The 35th

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (, KVIFF) is an annual film festival held in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival is one of the oldest in the world and has become Central and Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern Eur ...

took place from 5 to 15 July 2000. The Crystal Globe was won by '' Me You Them'', a Brazilian drama film directed by

Andrucha Waddington Andrew "Andrucha" Waddington (born 20 January 1970) is a Brazilian film director, producer, and screenwriter. Career His several film credits include '' Me You Them'' (2000), Mention spéciale of Un Certain Regard in Cannes, an Official Select ...

. The second prize, the Special Jury Prize was won ex aequo by '' The Big Animal'', a Polish comedy-drama film directed by

Jerzy Stuhr Jerzy Oskar Stuhr (; 18 April 1947 – 9 July 2024) was a Polish film actor, film and theatre actor. Considered one of the most popular, influential and versatile Polish actors and an icon of Polish cinema, he also worked as a screenplay, screen ...

, and by ''

Peppermint Candy ''Peppermint Candy'' () is a 1999 South Korean tragedy film by Lee Chang-dong. The film opens with the suicide of the protagonist and uses reverse chronology to depict some of the key events of the past 20 years of his life that led to this point ...

'', a South Korean drama film directed by

Lee Chang-dong Lee Chang-dong (; born July 4, 1954) is a South Korean film director, screenwriter, and novelist. He has directed six feature films: ''Green Fish'' (1997), ''Peppermint Candy (film), Peppermint Candy'' (1999), ''Oasis (2002 film), Oasis'' (2002) ...

. Iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, photographer and film producer

Abbas Kiarostami Abbas Kiarostami ( ; 22 June 1940 – 4 July 2016) was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, photographer, and film producer. An active filmmaker from 1970, Kiarostami had been involved in the production of over forty films, including s ...

was the president of the jury.

Juries

The following people formed the juries of the festival:

Main competition *

, Jury President (Iran) * Icíar Bollaínová (Spain) *

Saša Gedeon Saša Gedeon (born 29 August 1970) is a Czech film director, screenwriter, and actor. He graduated from the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague in 1995.Buchar, Robert. "Saša Gedeon." ''Czech New Wave Filmmakers in In ...

(Czech Republic) * Arik Kaplun (Israel) *

Srđan Karanović Srđan Karanović ( sr-Cyrl, Срђан Карановић, , born 17 November 1945) is a Serbian film director and screenwriter. He has directed 17 films since 1968. His film '' Miris poljskog cveća'' won the FIPRESCI prize at the 1978 Cannes ...

(Yugoslavia) * Fred Roos (UK) * Jermek Šinarbajev (Kazakhstan) * Dana Vávrová (Germany)

Documentaries *

Richard Leacock Richard Leacock (18 July 192123 March 2011)
The Telegraph (Lon ...

, president (UK) *

Morando Morandini Morando Morandini (21 July 1924 – 17 October 2015) was an Italian film critic, author, journalist and occasional actor. Born in Milan Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy ...

(Italy) * Kristina Stojanová (Canada) * Milos Stehlik (USA) * Miroljub Vučkovič (Jugoslavia)

Official selection awards

The following feature films and people received the official selection awards: * Crystal Globe (Grand Prix) - '' Me You Them'' (''Eu tu eles'') by

(Brazil) * Special Jury Prize (ex aequo) ** '' The Big Animal'' (''Duze zwirze'') by

(Poland) ** ''

'' (''Bakha satang'') by

(South Korea) * Best Director Award -

Vinko Brešan Vinko Brešan (; born 3 February 1964) is a Croatian film director best known for directing several notable Croatian black comedies. Brešan emerged into prominence in Croatia and abroad with three critically acclaimed and award-winning films ...

for ''

Marshal Tito's Spirit ''Marshal Tito's Spirit'' () is a 1999 Croatian film directed by Vinko Brešan. It was Croatia's submission to the 73rd Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. Synopsis The film cent ...

'' (''Maršal'') (Croatia) * Best Actress Award -

Regina Casé Regina Maria Barreto Casé OMC (born 25 February 1954) is a Brazilian actress, screenwriter, director, producer, and television presenter. Career In 1974, Casé, together with Hamilton Vaz Pereira, Jorge Alberto Soares, Luiz Arthur Peixoto e ...

for her role in '' Me You Them'' (''Et tu eles'') (Brazil) * Best Actor Award(ex aequo) **

Ian Hart Ian Davies (born 8 October 1964), better known by his stage name Ian Hart, is an English actor. His most notable roles have been in '' One Summer'' (1983), '' Backbeat'' (1994), '' Land and Freedom'' and '' Nothing Personal'' (1995), '' Michae ...

for his role in ''

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'' (UK, Norway, Sweden) ** Hamid Farokhnezad for his role in ''The Bride of Fire'' (''Arous-e atash'') (Iran) * Special Jury Mention - '' A Question of Taste'' (''Une affaire de goût'') by

Bernard Rapp Bernard Rapp (17 February 1945 – 17 August 2006) was a French film director and television news presenter. Rapp was born in Paris. After graduating from university, he worked as a freelance journalist. In 1976, he joined Antenne 2 (now France ...

(France) & ''

Angels of the Universe ''Angels of the Universe'' (Icelandic: ''Englar alheimsins'' ()) is a 2000 Icelandic film directed and produced by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson. The leading role is played by Ingvar E. Sigurðsson, who was nominated for the European Film Awards ...

'' (''Englar alheimsins'') by

Friðrik Þór Friðriksson Friðrik Þór Friðriksson (born 12 May 1954; pronounced ), sometimes credited as Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, is an Icelandic film director and producer. Biography Fridriksson started his film making career with experimental films and documentar ...

