Ivišić, Croatia

Levan Koguashvili, Russia

Amanda Livanou, Greece

Tomasz Wasilewski, Poland

EAST OF THE WEST AWARD (20 000 USD)

The financial award is shared equally by the director and producer of the award-winning film.

Corrections Class / Klass korrektsii

Directed by: Ivan I. Tverdovsky

Russia, Germany, 2014

SPECIAL MENTION

Barbarians / Varvari

Directed by: Ivan Ikić

Serbia, Montenegro, Slovenia, 2014

DOCUMENTARY FILMS – COMPETITION

DOCUMENTARY FILMS JURY

Philippa Kowarsky, Israel (chairwoman of the Jury)

Oskar Alegria, Spain

Tomáš Bojar, Czech Republic

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM OVER 60 MINUTES (5 000 USD)

Waiting for August

Directed by: Teodora Ana Mihai

Belgium, 2014

SPECIAL MENTION

Steadiness / Sitzfleisch

Directed by: Lisa Weber

Austria, 2014

BEST DOCUMENTARY UNDER 30 MINUTES (5 000 USD)

Autofocus

Directed by: Boris Poljak

Croatia, 2013

SPECIAL MENTION

The Queen / La reina

Directed by: Manuel Abramovich

Argentina, 2013

FORUM OF INDEPENDENTS – COMPETITION

FORUM OF INDEPENDENTS JURY

Clare Crean, Great Britain

Chad Hartigan, USA

Michael Málek, Czech Republic

FORUM OF INDEPENDENTS AWARD

The winning film will be purchased by Czech Television for the flat fee of 5000 EUR.

Anywhere Else / Anderswo

Directed by: Ester Amrami

Germany, 2014

AUDIENCE AWARD

The Magic Voice of a Rebel / Magický hlas rebelky

Directed by: Olga Sommerová

Czech Republic, 2014

Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema

Mel Gibson, USA

William Friedkin, USA

Festival President’s Award for Contribution to Czech Cinematography

Zdeněk Svěrák, Czech Republic

NON-STATUTORY AWARDS

AWARD OF INTERNATIONAL FILM CRITICS (FIPRESCI)

Awarded by The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI).

Rocks in My Pockets

Directed by: Signe Baumane

USA, Latvia, 2014

FIPRESCI JURY

Cerise Howard, Australia

Viliam Jablonický, Slovakia

Darina Křivánková, Czech Republic

Marita Nyrhinen, Finland

Yael Shuv, Israel

THE ECUMENICAL JURY AWARD

Corn Island / Simindis kundzuli

Directed by: George Ovashvili

Georgia, Germany, France, Czech Republic, Kazakhstan, 2014

SPECIAL MENTION

Rocks in My Pockets

Directed by: Signe Baumane

USA, Latvia, 2014

THE ECUMENICAL JURY

Brigitte Affolter, Switzerland

Lukáš Jirsa, Czech Republic

Joel Ruml, Czech Republic

Blandine Salles, France

FEDEORA AWARD

Awarded by the Federation of Film Critics of Europe and The Mediterranean (FEDEORA) to the best film from East of the West - Competition

Bota

Directed by: Iris Elezi, Thomas Logoreci

Albania, Italy, Kosovo, 2014

SPECIAL MENTION

Corrections Class / Klass korrektsii

Directed by: Ivan I. Tverdovsky

Russia, Germany, 2014

FEDEORA JURY

Sherif Awad, Egypt

Natascha Drubek, Germany

Kirsten Liese, Germany

EUROPA CINEMAS LABEL AWARD
For the best European film in the Official Selection - Competition and in the East of the West - Competition.

Free Fall / Szabadesés

Directed by: György Pálfi

Hungary, France, South Korea, 2014

Europa Cinemas Label jury

Naděžda Hetešová, Czech Republic

Vilma Levickaite, Lithuania

Anastasios Liagkris, Greece

Cloe Tralci, Belgium

Works in Progress 2014

15 selected projects were presented in the Works in Progress 2014. The most promising project selected by the International Jury received the award of 10.000 Euros in services from the event’s partner Barrandov Studios.

THE WORKS IN PROGRESS JURY 2014

Mihai Chirilov, Transylvania International Film Festival, Romania

Guillaume de Seille, Arizona Productions, France

Niloufar Siassi, Fortissimo Film Sales, Netherlands

AWARD OF 10 000 EUROS IN SERVICES FOR THE MOST PROMISING PROJECT

Goat / Koza

Directed by: Ivan Ostrochovský

Slovakia, Czech Republic, 2014

The project was presented by: Ivan Ostrochovský (director), Jiří Konečný (producer)

STATISTICS OF THE 49^TH KARLOVY VARY IFF 2014

The 49th Karlovy Vary IFF 2014 was attended by 12 433 accredited visitors. Of that number 10 490 had Festival Passes, 478 were filmmakers, 825 film professionals, and 640 journalists.

130 987 tickets were sold for 478 film screenings. A total of 245 films were shown: 216 feature films (173 full-length and 43 short) and 29 documentary films (23 full-length and 6 short). 33 films received their world premiere, while 19 had their international premiere and 6 their European premiere. 62 of the films screened were debuts. 189 screenings were personally presented by delegations of filmmakers. 115 Press & Industry screenings were held.

FILM INDUSTRY AT THE 49^TH KARLOVY VARY IFF 2014

825 film buyers, sellers, distributors, film festival programmers, representatives of film institutions, and other industry professionals were accredited for the 49th Karlovy Vary IFF. 433 accredited film professionals came to the festival from abroad. 178 film buyers and distributors and 132 festival programmers chose from the new films and Works in Progress.