54th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
The 54th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival took place from June 28 to July 6, 2019, in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic.
Location | Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic |
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Founded | 1946 |
Awards | Crystal Globe: The Father by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov |
No. of films | 177 |
Festival date | June 28–July 6, 2019 |
Website | www |
A total of 177 films were presented at the festival, including 34 world premieres, eight international and six European premieres. Bulgarian-Greek co-produced film, The Father won the Crystal Globe.[1]
Juries
The following were appointed as the juries at the 54th edition:[2][3]
Grand Jury
FIPRESCI Jury
Europa Cinemas Label Jury
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East of the West
The Ecumenical Jury
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Documentary Films
FEDEORA Jury
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Official selection
In competition
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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The August Virgin | La virgen de agosto | Jonás Trueba | Spain |
The Father † | Bashtata | Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov | Bulgaria, Greece |
Half-Sister | Polsestra | Damjan Kozole | Slovenia, North Macedonia, Serbia |
La Belle Indifference | Küçük şeyler | Kıvanç Sezer | Turkey |
Lara ‡ | Jan-Ole Gerster | Germany | |
Let There Be Light | Nech je svetlo | Marko Škop | Slovakia, Czech Republic |
The Man of the Future | El hombre del futuro | Felipe Ríos | Chile, Argentina |
Monsoon | Hong Khaou | United Kingdom | |
Mosaic Portrait | Ma sai ke shao nü | Zhai Yixiang | China |
Ode to Nothing | Oda sa wala | Dwein Baltazar | Philippines |
Patrick | De Patrick | Tim Mielants | Belgium |
To the Stars | Martha Stephens | United States |
- Highlighted title and dagger (†) indicates Crystal Globe winner.
- Highlighted title and double-dagger (‡) indicates Special Jury Prize winner.
Out of competition
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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Mystify: Michael Hutchence | Richard Lowenstein | Australia | |
Old-Timers | Staříci | Martin Dušek, Ondřej Provazník | Czech Republic, Slovakia |
The True Adventures of Wolfboy | Martin Krejčí | United States |
East of the West
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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Aga's House | Shpia e Agës | Lendita Zeqiraj | Kosovo, Croatia, France, Albania |
Arrest | Arest | Andrei Cohn | Romania |
The Bull † | Byk | Boris Akopov | Russia |
A Certain Kind of Silence | Tiché doteky | Michal Hogenauer | Czech Republic, Netherlands, Latvia |
Last Visit | Akher Ziyarah | Abdulmohsen Aldhabaan | Saudi Arabia |
Mamonga | Stefan Malešević | Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro | |
My Thoughts Are Silent ‡ | Moi dumki tikhi | Antonio Lukich | Ukraine |
Nova Lituania | Karolis Kaupinis | Lithuania | |
Passed by Censor | Görülmüştür | Serhat Karaaslan | Turkey, Germany, France |
Scandinavian Silence | Skandinaavia vaikus | Martti Helde | Estonia, France, Belgium |
Silent Days | Hluché dni | Pavol Pekarčík | Slovakia, Czech Republic |
Zizotek | Vardis Marinakis | Greece | |
- Highlighted title and dagger (†) indicates East of the West winner.
- Highlighted title and double-dagger (‡) indicates East of the West Special Jury Prize winner.
Documentary Films
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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17 Blocks | Davy Rothbart | United States | |
Confucian Dream ‡ | Kongzi meng | Mijie Li | China |
The Fading Village | Chun qu dong lai | Liu Feifang | China |
Immortal † | Surematu | Ksenia Okhapkina | Estonia, Latvia |
In the Arms of Morpheus | In de armen van Morpheus | Marc Schmidt | Netherlands |
The Last Autumn | Síðasta haustið | Yrsa Roca Fannberg | Iceland |
Over the Hills | Dálava | Martin Mareček | Czech Republic |
Projectionist | Panorama | Yuriy Shylov | Ukraine, Poland |
Spoon | Karote | Laila Pakalniņa | Latvia, Norway, Lithuania |
- Highlighted title and dagger (†) indicates Best Documentary Film winner.
- Highlighted title and double-dagger (‡) indicates Documentary Special Jury Prize winner.
