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Festival is over. It was a big fun, as usual. Not a big suprise, that you can meet celebrities from all around the world walking right next to you. But the most important were the movies. :-) This years festival pass alowed only three films, but that was enough.

Important: The 42nd Karlovy Vary IFF will be held 29 June – 7 July 2007

COMPETITION OF FULL-LENGTH FEATURE FILMS

Grand Jury

Goran Paskaljević – President of the Jury, Serbia

Bent Hamer, Norway

Leila Hatami, Iran

Coleman Hough, USA

Laurence Kardish, Canada

Juliusz Machulski, Poland

Karel Roden, Czech Republic

Grand Prix – Crystal Globe (20,000 USD)

Sherrybaby, USA 2005
Dir. Laurie Collyer

Special Jury Prize

Ex-aequo

Christmas Tree Upside Down (Obarnata elha), Bulgaria, Germany 2006
Dir. Ivan Cherkelov, Vassil Zhivkov

Beauty in Trouble (Kráska v nesnázích), Czech Republic 2006

Dir. Jan Hřebejk

Best Director Award

Joachim Trier
for the film Reprise (Reprise)
Norway 2006

Best Actress Award

Maggie Gyllenhaal
for her role in the film Sherrybaby
USA 2005

Best Actor Award

Andrzej Hudziak
for his role in the film Several People, Little Time (Parę osób, mały czas)
Poland 2005

Special mention

This Girl Is Mine (L´enfant d´une autre), France 2005
Dir. Virginie Wagon

Every film begins with a seed that becomes a story. The jury presents this special mention for a fresh investigation of human relationships to This Girl Is Mine written and directed by Virginie Wagon.

Posted by Mikes on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 at 11:14 AM | Permalink