(Iceland)

Other statutory awards

Other statutory awards that were conferred at the festival: * Best documentary film (over 30 min.) - ''My Mother Had Fourteen Children'' (''Min mamma hade fjorton barn'') by

Lars Lennart Forsberg Lars Lennart Forsberg (31 July 1933 – 3 January 2012) was a Swedish film director and screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, ...

(Sweden) ** Special Jury Mention - ''The Sentence: The Accusation'' (''Prisadata-Obvineniento'') by Anna Petkova (Bulgaria) & '' Fighter'' by

Amir Bar-Lev Amir Bar-Lev (born 1972) is noted for his work in directing documentary films. His debut, '' Fighter'' (2000) (director), was named one of the top documentaries of the year by Newsweek, Rolling Stone, and The Village Voice. ''Fighter'' won six in ...

(USA, Czech Republic, Italy, Slovenia) * Best documentary film (under 30 min.) - ''Part of the World That Belongs to You'' (''Del av den värld som är din'') by Karin Wegsjö (Sweden) * Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema -

Věra Chytilová Věra Chytilová (; 2 February 1929 – 12 March 2014) was an avant-garde Czech film director and pioneer of Czech cinema. Banned by the Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovak government in the 1960s, she is best known for her Czech New Wave 1966 film ''S ...

(Czech Republic),

Carlos Saura Carlos Saura Atarés (4 January 1932 – 10 February 2023) was a Spanish film director, photographer and writer. With Luis Buñuel and Pedro Almodóvar, he is considered to be among Spain's great filmmakers. He had a long and prolific career th ...

(Spain) * Award of the Town of

Karlovy Vary Karlovy Vary (; , formerly also spelled ''Carlsbad'' in English) is a spa town, spa city in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 49,000 inhabitants. It is located at the confluence of the Ohře and Teplá (river), Teplá ri ...

Károly Makk Károly Makk (December 22, 1925 – August 30, 2017) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. Five of his films were nominated for the ''Palme d'Or'' at the Cannes Film Festival; however, he won lesser awards at Cannes and elsewhere. He w ...

(Hungary) * Audience Award - ''

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'' by

Alan Parker Sir Alan William Parker (14 February 1944 – 31 July 2020) was an English film director, screenwriter and producer. His early career, beginning in his late teens, was spent as a copywriter and director of television advertisements. After abo ...

(UK, USA, Ireland)

Non-statutory awards

The following non-statutory awards were conferred at the festival: *

FIPRESCI The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI, short for ''Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique'') is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the wor ...

International Critics Award: ''

'' (''Englar alheimsins'') by

(Iceland) ** Special Mention: ''Eeny Meeny'' (''Ene bene'') by

Alice Nellis Alice Nellis (born 3 January 1971 in České Budějovice) is a Czech Filmmaking, filmmaker. Nellis first worked as a Western concert flute, flautist before studying English literature and American literature. In 1996–2001 she studied Screenwri ...

(Czech Republic) * FICC - The Don Quixote Prize: ''

'' (''Bakha satang'') by

(South Korea) ** Special Mention: ''The Bride of Fire'' (''Arous-e atash'') by Khosrow Sinai (Iran)''The Bride of Fire'' on IMDb
/ref> & '' No Place to Go'' (''Die Unberührbare'') by

Oskar Roehler Oskar Roehler (born 21 January 1959) is a German film director, screenwriter and journalist. He was born in Starnberg, the son of writers Gisela Elsner and Klaus Roehler. Since the mid-1980s, he has been working as a screenwriter, for, among ot ...

* Ecumenical Jury Award: '' The Big Animal'' (''Duze zwirze'') by

(Poland) ** Special Mention: '' Long Night's Journey into Day'' by

Deborah Hoffmann Deborah Hoffmann is an American documentary director and editor. She edited and along with Frances Reid co-directed '' Long Night's Journey into Day'' (2000), which won the 2000 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury award for best documentary and was ...

Frances Reid Frances Reid (December 9, 1914 – February 3, 2010) was an American dramatic actress. Reid acted on television for nearly all of the second half of the 20th century. Her career continued into the early 2000s. Although she starred in ma ...

(USA) & ''

Paromitar Ek Din ''Paromitar Ek Din'' ( ''Paromitar Êkdin'', lit. "One day of Paromita's", English title: ''House of Memories'') is a 2000 Indian Bengali drama film directed by Aparna Sen. Plot The film explores the dual themes of friendship and loneliness. ...

'' (en. ''House of Memories'') by

Aparna Sen Aparna Sen (; ) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and actress who is known for her work in Bengali cinema. She has received several accolades as an actress and filmmaker, including nine National Film Awards, six Filmfare Awards East ...

(India) * Philip Morris Film Award: ''Blonde Bride'' (''Sari gyalin'') by Yaver Rzayev (Azerbaijan)''Blonde Bride'' on IMDb
/ref> * NETPAC Award: ''

Yi Yi ''Yi Yi'' (; subtitled ''A One and a Two'') is a 2000 Taiwanese drama film written and directed by Edward Yang. It centers on the struggles of an engineer, NJ (played by Wu Nien-jen), and three generations of his middle-class Taiwanese family ...

'' by

Edward Yang Edward Yang (; November 6, 1947 – June 29, 2007) was a Taiwanese and American filmmaker. He rose to prominence as a pioneer in the Taiwanese New Wave of the 1980s, alongside fellow auteurs Hou Hsiao-hsien and Tsai Ming-liang. Yang was reg ...

(Taiwan, Japan) ** Special Mention: ''

'' (''Bakha satang'') by

(South Korea)

References

{{Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2000 film awards Karlovy Vary International Film Festival