The 58th Karlovy Vary IFF presented awards for the best films at the closing ceremony with A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things directed by Mark Cousins winning the Grand Prix – Crystal Globe. The documentary is an essayistic portrait of a British artist, with deep insights into the world of gender, climate, and creativity. “What a festival, what a hall, what a shock! My film is also about shock, about the transformation of artist Wilhelmina Barns-Graham after she climbed a Swiss glacier in 1949. It’s about a woman who lived her life to the fullest,” said Mark Cousins.
Lilja Ingolfsdottir’s Loveable won the Special Jury Prize and the Best Actress Award for Helga Guren; and Ton Kas and Guido Pollemas shared the Best Actor Award for their parts in the Dutch-Belgian film Three Days of Fish, exploring a father-son relationship. The Best Director Award went to Singaporean filmmaker Nelicia Low for her thriller Pierce.
In the third year of the Proxima Competition, the Proxima Grand Prix went to Stranger, the episodic picture from hotel rooms directed by Zhengfan Yang.
The 59th Karlovy Vary IFF will take place from July 4 to 12, 2025.
Complete list of winners of 58th Karlovy Vary IFF
CRYSTAL GLOBE COMPETITION
GRAND PRIX – CRYSTAL GLOBE (25 000 USD)
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
Directed by: Mark Cousins
United Kingdom, 2024
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE (15 000 USD)
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 GRAND PRIX (15 000 USD)
Stranger / Ju wai ren
Directed by: Zhengfan Yang
USA, China, Netherlands, Norway, France, 2024
PROXIMA JURY PRIZE (10 000 USD)
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
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
Loveable / Elskling
Directed by: Lilja Ingolfsdottir
Norway, 2024
FIPRESCI AWARD
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
KVIFF EASTERN PROMISES WINNERS
WORKS IN PROGRESS
WORKS IN PROGRESS VISUAL POST-PRODUCTION AWARD (60,000 EUR)
Amedspor / Amedspor
Directed by: Rezan Yesilbas
Turkey
WORKS IN PROGRESS SOUND POST-PRODUCTION AWARD (30,000 EUR)
Lover, Not a Fighter / Milovník, nie bojovník
Directed by: Martina Buchelová
Slovakia, Czech Republic
WORKS IN PROGRESS AWARD (5,000 EUR)
Virtual Girlfriends / Virtuální přítelkyně
Directed by: Barbora Chalupová
Czech Republic, Slovakia
WORKS IN DEVELOPMENT – FEATURE LAUNCH & INTENSIVE QUEER
WORKS IN DEVELOPMENT MIDPOINT & KVIFF AWARD (10,000 EUR)
Klára is Here / Itt van Klára
Directed by: Dávid Csicskár
Hungary
EURIMAGES CO-PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT AWARD (20,000 EUR)
Antonie / Antonie
Directed by: Rozálie Kohoutová
Czech Republic
CONNECTING COTTBUS AWARD
Eli and Them / Eli a oni
Directed by: Petr Pylypčuk
Czech Republic
ROTTERDAM LAB AWARD
Martina Knoblochová, producer of Antonie / Antonie, Czech Republic
WORKS IN DEVELOPMENT – KVIFF TALENTS
The selected projects are:
Feature Pool (120,000 CZK for further development):
Inbetween Worlds / Mezi světy
Directed by: Diana Cam Van Nguyen
Czech Republic, Slovakia
Letters to the Future / Dopisy do budoucna
Directed by: Myro Klochko
Czech Republic
Rusalka / Rusalka
Written by: Hana Neničková
Czech Republic
Creative Pool (50,000 CZK for further development):
Casting / Casting
Directed by: Terézia Halamová
Czech Republic
Into the Endless Unknowns / Nekonečno nekonečen – Slaměná
Directed by: Veronika Jelšíková, Petr Vlček
Czech Republic
Spectrum / Spektrum
Directed by: Igor Smitka
Czech Republic
FIRST CUT+ WORKS IN PROGRESS
FIRST CUT+ WORKS IN PROGRESS AWARD (5,000 EUR)
Numakage Public Swimming Pool / Numakage Shimin Pool
Directed by: Shingo Ota
Japan
SPECIAL MENTION
Mayflies / Tiszavirágok
Directed by: Emílie Goldberg
Hungary, Slovakia
KVIFF EASTERN PROMISES – MARCHÉ DU FILM PRODUCERS NETWORK AWARD
Michaela Kaliská, producer of Lover, Not a Fighter / Milovník, nie bojovník, Slovakia
Patryk Sielecki, producer of Anxiety of the Heart / Nerwica serca, Poland