54th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Film festival edition

54th Karlovy Vary International Film FestivalLocation| Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic

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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.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[edit]

The following were appointed as the juries at the 54th edition:[2][3]

Grand Jury

* Štěpán Hulík (Czech Republic)
* Annemarie Jacir (Palestine)
* Sergei Loznitsa (Ukraine)
* Angeliki Papoulia (Greece)
* Charles Tesson (France)

FIPRESCI Jury

* Hugo Emmerzael (Netherlands)
* Viktor Palák (Czech Republic)
* Ana Sturm (Slovenia)

Europa Cinemas Label Jury

* Maarten Alexandra (Belgium)
* Carinzia Camilleri (Malta)
* Éva Demeter (Hungary)
* Denis Samardžić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

East of the West

* Denis Ivanov (Ukraine)
* Juho Kuosmanen (Finland)
* Tomáš Pavlíček (Czech Republic)
* Ioanna Stais (Greece)
* Dagnė Vildžiūnaite (Lithuania)

The Ecumenical Jury

* Alyda Faber (Canada)
* Martin Horálek (Czech Republic)
* Peter Sheehan (Australia)

Documentary Films

* Andreas Horvath (Austria)
* Aline Schmid (Switzerland)
* Gastón Solnicki (Argentina)

FEDEORA Jury

* Maja Bogojević (Montenegro)
* Pavlina Jeleva (Bulgaria)
* Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi (Italy)

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## Official selection[edit]

### In competition[edit]

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

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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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* Crystal Globe
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* Best Actor

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* East of the West Award
* Best Documentary Film
* Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema
* Festival President's Award
* Právo Audience Award

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