Karlovy Vary Award Winners 2007

Grand Prix - Crystal Globe

Jar City (Mýrin)

Dir. Baltasar Kormákur

Iceland, Germany 2006 The financial award is shared equally by the director and producer of the film.

Special Jury Prize

Lucky Miles (Lucky Miles)

Dir. Michael James Rowland

Australia 2007

Best Director Award

Bård Breien

for the film The Art of Negative Thinking (Kunsten å tenke negativt)

Norway 2006

Best Actress Award

Elvira Mínguez

for her role in the film Pudor (Pudor)

Spain 2007

Best Actor Award

Sergey Puskepalis

for his role in the film Simple Things (Prostyje vešči)

Russia 2006

Special Jury Mention

Leonid Bronevoy for his role in the film Simple Things (Prostyje vešči)

Russia 2006

Zdeněk Svěrák for the screenplay of the film Empties (Vratné lahve)

Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Denmark 2007

Grand Jury

Peter Bart - President of the Jury, United States

Karl Baumgartner, Germany

Jean-Luc Bideau, Switzerland, France

Nandita Das, India

Daniele Gaglianone, Italy

Arsinée Khanjian, Canada

David Ondříček, Czech Republic

Documentary films in competition

Best Documentary Film under 30 minutes long

Artel (Artěl)

Dir. Sergey Loznitsa

Russia 2006

Best Documentary Film over 30 minutes long

Lost Holiday (Ztracená dovolená)

Dir. Lucie Králová

Czech Republic 2007

Special Jury Mention for the film under 30 minutes long

Theodore (Teodors)

Dir. Laila Pakalnina

Latvia 2006

Special Jury Mention for the film over 30 minutes long

The Mosquito Problem and other stories (Problemat s komarite i drugi istorii)

Dir. Andrey Paounov

Bulgaria 2007

Documentary Jury

Dimitri Eipides - Chairman, Greece

Anna Buccheti, Italy

Anchalee Chaiworaporn, Thailand

Manuel Grosso Galván, Spain

Marko Škop, Slovak Republic

East of The West - Films in competition

East of the West Award

Armin (Armin)

Dir. Ognjen Sviličić

Croatia, Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2007

Special Mention

The Class (Klass)

Dir. Ilmar Raag

Estonia 2007

East of the West Jury

Stefan Laudyn - Chairman, Poland

Andreas Horvath, Austria

Marta Nováková, Czech Republic

Alissa Simon, USA

Ivan Shvedoff, Russia

Audience Award

Empties (Vratné lahve)

Dir. Jan Svěrák

Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Denmark 2007

Special Crystal Globe

(for outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema).

Danny DeVito, USA

Břetislav Pojar, Czech Republic

Award of International Film Critics (FIPRESCI)

Simple Things (Prostyje vešči)

Dir. Alexey Popogrebsky

Russia 2006

Europa Cinamas Label

The Class (Klass)

Dir. Ilmar Raag

Estonia 2007