Another View
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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Apollo 11 | Todd Douglas Miller | United States | |
Dafne | Federico Bondi | Italy | |
Die Kinder der Toten | Kelly Copper, Pavol Liška | Austria | |
A Dog Called Money | Seamus Murphy | Ireland, United Kingdom | |
Dogs Don't Wear Pants | Koirat eivät käytä housuja | Jukka-Pekka Valkeapää | Finland, Latvia |
Fire Will Come | O que arde | Oliver Laxe | France, Luxembourg, Spain |
Gold Is All There Is | Tutto l'oro che c'è | Andrea Caccia | Italy, Switzerland, France |
In Fabric | Peter Strickland | United Kingdom | |
Introduzione all'oscuro | Gastón Solnicki | Argentina, Austria | |
Koko-di Koko-da | Johannes Nyholm | Sweden, Denmark | |
Lillian | Andreas Horvath | Austria | |
The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea | To thávma tis thálassas ton Sargassón | Syllas Tzoumerkas | Greece, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden |
Monos | Alejandro Landes | Colombia, Argentina, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Uruguay, United States | |
Monsters. | Monștri. | Marius Olteanu | Romania |
Out of Tune | De frivillige | Frederikke Aspöck | Denmark |
Real Love | C'est ça l'amour | Claire Burger | France |
The Sharks | Los tiburones | Lucía Garibaldi | Uruguay, Argentina, Spain |
Sick, Sick, Sick | Sem seu sangue | Alice Furtado | Brazil, France, Netherlands |
Sons of Denmark | Danmarks sønner | Ulaa Salim | Denmark |
Stitches | Šavovi | Miroslav Terzić | Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Tlamess | Ala Eddine Slim | Tunisia, France | |
Tommaso | Abel Ferrara | Italy | |
The Trial | Process | Sergei Loznitsa | Netherlands |
The Unknown Saint | Le miracle du Saint Inconnu | Alaa Eddine Aljem | Morocco, France, Qatar |
Czech Films 2018–2019
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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Another Chance | Začít znovu | Eva Tomanová | Czech Republic |
Apart | Spolu sami | Diana Cam Van Nguyen | Czech Republic |
Bloody Fairy Tales | Krvavé pohádky | Tereza Kovandová | Czech Republic |
The Cage | Klec | Jiří Strach | Czech Republic |
Daughter | Dcera | Daria Kashcheeva | Czech Republic |
The Fishermen | Rybáři | Bára Anna Stejskalová | Czech Republic |
Fruits of Clouds | Plody mraků | Kateřina Karhánková | Czech Republic |
Golden Sting | Zlatý podraz | Radim Špaček | Czech Republic, Slovakia |
Happy End | Jan Saska | Czech Republic | |
Hide N Seek | Schovka | Barbora Halířová | Czech Republic |
Jan Palach | Robert Sedláček | Czech Republic, Slovakia | |
Karel, Me and You | Karel, já a ty | Bohdan Karásek | Czech Republic |
The Kite | Pouštět draka | Martin Smatana | Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland |
Miss Hanoi | Zdeněk Viktora | Czech Republic, Slovakia | |
Off Sides | Letní hokej | Rozálie Kohoutová, Tomáš Bojar | Czech Republic |
On the Roof | Na střeše | Jiří Mádl | Czech Republic, Slovakia |
Woman's Day | Den žen | Evgeny Terpugov | Czech Republic |
Future Frames: Generation NEXT of European Cinema
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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Beyond the North Winds: A Post Nuclear Reverie | Natalie Cubides-Brady | United Kingdom | |
Get Ready with Me | Jonatan Etzler | Sweden | |
He Was Called Chaos Bērziņš | Viņu sauca Haoss Bērziņš | Signe Birkova | Latvia |
The Jarariju Sisters | Soeurs Jarariju | Jorge Cadena | Switzerland, Colombia |
Kid | Gregor Valentovič | Slovakia | |
The Last Children of Paradise | Die letzten Kinder im Paradies | Anna Roller | Germany |
Playing | Hra | Lun Sevnik | Czech Republic |
Precious | Majkino zlato | Irfan Avdić | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
A Siege | Ostrom | István Kovács | Hungary |
Touch Me | Was bleibt | Eileen Byrne | Germany, Luxembourg |
Horizons
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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Adam | Maryam Touzani | Morocco, France, Serbia | |
Amazing Grace | Alan Elliott, Sydney Pollack | United States | |
The Champion | Il Campione | Leonardo D'Agostini | Italy |
The Cordillera of Dreams | La Cordillera de los sueños | Patricio Guzmán | Chile, France |
The Dead Don't Die | Jim Jarmusch | United States, Sweden | |
Diego Maradona | Asif Kapadia | United Kingdom | |
Ghost Town Anthology | Répertoire des villes disparues | Denis Côté | Canada |
