The 39th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (July 2 -10), a non-specialized festival with a competition of full-length feature films and a competition of documentary films came to a conclusion July 10 and awarded its prizes:

The Grand Jury included
Al Ruban – President of the Jury, USA
Florinda Bolkan, Italy
Simon Field, Great Britain
Katarzyna Figura, Poland
Hong Sang-soo, Korea
Vladimir Mashkov, Russia
Alice Nellis, Czech Republic


GRAND PRIX – CRYSTAL GLOBE (20 000 USD)
Certi bambini (A Children’s Story), Italy, 2004
Dir.: Andrea Frazzi, Antonio Frazzi

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE

Tu (Here), Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2003
Dir.: Zrinko Ogresta

BEST DIRECTOR AWARD

Xavier Bermúdez
For his film León y Olvido (León and Olvido), Spain, 2004

BEST ACTRESS AWARD

Karen-Lise Mynster
For her role in the film Lad de små børn (Aftermath), Denmark, 2004
Dir.: Paprika Steen

Marta Larralde
For her role in the film León y Olvido (León and Olvido), Spain, 2004
Dir.: Xavier Bermúdez
BEST ACTOR AWARD

Max Riemelt
For his role in the film Napola (Napola), Germany, 2004
Dir.: Dennis Gansel



DOCUMENTARY FILMS IN COMPETITION

Documentary Jury

Bruno Aščuks – chairman, Latvia
Alexander Gutman, Russia
Miroslav Janek, Czech Republic
Ruth Mader, Austria
Dennis West, USA


BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM

Svaďba tišiny (Wedding of Silence), Russia, 2003
Dir.: Pavel Medvedev

SPECIAL MENTION

Untertage (Days Under), Netherlands, 2003
Dir.: Jiska Rickels

SPECIAL MENTION

Ničeho nelituji (No Regrets), Czech Republic, 2003
Dir.: Theodora Remundová


OTHER PRIZES AWARDED AT THE FESTIVAL

AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION TO WORLD CINEMA

Harvey Keitel, USA
Miroslav Ondříček, Czech Republic
Roman Polański, France-Poland

PRIZE OF THE TOWN KARLOVY VARY

Jacqueline Bisset, USA

PRIZE OF THE KARLOVY VARY REGION

Jiří Bartoška




THE ECUMENICAL JURY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO KVIFF
Eva Zaoralová

PRÁVO AUDIENCE AWARD
Die Geschichte vom weinenden Kamel (The Story of the Weeping Camel), Germany, Mongolia, 2003
Dir.: Byambasuren Davaa, Luigi Falorni


AWARD OF INTERNATIONAL FILM CRITICS (FIPRESCI)

Moj svodnyj brat Frankenštejn (My Step-Brother Frankenstein), Russia, 2004
Dir.: Valery Todorovsky

FIPRESCI Jury
Yves Thoraval – chairman, France
Martin Thomas Dahlström, Sweden
Jan Foll, Czech Republic
Alin Taşçiyan, Turkey
Mariola Wiktor, Poland






STATISTICS OF THE 39th KARLOVY VARY IFF 2004

ACCREDITATION
6 665 viewers bought the Festival Pass. Accredited:1 294 visitors, 527 journalists, 456 filmmakers and 905 film professionals.

SCREENINGS
During 9 festival days 416 screenings attended by 123 749 viewers took place. Most of them used their Festival Passes or accreditation cards to get the tickets. The viewers had an opportunity to see 235 films, out of which 15 were world premiers, 28 international premiers and 5 European premiers in 13 cinemas.