54th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
LocationKarlovy Vary, Czech Republic
Founded1946
AwardsCrystal Globe: The Father by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov
No. of films177
Festival dateJune 28–July 6, 2019
Websitewww.kviff.com/en/homepage
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The 54th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival took place from June 28 to July 6, 2019, in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic.

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]

Official selection

In competition

English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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

The Father by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov

Special Jury Prize

Lara by Jan-Ole Gerster

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

My Thoughts Are Silent by Antonio Lukich

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

Lara by Jan-Ole Gerster

Ecumenical Jury Commendation

Let There Be Light by Marko Škop

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

  1. ^ Thompson, Anne (July 6, 2019). "'The Father' and 'Lara' Win Big at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival". IndieWire. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  2. ^ Parfitt, Orlando (July 8, 2019). "Karlovy Vary Film Festival reveals 2019 winners". Screendaily. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Final Press Release | 54th KVIFF" (PDF). Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  4. ^ Barraclough, Leo (April 16, 2019). "Karlovy Vary to Pay Tribute to Vladimír Smutný, Youssef Chahine". Variety. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  5. ^ Wiseman, Andreas (July 6, 2019). "Karlovy Vary Winners: Bulgarian Pic 'The Father' & German Drama 'Lara' Win Main Prizes". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
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