"Terribly Happy" Wins Top Prize at Karlovy Fest; "Night Owls" Sweeps Acting Awards
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by indieWIRE (July 12, 2008)
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
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