The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão | A vida invisível de Eurídice Gusmão | Karim Aïnouz | Brazil, Germany |
Killing | Zan | Shinya Tsukamoto | Japan |
Light of My Life | Casey Affleck | United States | |
Mid90s | Jonah Hill | United States | |
Oleg | Oļegs | Juris Kursietis | Latvia, Belgium, Lithuania, France |
Our Time | Nuestro tiempo | Carlos Reygadas | Mexico, France, Germany, Denmark, Sweden |
Papicha | Mounia Meddour | France, Algeria, Belgium, Qatar | |
Parasite | Gisaengchung | Bong Joon-ho | South Korea |
Rojo | Benjamín Naishtat | Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Germany, France, Switzerland | |
System Crasher | Systemsprenger | Nora Fingscheidt | Germany |
The Traitor | Il traditore | Marco Bellocchio | Italy, France, Germany, Brazil |
Varda by Agnès | Varda par Agnès | Agnès Varda | France |
What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire? | Roberto Minervini | Italy, United States, France | |
Wherever You Are | Ovunque proteggimi | Bonifacio Angius | Italy |
A White, White Day | Hvítur, hvítur dagur | Hlynur Pálmason | Iceland, Denmark, Sweden |
Yesterday | Danny Boyle | United Kingdom |
Imagina
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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Communion Los Angeles | Adam R. Levine, Peter Bo Rappmund | United States | |
The Glamorous Boys of Tang | Tang chao chi li nan | Su Hui-Yu | Taiwan |
The Grand Bizarre | Jodie Mack | United States | |
Heimat is a Space in Time | Heimat ist ein Raum aus Zeit | Thomas Heise | Germany, Austria |
The Hidden City | La ciudad oculta | Victor Moreno | Spain, France, Germany |
Interbeing | Martina Hoogland Ivanow | Sweden | |
Just Don't Think I'll Scream | Ne croyez surtout pas que je hurle | Frank Beauvais | France |
Memento Stella | Takashi Makino | Japan, Hong Kong | |
Meteorite | Meteorito | Mauricio Sáenz | Mexico |
Pareidolia | Nan Wang | Netherlands | |
Pwdre Ser: the rot of stars | Charlotte Pryce | United States | |
Walled Unwalled | Lawrence Abu Hamdan | Germany | |
Water and Clearing | Siegfried A. Fruhauf | Austria | |
tx-reverse | Virgil Widrich, Martin Reinhart | Austria |
Liberated
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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The Flames of Royal Love | V žáru královské lásky | Jan Němec | Czechoslovakia |
The Inheritance | Dědictví aneb Kurvahošigutntág | Věra Chytilová | Czechoslovakia |
It's Better to Be Wealthy and Healthy Than Poor and Ill | Lepšie byť bohatý a zdravý ako chudobný a chorý | Juraj Jakubisko | Czechoslovakia |
Let's All Sing Around | Pějme píseň dohola | Ondřej Trojan | Czechoslovakia |
Requiem for a Maiden | Requiem pro panenku | Filip Renč | Czechoslovakia |
Smoke | Kouř | Tomáš Vorel | Czechoslovakia |
Time of the Servants | Čas sluhů | Irena Pavlásková | Czechoslovakia |
Midnight Screenings
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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7 Reasons to Run Away (From Society) | 7 raons per fugir (de la societat) | Esteve Soler, Gerard Quinto, David Torras | Spain |
Alien | Ridley Scott | United States, United Kingdom | |
The Fog | John Carpenter | United States | |
The Lodge | Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala | United States, United Kingdom | |
The Matrix | The Wachowskis | United States | |
First Blood | Ted Kotcheff | United States | |
You Might Be the Killer | Brett Simmons | United States |
Out of the Past
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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The Barnabáš Kos Case | Prípad Barnabáš Kos | Peter Solan | Czechoslovakia |
Be Prepared! | Buď připraven! | Svatopluk Innemann | Czechoslovakia |
The Cremator | Spalovač mrtvol | Juraj Herz | Czechoslovakia |
Detour | Edgar G. Ulmer | United States | |
Husbands | John Cassavetes | United States | |
Memory: The Origins of Alien | Alexandre O. Philippe | United States | |
The Other Side of the Wind | Orson Welles | United States, France, Iran | |
Paths of Glory | Stanley Kubrick | United States | |
Sátántangó | Béla Tarr | Hungary, Switzerland, Germany | |
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael | Rob Garver | United States | |
The White Caravan | Tetri karavani | Eldar Shengelaia, Tamaz Meliava | Georgia |
People Next Door
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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Carte Blanche | Jacek Lusiński | Poland | |
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot | Gus Van Sant | United States | |
