The Iranian social drama Summer with Hope directed by Sadaf Foroughi won the Grand Prix – Crystal Globe at the 56th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. In the film, a young swimmer is training for the national championships with his new coach, but the relationship between the two young men elicits disapproval from the people around them. “We live in a world full of violence and discrimination. I hope that our stories bring peace and tranquility,” said director Sadaf Foroughi to the jury and her colleagues.
The Special Jury Prize went to the Spanish film You Have to Come and See It directed by Jonás Trueba.
The Czech film The Word won two awards – Best Director Award for Beata Parkanová and Best Actor Award for Martin Finger. The film is a portrait of the family of Václav Vojíř, a respected notary and small-town authority, and his self-sacrificing spouse Věra.
The first ever winner of the new Proxima festival competition is the documentary Art Talent Show directed by Adela Komrzý and Tomáš Bojar, about talent exams to the Academy of Fine Arts.
The Proxima Special Jury Prize went to the Spanish-Argentine film La Pietà.
PSH Neverending Story, a documentary about a rap band featuring three rappers from Prague – Orion, Vladimir 518 and Mike Trafik are Peneři strýčka Homeboye (Uncle Homeboy’s Hoboes) was selected as the winner of the Právo Audience Award. “This film is basically about friendship and the capability of staying together even though each of us is different,” director Štěpán FOK Vodrážka summed up the message of the KVIFF’s most popular film.
CRYSTAL GLOBE COMPETITION
GRAND PRIX – CRYSTAL GLOBE
Summer with Hope / Tabestan Ba Omid
Directed by: Sadaf Foroughi
Canada, Iran, 2022
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
You Have to Come and See It / Tenéis que venir a verla
Directed by: Jonás Trueba
Spain, 2022
BEST DIRECTOR AWARD
Beata Parkanová for the film Word / Slovo
Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Poland, 2022
BEST ACTRESS AWARD (tie)
Taki Mumladze for her role in the film A Room Of My Own / Chemi otakhi
Georgia, Germany, 2022
Mariam Khundadze for her role in the film A Room Of My Own / Chemi otakhi
Georgia, Germany, 2022
BEST ACTOR AWARD
Martin Finger for his role in the film Word / Slovo
Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Poland, 2022
PRÁVO AUDIENCE AWARD
PSH Neverending Story / PSH Nekonečný příběh
Režie: Štěpán FOK Vodrážka
Česká republika, 2022
PROXIMA COMPETITION
PROXIMA GRAND PRIX
Art Talent Show / Zkouška umění
Directed by: Adéla Komrzý, Tomáš Bojar
Czech Republic, 2022
PROXIMA SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
La Pietà / La Piedad
Directed by: Eduardo Casanova
Spain, Argentina, 2022
SPECIAL JURY MENTION
The Uncle / Stric
Directed by: David Kapac, Andrija Mardešić
Croatia, Serbia, 2022
Other Awards
CRYSTAL GLOBE FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION TO WORLD CINEMA
Geoffrey Rush, Australia
FESTIVAL PRESIDENT’S AWARD FOR CONTRIBUTION TO CZECH CINEMATOGRAPHY
Boleslav Polívka, Czech Republic
FESTIVAL PRESIDENT’S AWARD
Benicio Del Toro, Puerto Rico
NON-STATUTORY AWARDS
THE ECUMENICAL JURY AWARD
A Provincial Hospital / Edna provintsialna bolnitsa
Directed by: Ilian Metev, Ivan Chertov, Zlatina Teneva
Bulgaria, Germany, 2022
EUROPA CINEMAS LABEL AWARD
Fucking Bornholm
Directed by: Anna Kazejak
Poland, 2022
FIPRESCI AWARD
The FIPRESCI award for the best film in the Crystal Globe Competition.
Borders of Love / Hranice lásky
Directed by: Tomasz Wiński
Czech Republic, Poland, 2022
The FIPRESCI award for the best film in the PROXIMA Competition.
Art Talent Show / Zkouška umění
Directed by: Adéla Komrzý, Tomáš Bojar
Czech Republic, 2022
KVIFF EASTERN PROMISES WINNERS
WORKS IN PROGRESS, WORKS IN DEVELOPMENT – FEATURE LAUNCH, FIRST CUT+ WORKS IN PROGRESS AND ODESA IFF WORKS IN PROGRESS AT KARLOVY VARY IFF 2022
WORKS IN PROGRESS
WORKS IN PROGRESS POST-PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT AWARD (90,000 EUR)
The Burdened / Al Murhaqoon
Directed by: Amr Gamal
Yemen, Sudan
WORKS IN PROGRESS TRT AWARD (5,000 EUR)
Windless / Bezvetrie
Directed by: Pavel G. Vesnakov
Bulgaria, Italy
WORKS IN PROGRESS KARLOVY VARY IFF AWARD (5,000 EUR)
Endless Summer Syndrome / Le syndrome de l’été infini
Directed by: Kaveh Daneshmand
Turkey, France
SPECIAL MENTION
The Visitors / Návštěvníci
Directed by: Veronika Lišková
Czech Republic, Norway, Slovakia
WORKS IN DEVELOPMENT – FEATURE LAUNCH
KVIFF & MIDPOINT DEVELOPMENT AWARD
My Best Friend’s Baby / Min bästa vans bebis
Directed by: Sophia Vuković
Sweden
CONNECTING COTTBUS AWARD
Dolphin / Delfin
Directed by: Sonja Orlewicz-Zakrzewska
Poland
ROTTERDAM LAB AWARD
The award goes to Magdalena Sztorc, producer of the film Dolphin / Delfin
Poland
FIRST CUT+ WORKS IN PROGRESS
TRT FIRST CUT+ AWARD
The Maiden
Directed: Graham Foy
Canada, USA
ODESA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL WIP SELECTION AWARD
ODESA IFF WORKS IN PROGRESS
U Are the Universe / Ty – Kosmos
Directed by: Pavlo Ostrikov
Ukraine