Karlovy Vary Award Winners 2007

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Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Award Winners 2007

Grand Prix - Crystal Globe

  • 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


Contents

[edit] Documentary films in competition

Best Documentary Film under 30 minutes long

  • Artel (Artěl)
    • Dir. Sergey Loznitsa
    • Russia 2006

Best Documentary Film over 30 minutes long

  • 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


[edit] East of The West - Films in competition

East of the West Award

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

[edit] Audience Award

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


[edit] Special Crystal Globe

(for outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema).

  • Danny DeVito, USA
  • Břetislav Pojar, Czech Republic


[edit] Award of International Film Critics (FIPRESCI)

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


[edit] Europa Cinamas Label

  • The Class (Klass)
    • Dir. Ilmar Raag
    • Estonia 2007