At the closing awards ceremony of the 48th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Janos Szasz’s “Le Grand Cahier” (Hungary) took the top prize, the Crystal Globe, which comes with $25,000 to be split by director and producer (Sandor Soth). The film also earned the Europa Cinemas Label. (Full list of winners below.)
Based on Agota Kristof’s award-winning World War II novel “The Notebook,” “Le Grand Cahier” is about 13-year-old twins who go to live with their grandmother during the war. The first feature backed by the new Hungarian Film Fund, “Le Grand Cahier” is co-produced with Austria’s Amour Fou, France’s Dolce Vita, Germany’s Intuit and Hungary’s Hunnia Film Studio.
Brit filmmaker Ben Wheatley won the special jury prize ($15,000) for “A Field In England,” which opened in the UK on Friday. Czech director Jan Hrebejk won best director for his film “Honeymoon,” while Czech director Alice Nellis earned the audience award for “Revival.”
The Best Actress prize was shared by the ensemble–Amy Morton, Louisa Krause, Emily Meade, and Margo Martindale– in Lance Edmands’ “Bluebird.” which also tok home the ecumenical jury award.
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (“The Deep”) took Best Actor for his alcoholic politician in Marteinn Thorsson’s “XL.”
The jury headed by Agnieszka Holland also gave a special mention to the Polish drama “Papusza” directed by Joanna Kos-Krauze and Krzysztof Krauze. Poland’s Tomasz Wasilewski won a prize worth $20,000 for In The East of the West competition, from a separate jury. Juraj Lehotský’s “Miracle” from the Slovak and Czech Republics scored a special mention.
In the documentary competition, the jury headed by Poland’s Krzysztof Gierat gave its prizes to “Pipeline” by Vitaly Manskiy and to “Beach Boy” by UK director Emil Langballe. A special mention went to Canadian Shawney Cohen’s “The Manor.”
In the Forum of Independents, the independent camera award was won by Chilean Fernando Lavanderos’ “Things The Way They Are.”
The FIPRESCI prize went to Yusup Razykov’s “Shame” and the FEDEORA award to “Velvet Terrorists.”
Oliver Stone, who screened yet another new cut of “Alexander” as well as his “History of the United States” series (THR interview here), gave an emotional acceptance speech when accepting his Crystal Globe For Contribution to World Cinema:
“There has always been a tension that haunted me way before Vietnam. My mother; my father; life itself, all my life. All these tensions will not allow me to let this award – or any this or any others – to stop me looking for the next undiscovered land. I was born an explorer and when I cease exploring I will die. In that spirit I will say do not cease being out there young dreamers that exploration of yourselves. You will meet again and again deceit. But the next time out you will win this battle. Persist. The world Is always in need of regeneration and – filmmakers amongst others – can combine that somewhere out in this crowd. So if you can you, or several of you, can truly contribute to this world.”
The list of winners is below.
GRAND PRIX – CRYSTAL GLOBE ($25,000)
Le grand cahier
Directed by: János Szász
Hungary, Germany, Austria, France, 2013
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE ($15,000)
A Field in England
Directed by: Ben Wheatley
UK, 2013
BEST DIRECTOR AWARD
Jan Hřebejk
for the film Honeymoon
Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, 2013
BEST ACTRESS AWARD
Amy Morton, Louisa Krause, Emily Meade, Margo Martindale
for their roles in the film Bluebird
Directed by: Lance Edmands
USA, Sweden, 2012
BEST ACTOR AWARD
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson
for his role in the film XL
Directed by: Marteinn Thórsson
Iceland, 2013
SPECIAL MENTION
Papusza
Directed by: Joanna Kos-Krauze, Krzysztof Krauze
Poland, 2013
EAST OF THE WEST – FILMS IN COMPETITION
EAST OF THE WEST AWARD ($20,000)
Floating Skyscrapers
Directed by: Tomasz Wasilewski
Poland, 2013
SPECIAL MENTION
Miracle
Directed by: Juraj Lehotský
Slovak Republic, Czech Republic, 2013
DOCUMENTARY FILMS IN COMPETITION
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM (+30mins) ($5,000)
Pipeline
Directed by: Vitaly Manskiy
Russia, Germany, Czech Republic, 2013
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM (-30mins) ($5,000)
Beach Boy
Directed by: Emil Langballe
UK, 2013
SPECIAL MENTION
The Manor
Directed by: Shawney Cohen
Canada, 2013
FORUM OF INDEPENDENTS
INDEPENDENT CAMERA AWARD
Things the Way They Are / Las cosas como son
Directed by: Fernando Lavanderos
Chile, 2012
AUDIENCE AWARD
Revival
Directed by: Alice Nellis
Czech Republic, 2013
CRYSTAL GLOBE FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION TO WORLD CINEMA
Theodor Pištěk (Czech Republic)
Oliver Stone (US)
John Travolta (US)
FESTIVAL PRESIDENT´S AWARD
Vojtěch Jasný (Czech Republic)
NON-STATUTORY AWARDS
AWARD OF INTERNATIONAL FILM CRITICS (FIPRESCI)
Shame
Directed by: Yusup Razykov
Russia, 2013
THE ECUMENICAL JURY AWARD
Bluebird
Directed by: Lance Edmands
USA, Sweden, 2012
FEDEORA AWARD
Best film from East of the West competition section
Velvet Terrorists
Directed by: Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarčík, Peter Kerekes
Slovak Republic, Czech Republic, Croatia, 2013
EUROPA CINEMAS LABEL AWARD
Le grand cahier
Directed by: János Szász
Hungary, Germany, Austria, France, 2013
WORKS IN PROGRESS 2013
19 selected projects were presented in the Works in Progress 2013. The most promising project selected by the International Jury received the award of €10,000 in services from the event’s partner Barrandov Studios.
MOST PROMISING PROJECT
Blind dates / Brma Paemnebi
Directed by: Levan Koguashvili
Georgia
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