The 42nd

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 ...

from 29 June to 7 July 2007. The Crystal Globe was won by ''

Jar City ''Jar City'', also known as ''Tainted Blood'' (''Icelandic language, Icelandic: Mýrin'', "The Bog") (), is a crime novel by Icelandic author Arnaldur Indriðason, first published in Iceland in 2000. It was the first in the Detective Erlendur se ...

'', an Icelandic police detective film directed by

Baltasar Kormákur Baltasar Kormákur Baltasarsson is an Icelandic actor, theatre and film director, and film producer. He is best known for directing the films '' 101 Reykjavík'', '' The Sea'', '' A Little Trip to Heaven'', ''Contraband'', '' 2 Guns'', ''Eve ...

. The second prize, the Special Jury Prize was won by ''

Lucky Miles ''Lucky Miles'' is a 2007 Australian drama feature film based on several true stories involving people entering Western Australia by boat in order to seek asylum. Its director was Michael James Rowland and its producers were Jo Dyer and Lesley D ...

'', an Australian drama directed by

Michael James Rowland Michael James Rowland (born 15 January 1964) is an Australians, Australian film director. Early years Prior to his screen career, Rowland studied graphic design at the North Adelaide School of Art in South Australia and started his early worki ...

. Bård Breien was named Best Director. The Best Actress title went to

Elvira Mínguez Elvira Mínguez (born 23 July 1965) is a Spanish actress. Mínguez has appeared in such films as '' La cacatúa verde'' (1990), '' El carro de heno'' (1991), '' The Lucky Star'', ''Tapas'' (2005) and '' El desconocido'' (2015). Her television cr ...

, and Best Actor to Sergey Puskepalis.

Juries

The following people formed the juries of the festival:

Main competition *

Peter Bart Peter Benton Bart (born July 24, 1932) is an American journalist and film producer, writing a column for ''Deadline Hollywood'' since 2015. He is best known for his lengthy tenure (1989–2009) as the editor in chief of ''Variety'', an enterta ...

, Grand Jury President (USA) *

Karl Baumgartner Karl Baumgartner (1949 – 18 March 2014) was a German film producer. He worked on more than 70 films between 1991 and 2014. Selected filmography * '' Life on a String'' (1991) * '' Underground'' (1995) * ''Dance of the Wind'' (1997) * ''B ...

(Germany) *

Jean-Luc Bideau Jean-Luc Bideau (born 1 October 1940) is a Swiss film actor. Personal life Jean-Luc Bideau is married to Marcela Salivarova, a director of Czechoslovak origin. Together, they have two children: Nicolas, head of Presence Switzerland, and Martin ...

(Switzerland, France) *

Nandita Das Nandita Das (born 7 November 1969) is an Indian actress and director. She has acted in over 40 feature films in ten different languages. Das appeared in the films ''Fire'' (1996), ''Earth'' (1998), '' Bawandar'' (2000), '' Kannathil Muthamittal' ...

(India) *

Daniele Gaglianone Daniele Gaglianone is an Italian director. Biography Born in Ancona, Gaglianone has lived in Turin since the age of six. From 1989 to 2000 he realized a few shorts and documentary films. In 1998 he works as scenarist for the film '' Così ...

(Italy) *

Arsinée Khanjian Arsinée Khanjian (Western Armenian: Արսինէ Խանճեան, Eastern Armenian: Արսինե Խանջյան; ; born 6 September 1958) is a Lebanese-Canadian actress and activist. She is widely known for her collaborations with her husband, ...

(Canada) *

David Ondříček David Ondříček (born 23 June 1969) is a Czech film director, screenwriter and producer. In 2021, he won the Czech Lion Award for Best Director, Best Director Czech Lion Award for ''Zátopek (film), Zátopek.'' His 2012 film ''In the Shadow (2 ...

(Czech Republic)

Documentaries * Dimitri Eipides, Chairman (Greece) * Anna Buccheti (Italy) * Anchalee Chaiworaporn (Thailand) * Manuel Grosso Galván (Spain) *

Marko Škop Marko Škop (born 1974 in Prešov, Slovakia) is a Slovak film director. He received degrees in journalism at Comenius University in Bratislava in 1996 and in film directing at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava in 2001. He gained his ...

(Slovak Republic)

East of the West * Stefan Laudyn, Chairman (Poland) * Andreas Horvath (Austria) * Marta Nováková (Czech Republic) * Alissa Simon (USA) *

Ivan Shvedoff Ivan Shvedoff (; born 21 September 1969) is a Russian actor. Biography Shvedoff was born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) in the Russian SFSR. Shvedoff first started his acting career as a theater actor in the Theater of Youth Creativity ( ...

(Russia)

Official selection awards

The following feature films and people received the official selection awards: * Crystal Globe (Grand Prix) - ''

'' (''Mýrin'') by

(Iceland, Germany) * Special Jury Prize - ''

'' by

(Australia) * Best Director Award - Bård Breien for ''

The Art of Negative Thinking ''The Art of Negative Thinking'' ( Norwegian: ''Kunsten å tenke negativt'') is a 2006 Norwegian black comedy film directed and written by Bård Breien. The storyline revolves around a man (played by Fridtjov Såheim) who is adjusting to life in ...

'' (''Kunsten å tenke negativt'') (Norway) * Best Actress Award -

for ''

Pudor ''Modesty'' () is a 2007 Spanish drama film directed by David Ulloa and Tristán Ulloa, based on the novel by Santiago Roncagliolo. Its cast features Nancho Novo, Elvira Mínguez, Natalia Rodríguez Arroyo, Celso Bugallo, Carolina Román, and Marc ...

