Winners announced for the 58th Karlovy Vary IFF

 

The 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, a non-specialized festival with two competitive categories, took place from June 28th to July 6th 2024. It was organized by Film Servis Festival Karlovy Vary, a.s., with Jiří Bartoška as the president of the festival, Karel Och as its artistic director, Kryštof Mucha as the executive director and Petr Lintimer as the head of production.

The 59th Karlovy Vary IFF will be held from July 4th to July 12th 2025. On July 6th 2024, the festival’s juries presented awards for the best films at the closing ceremony of the 58th Karlovy Vary IFF.

On July 8th, the festival’s juries presented awards for the best films at the closing ceremony of the 58th Karlovy Vary IFF.
CRYSTAL GLOBE COMPETITION


Crystal Globe Jury:


Christine Vachon, USA
Geoffrey Rush, Australia
Sjón, Iceland
Eliška Křenková, Czech Republic
Gábor Reisz, Hungary


GRAND PRIX – CRYSTAL GLOBE (25 000 USD)
The financial award is shared equally by the director and producer of the award-winning film.



A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
Directed by: Mark Cousins
United Kingdom, 2024


SPECIAL JURY PRIZE (15 000 USD)
The financial award is shared equally by the director and producer of the award-winning film.


Loveable / Elskling
Directed by: Lilja Ingolfsdottir
Norway, 2024


BEST DIRECTOR AWARD
Nelicia Low for the film Pierce / Cì xīn qiè gŭ
Singapore, Taiwan, Poland, 2024


BEST ACTRESS AWARD
Helga Guren for her role in the film Loveable / Elskling


BEST ACTOR AWARD
Ton Kas and Guido Pollemans for their role in the film Three Days of Fish / Drie dagen vis


SPECIAL JURY MENTION
Xoftex
Directed by: Noaz Deshe
Germany, France, 2024



Our Lovely Pig Slaughter / Mord
Directed by: Adam Martinec
Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, 2024


PRÁVO AUDIENCE AWARD
Waves / Vlny
Directed by: Jiří Mádl
Česká republika, Slovenská republika, 2024

PROXIMA COMPETITION


Proxima Jury:
Bianca Balbuena, Philippines
Wouter Jansen, Netherlands
Adéla Komrzý, Czech Republic
Mohamed Kordofani, Sudan
Daniela Michel, Mexico



PROXIMA GRAND PRIX (15 000 USD)
The financial award is shared equally by the director and producer of the award-winning film.


Stranger / Ju wai ren
Directed by: Zhengfan Yang
USA, China, Netherlands, Norway, France, 2024


PROXIMA JURY PRIZE (10 000 USD)
The financial award is shared equally by the director and producer of the award-winning film.


Night Has Come / Vino la noche
Directed by: Paolo Tizón
Peru, Spain, Mexico, 2024


SPECIAL MENTION
March to May / Od marca do mája
Directed by: Martin Pavol Repka
Czech Republic, 2024


FESTIVAL PRESIDENT'S AWARD FOR CONTRIBUTION TO CZECH CINEMATOGRAPHY


Ivan Trojan, Czech Republic


FESTIVAL PRESIDENT'S AWARD
Viggo Mortensen, USA
Daniel Brühl, Germany / Spain
Clive Owen, United Kingdom


NON-STATUTORY AWARDS



THE ECUMENICAL JURY AWARD

The Ecumenical Jury:
Barbora Cihelková, Czech Republic
Guido Convents, Belgium
Viktor Kókai-Nagy, Hungary





GRAND PRIZE OF THE ECUMENICAL JURY
Loveable / Elskling
Directed by: Lilja Ingolfsdottir
Norway, 2024



COMMENDATION OF THE ECUMENICAL JURY
Panopticon / Panoptikoni
Directed by: George Sikharulidze
Georgia, France, Italy, Romania, 2024




EUROPA CINEMAS LABEL AWARD


Europa Cinemas Label Jury
Sabine Hofmann, Austria
Alicia Nieto, Spain
Auksė Podolskytė, Lithuania



Loveable / Elskling
Directed by: Lilja Ingolfsdottir
Norway, 2024





FIPRESCI AWARD


Fipresci Jury
Louise Dumas, France
Sonya Vseliubska, Ukraine
Thor Aaberg, Norway
Mihai Fulger, Romania
Mariam Schaghaghi, Germany
Štěpánka Zapata, Czech Republic



The FIPRESCI award for the best film in the Crystal Globe Competition


Loveable / Elskling
Directed by: Lilja Ingolfsdottir
Norway, 2024


The FIPRESCI award for the best film in the Proxima Competition


Night Has Come / Vino la noche
Directed by: Paolo Tizón
Peru, Spain, Mexico, 2024

STATISTICS OF THE 58TH KARLOVY VARY IFF


The 58th Karlovy Vary IFF 2024 was attended by 10 769 accredited visitors. Of that number 8 726 had Festival Passes, 411 were filmmakers, 1097 accredited film professionals, and 535 journalists.



There were a total of 453 film screenings and total of 127 325 tickets were sold. A total of 177 films were screened, including 109 feature fiction films, 27 feature documentaries and 41 short films. 33 films received their world premiere, while 8 had their international premiere and 3 their European premiere. 168 screenings were personally presented by delegations of filmmakers. 92 Press & Industry screenings were held.



A total of 1097 film producers, film buyers, film sellers, distributors, film festival programmers, representatives of film institutions, and other film professionals were accredited. 439 accredited film professionals came to the festival from abroad.



A total of 41 new films and projects in development across 6 platforms were showcased to a total of 133 buyers and distributors and 127 film festival programmers.