Karlovy Vary Festival gives its prizes and wraps the 42nd edition

(The 43rd Karlovy Vary IFF will be held from July 4 – 12, 2008)

OFFICIAL SELECTION - COMPETITION

Grand Prix - Crystal Globe (20 000 USD)

Jar City (Mýrin)
Dir. Baltasar Kormákur
Iceland, Germany 2006 The financial award is shared equally by the director and producer of the award-winning film

Special Jury Prize

Lucky Miles (Lucky Miles)
Dir. Michael James Rowland
Australia 2007

Best Director Award

Bård Breien
for the film The Art of Negative Thinking (Kunsten å tenke negativt)
Norway 2006

Best Actress Award

Elvira Mínguez
for her role in the film Pudor (Pudor)
Spain 2007

Best Actor Award

Sergey Puskepalis
for his role in the film Simple Things (Prostyje vešči)
Russia 2006

Special Jury Mention

Leonid Bronevoy
for his role in the film Simple Things (Prostyje vešči)
Russia 2006

Zdeněk Svěrák
for the screenplay of the film Empties (Vratné lahve)
Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Denmark 2007 

Grand Jury

Peter Bart - President of the Jury, USA
Karl Baumgartner, Germany
Jean-Luc Bideau, Switzerland, France 
Nandita Das, India
Daniele Gaglianone, Italy
Arsinée Khanjian, Canada
David Ondříček, Czech Republic

DOCUMENTARY FILMS IN COMPETITION

Best Documentary Film under 30 minutes long (5000 USD)

Artel (Artěl)
Dir. Sergey Loznitsa
Russia 2006

Best Documentary Film over 30 minutes long (5000 USD)

Lost Holiday (Ztracená dovolená)
Dir. Lucie Králová
Czech Republic 2007

Special Jury Mention for the film under 30 minutes long

Theodore (Teodors)
Dir. Laila Pakalnina
Latvia 2006

Special Jury Mention for the film over 30 minutes long

The Mosquito Problem and Other Stories (Problemat s komarite i drugi istorii)
Dir. Andrey Paounov
Bulgaria 2007

Documentary Jury

Dimitri Eipides - Chairman, Greece
Anna Buccheti, Italy
Anchalee Chaiworaporn, Thailand
Manuel Grosso Galván, Spain
Marko Škop, Slovak Republic

EAST OF THE WEST - FILMS IN COMPETITION

East of the West Award

Armin (Armin)
Dir. Ognjen Sviličić
Croatia, Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2007

Special Mention

The Class (Klass)
Dir. Ilmar Raag
Estonia 2007

East of the West Jury

Stefan Laudyn - Chairman, Poland
Andreas Horvath, Austria 
Marta Nováková, Czech Republic
Alissa Simon, USA
Ivan Shvedoff, Russia

AUDIENCE AWARD

Empties (Vratné lahve)
Dir. Jan Svěrák
Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Denmark 2007

SPECIAL CRYSTAL GLOBE FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION TO WORLD CINEMA

Danny DeVito, USA
Břetislav Pojar, Czech Republic

AWARD OF INTERNATIONAL FILM CRITICS (FIPRESCI)

Simple Things (Prostyje vešči)
Dir. Alexey Popogrebsky
Russia 2006

EUROPA CINEMAS LABEL

The Class (Klass)
Dir. Ilmar Raag
Estonia 2007