'' (Spain) * Best Actor Award - Sergey Puskepalis for '' Simple Things'' (''Prostyje vešči'') (Russia) * Special mention of the jury: **

Leonid Bronevoy Leonid Sergeyevich Bronevoy (December 17, 1928December 9, 2017, born Leonid Solomonovich Bronevoy) was a Soviet and Russian actor. Though primarily a stage actor in the Lenkom Theatre, Bronevoy also made occasional appearances in films. He was ...

for his role in '' Simple Things'' (''Prostyje vešči'') (Russia) **

Zdeněk Svěrák Zdeněk Svěrák (born 28 March 1936) is a Czech actor, humorist, playwright and scriptwriter, and one of the most well-known and popular Czech cultural personalities. Since 1968 he has appeared in 32 films. Career In 1958, he graduated in Czec ...

for the screenplay of ''

Empties ''Empties'' () is a 2007 film directed by Jan Svěrák and written by his father Zdeněk Svěrák, who also stars in the film. It was released first in the Czech Republic in March 2007. The film is a comedy from the same team which made '' Ko ...

'' (''Vratné lahve'') (Czech Republic, UK, Denmark)

Other statutory awards

Other statutory awards that were conferred at the festival: * Best documentary film (over 30 min) - '' Ztracená dovolená'' (en. ''Lost Holiday'') by Lucie Králová (Czech Republic) ** Special mention - ''

The Mosquito Problem and Other Stories ''The Mosquito Problem and Other Stories'' () is a Bulgarian documentary feature film directed by Andrey Paounov and written by professor Lilia Topouzova. It was included in the 46th International Critics' Week of the Cannes Film Festival in 2007 ...

'' (''Problemat s komarite i drugi istorii'') by

Andrey Paounov Andrey M Paounov (born 1974 ) is a Bulgarian writer and director best known for his documentary feature films. His debut ''Georgi and the Butterflies'' won the Award for Best Mid-Length Documentary (formerly: Silver Wolf Award) at the International ...

(Bulgaria) * Best documentary film (under 30 min) - ''Artel'' by Sergey Loznitsa (Russia) ** Special mention - ''Theodore'' (''Teodors'') by Laila Pakalnina (Latvia) * East of the West Award - ''

Armin Armin is a male given name and surname of Indo-European languages, Indo-European origin. In the Balkans, Armin is popular among Bosniaks in the former Yugoslavia, Yugoslav nations. The name is a modification of Amin (name), Amin, following a pat ...

'' by

Ognjen Sviličić Ognjen Sviličić (born 1971 in Split, Yugoslavia, Split) is a screenwriter and film director, based in Berlin, noted for his critically acclaimed 2007 films Sorry for Kung Fu, ''Sorry For Kung Fu'', ''Armin (film), Armin and These Are the Rules ...

(Croatia, Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina) ** Special Mention - '' The Class'' (''Klass'') by

Ilmar Raag Ilmar Raag (born 21 May 1968 in Kuressaare) is an Estonian media executive, actor, screenwriter and film director, best known for his socio-critical film '' The Class''. He was CEO of Estonian Television from 2002 to 2005. He is a well known ...

(Estonia) * Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema -

Danny DeVito Daniel Michael DeVito Jr. (born November 17, 1944) is an American actor and filmmaker. He gained prominence for his portrayal of the taxi dispatcher Louie De Palma in the television series ''Taxi (TV series), Taxi'' (1978–1983), which won him ...

(USA),

Břetislav Pojar Břetislav Pojar (7 October 192312 October 2012) was a Czech puppeteer, animator and director of short film, short and feature films. Born in Sušice, Czechoslovakia, Pojar started his career in the late 1940s with his work on ''The Story of the ...

(Czech Republic) * Audience Award - ''

'' (''Vratné lahve'') by

Jan Svěrák Jan Svěrák (; born 6 February 1965) is a Czechs, Czech film director and screenwriter. He is the son of screenwriter and actor Zdeněk Svěrák, with whom he collaborated on his most successful films. He is among the most recognized Czech filmm ...

(*Czech Republic, UK, Denmark)

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: '' Simple Things'' (''Prostyje vešči'') by Alexey Popogrebsky (Russia) * Don Quixote Award: ''

'' (''Mýrin'') by

(Iceland, Germany) * Ecumenical Jury Award: '' Simple Things'' (''Prostyje vešči'') by Alexey Popogrebsky (Russia) ** Special mention - '' Conversation with My Gardener'' (''Dialogue avec mon jardinier'') by Jean Becker (France) * Europa Cinemas Label - '' The Class'' (''Klass'') by

(Estonia) * Czech TV Award - Independent Camera: '' Pingpong'' by

Matthias Luthardt Matthias is a name derived from the Greek Ματθαίος, in origin similar to Matthew. Notable people Notable people named Matthias include the following: Religion * Saint Matthias, chosen as an apostle in Acts 1:21–26 to replace Judas Iscar ...

(Germany) * NETPAC Award: ''

The Band’s Visit ''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The ...

'' (''Bikur hatizmoret'') by

Eran Kolirin Eran Kolirin (; born 4 November 1973) is an Israeli screenwriter and film director. In 2004, he directed the feature-length television drama, ''The Long Journey''. His cinema directorial debut, ''The Band's Visit'' (2007), was a critical success, ...

(Israel, France)

References

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