54th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
| Location | Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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
[edit]The following were appointed as the juries at the 54th edition:[2][3]
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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
[edit]In competition
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]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
[edit]The following awards were presented at the 54th edition:[3][5]
Official selection awards
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "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.