Karlovy Vary Award Winners 2008

Grand Prix - Crystal Globe

Frygtelig Lykkelig (Terribly Happy)

Dir. Henrik Ruben Genz

Denmark 2008

Special Jury Prize

The Photograph

Dir. Nan T. Achnas

Indonesia, France, Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden 2007

Best Director Award

Alexey Uchitel

for the film Captive (Plennyj)

Russia, Bulgaria 2008

Best Actress Award

Martha Issová

for her role in the film Night Owls (Děti noci)

Czech Republic 2008

Best Actor Award

Jiří Mádl

for his role in the film Night Owls (Děti noci)

Czech Republic 2008

Special Jury Mention

The Investigator (A nyomozó)

Dir. Attila Gigor

Hungary, Sweden, Ireland 2008

and

The Karamazovs (Karamazovi)

Dir. Petr Zelenka

Czech Republic, Poland 2008

Grand Jury

Ivan Passer, president Brenda Blethyn Ari Folman Ted Hope Jan P. Muchow Johanna ter Steege Vilmos Zsigmond

Documentary films in competition

Best Documentary Film under 30 minutes long (5000 USD)- Lost World (Letűnt vilá, directed by Gyula Nemes, Hungary, Finland, 2008)

Best Documentary Film over 30 minutes long (5000 USD) - Man on Wire (directed by James Marsh, United Kingdom, 2007)

Special Jury Mention - Bigger, Stronger, Faster* (directed by Christopher Bell, USA, 2007)

East of the west - films in competition

East of the West Award (US$10,000)

Tulpan (Tulpan)

Dir. Sergey Dvortsevoy

Kazakhstan, Germany, Switzerland, Russia, Poland 2008

Special Mention

Seamstresses (Šivački)

Dir. Lyudmil Todorov

Bulgaria 2007

Audience Award

12 (12)

Dir. Nikita Michalkov

Russia 2007

Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema

Robert De Niro, USA

Dušan Hanák, Sloväkia

Juraj Jakubisko, Slovakia

Ivan Passer, USA

Festival President's Award

Danny Glover, USA

Christopher Lee, United Kingdom

Armin Mueller-Stahl, Germany

Award of International Film Critics (FIPRESCI)

The Karamazovs (Karamazovi) Dir. Petr Zelenka Czech Republic, Poland 2008 For translating Dostoevsky’s classic into an unconventional fusion of theater, cinema, literature and real life.

Europa Cinemas Label

Bahrtalo! (Good Luck!) | Bahrtalo! (Jó szerencsét!) Dir. Róbert Lakatos Hungary, Austria, Germany 2008

Independent Camera

- the Czech Television Award for the best film presented in the Forum of Independents

Mermaid (Rusalka)

Dir. Anna Melikyan

Russia 2007