Marie's Story | Marie Heurtin | Jean-Pierre Améris | France |
Mimi & Lisa: Christmas Light Mystery | Mimi & Líza: Záhada vánočního světla | Katarína Kerekesová, Ivana Šebestová | Slovakia, Czech Republic |
Rolling to You | Tout le monde debout | Franck Dubosc | France, Belgium |
Wonderstruck | Todd Haynes | United States |
Prague Short Film Festival Presents
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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Make Aliens Dance | Sebastien Petretti | Belgium, United Kingdom | |
Reconstruction | Rekonstrukce | Jiří Havlíček, Ondřej Novák | Czech Republic |
A Stone Slowly Falls | En sten faller langsomt ned | Kerren Lumer-Klabbers | Norway |
Sugar and Salt | Cukr a sůl | Adam Martinec | Czech Republic |
Tremors | Drżenia | Dawid Bodzak | Poland |
Special Events
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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After the Wedding | Bart Freundlich | United States | |
The End of Berhof | Zánik samoty Berhof | Jiří Svoboda | Czechoslovakia, Poland |
Forman vs. Forman | Helena Třeštíková, Jakub Hejna | Czech Republic, France | |
Jiří Suchý: Tackling Life with Ease | Jiří Suchý: Lehce s životem se prát | Olga Sommerová | Czech Republic |
Late Night | Nisha Ganatra | United States | |
Learning to Drive | Isabel Coixet | United Kingdom, United States | |
The Myth of Fingerprints | Bart Freundlich | United States | |
Pavarotti | Ron Howard | United States | |
The Sleepers | Bez vědomí | Ivan Zachariáš | Czech Republic |
Spider-Man: Far From Home | Jon Watts | United States |
Tribute to Youssef Chahine
This segment was presented as a tribute to Egyptian filmmaker Youssef Chahine.[4]
English title | Original title | Year | Production countrie(s) |
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Alexandria... Why? | Eskanderija... lih? | 1978 | Egypt |
The Blazing Sun | Siraa fil wadi | 1954 | Egypt |
Cairo Station | Bab el-Hadid | 1958 | Egypt |
Daddy Amin | Baba Amin | 1950 | Egypt |
Dawn of a New Day | Fagr yom gedid | 1964 | Egypt, USSR |
The Devil of the Desert | Shaytan al-sahraa | 1954 | Egypt |
Farewell My Love | Wadda't hubbak | 1957 | Egypt |
My One and Only Love | Enta habibi | 1957 | Egypt |
The Return of the Prodigal Son | Awdat al-ibn al dal | 1976 | Egypt, Algeria |
Saladin | Al-Naser Salah al-Din | 1963 | Egypt |
The Sixth Day | Al-yom al-sadis | 1986 | Egypt, France |
Awards
The following awards were presented at the 54th edition:[3][5]
Official selection awards
Grand Prix – Crystal Globe
Special Jury Prize
Best Director
- Tim Mielants for Patrick
Best Actress
- Corinna Harfouch for Lara
Best Actor
- Milan Ondrík for Let There Be Light
Special Jury Mention
- The August Virgin by Jonás Trueba
- Antonia Giesen for The Man of the Future
Other statutory awards
East of the West Grand Prix
- The Bull by Boris Akopov
East of the West Special Jury Prize
Grand Prix for Best Documentary Film
- Immortal by Ksenia Okhapkina
Documentary Special Jury Prize
- Confucian Dream by Mijie Li
Právo Audience Award
- Jiří Suchý: Tackling Life with Ease by Olga Sommerová
Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema
- Julianne Moore (United States)
- Patricia Clarkson (United States)
Festival President's Award for Contribution to Czech Cinematography
- Vladimír Smutný (Czech Republic)
Non-statutory awards
Award of International Film Critics (FIPRESCI)
- The August Virgin by Jonás Trueba
The Ecumenical Jury Award
Ecumenical Jury Commendation
FEDEORA Award
- Passed by Censor by Serhat Karaaslan
FEDEORA Jury Special Mention
- Aga's House by Lendita Zeqiraj
Europa Cinemas Label Award
- Scandinavian Silence by Martti Helde
References
- Thompson, Anne (July 6, 2019). "'The Father' and 'Lara' Win Big at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival". IndieWire. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
- Parfitt, Orlando (July 8, 2019). "Karlovy Vary Film Festival reveals 2019 winners". Screendaily. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
- "Final Press Release | 54th KVIFF" (PDF). Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
- Barraclough, Leo (April 16, 2019). "Karlovy Vary to Pay Tribute to Vladimír Smutný, Youssef Chahine". Variety. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
- Wiseman, Andreas (July 6, 2019). "Karlovy Vary Winners: Bulgarian Pic 'The Father' & German Drama 'Lara' Win Main Prizes". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 14, 2021.