“Terribly Happy” Wins Top Prize at Karlovy Fest; “Night Owls” Sweeps Acting Awards

Henrik Ruben Genz, winner of the Crystal Globe at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for "Terribly Happy." Photo provided by the festival

Henrik Ruben Genz‘s “Terribly Happy” from Denmark won the Crystal Globe, the top prize at the 2008 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, which came to a close this weekend in the Czech Republic. The festival, which took place from July 4 - 12, awarded its directing prize to Alexey Uchitel for “Captive,” while James Marsh‘s “Man on Wire” won the award for best documentary (over 30 minutes long). Michaela Pavlatova‘s “Night Owls” won a pair of acting awards, best actress for Martha Issova and best actor for Jiri Madi.

indieWIRE’s dispatch from the festival was published last week.

Complete list of winners:

GRAND PRIX - CRYSTAL GLOBE
“Terribly Happy” (Frygtelig Lykkelig), Denmark, 2008
Director: Henrik Ruben Genz

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE (20,000 USD)
“The Photograph,” Indonesia, France, Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, 2008
Director: Nan T. Achnas

BEST DIRECTOR AWARD
“Captive” (Plennyj), Russia, Bulgaria, 2008
Director: Alexey Uchitel

BEST ACTRESS AWARD
Martha Issova for the film “Night Owls”
Czech Republic, 2008

BEST ACTOR AWARD
Jiri Madi for the film “Night Owls”
Czech Republic, 2008

SPECIAL MENTION
“The Karamazovs,” Czech Republic, Poland, 2008
Director: Petr Zelenka

”The Investigator” (A nyomozo), Hungary, Sweden, Ireland, 2008
Director: Attila Gigor

DOCUMENTARY FILMS IN COMPETITION

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BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM (under 30 minutes long) “Lost World” (Letnt vilag), Hungary, Finland, 2008 Director: Gyula Nemes BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM (over 30 minutes long) “Man on Wire,” United Kingdom, 2007 Director: James Marsh SPECIAL MENTION “Bigger, Stronger, Faster*,” USA, 2007 Director: Christopher Bell EAST OF THE WEST AWARD BEST FILM: “Tulpan,” Kazakhstan, Germany, Switzerland, Russia, Poland, 2008 Director: Sergey Dvortsevoy SPECIAL MENTION: “Seamstresses” (ivaki), Bulgaria, 2007 Director: Lyudmil Todorov OTHER PRIZES AWARDED AT THE FESTIVAL AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION TO WORLD CINEMA Robert De Niro, USA Duan Hanak, Slovakia Juraj Jakubisko, Slovakia Ivan Passer, USA FESTIVAL PRESIDENT’S AWARD Danny Glover, USA Christopher Lee, United Kingdom THE TOWN OF KARLOVY VARY AWARD Armin Mueller-Stahl, Germany PRAVO AUDIENCE AWARD “12,” Director: Nikita Michalkov (Russia, 2007) INDEPENDENT CAMERA “Mermaid” (Rusalka), Russia, 2007 Director: Anna Melikyan AWARD OF INTERNATIONAL FILM CRITICS (FIPRESCI) “The Karamazovs” (Karamazovi), Czech Republic, Poland, 2008 Director: Petr Zelenka Login to recommend this article » posted on July 14, 2008 Films to Snag Login to Leave a Comment »