The 52nd

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 30 June to 8 July 2017. The Crystal Globe was won by '' Little Crusader'', a Czech historical drama film directed by Václav Kadrnka. The second prize, the Special Jury Prize was won by '' Men Don’t Cry'', a Bosnian drama film directed by Alen Drljević.

Juries

The following people formed the juries of the festival:

Main competition *

Anna Brüggemann Anna Brüggemann (born 24 March 1981) is a German actress and screenwriter. She has appeared in more than sixty films since 1997. Selected filmography References External links * * 1981 births Living people Actresses from Munich ...

(Germany) * Sarah Flack (USA) *

Ciro Guerra Ciro Guerra (born 6 February 1981) is a Colombian film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his 2015 film ''Embrace of the Serpent'', which was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards, and for '' The Wind ...

(Columbia) * Michel Merkt (Principality of Monaco) * Štefan Uhrík (Czech Republic)

Documentaries * Roberto Cueto (Spain) * Anne Fabini (Germany) * Pavla Janoušková Kubečková (Czech Republic)

East of the West * Evrim Ersoy (Turkey) * Cosima Finkbeiner (Germany) * Rusudan Glurjidze (Georgia) * Igor Soukmanov (Republic of Belarus) * Karla Stojáková (Czech Republic)

Official selection awards

The following feature films and people received the official selection awards: * Crystal Globe (Grand Prix) - '' Little Crusader'' (''Křižáček'') by Václav Kadrnka (Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Italy) * Special Jury Prize - '' Men Don’t Cry'' (''Muškarci ne plaču'') by Alen Drljević (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Croatia, Germany) * Best Director Award -

Peter Bebjak Peter Bebjak (born 1970 in Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, Czechoslovakia) is a Slovakia, Slovak actor, film director, director, film producer, producer and screenwriter, writer. In 2001, and along with Rastislav Šesták, he established DNA Pr ...

for '' The Line'' (''Čiara'') (Slovak Republic, Ukraine) * Best Actress Award (ex aequo) -

Jowita Budnik Jowita Budnik (née Miondlikowska; born 28 November 1973) is a Polish actress. Budnik was born in Warsaw and studied at the University of Warsaw. She made her film debut in 1985 at the age of 11 in Radosław Piwowarski's ''Kochankowie mojej ma ...

Eliane Umuhire Eliane Umuhire (born 1986) is a French-Rwandan actress. She is known for her breakthrough role in the Polish film '' Birds Are Singing in Kigali'' (2017), for which she won several Best Actress awards at various festivals. Other notable performa ...

for their roles in '' Birds Are Singing in Kigali'' (''Ptaki śpiewają w Kigali'') (Poland) * Best Actor Award - Alexander Yatsenko for his role in ''

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'' (''Aritmiya'') (Russia, Finland, Germany) * Special Jury Mention (Best First Feature Film) - ''Keep the Change'' by Rachel Israel (USA) * Special Jury Mention (Best Newcomer) - Voica Oltean for her role in Breaking News (Romania)

Other statutory awards

Other statutory awards that were conferred at the festival: * Best documentary film - ''Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle'' (''Muchos hijos, un mono y un castillo'') by Gustavo Salmerón (Spain) ** Special Jury Prize - ''Atelier de conversation'' by Bernhard Braunstein (Austria, France, Liechtenstein) * East of the West Award - ''How Viktor "the Garlic" Took Alexey "the Stud" to the Nursing Home'' (''Kak Vitka Chesnok vez Lecha Shtyrya v dom invalidov'') by Alexander Hant (Russia) ** Special Jury Prize - '' Dede'' by

Mariam Khatchvani Mariam Khatchvani ( ka, მარიამ ხაჭვანი; born 1 May 1986) is a Georgian film director and screenwriter. Biography Khatchvani graduated in 2008 from the Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film University, Tbilisi. She has direct ...

(Georgia, Qatar, Ireland, Netherlands, Croatia) * Forum of Independents Award - ''

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Sean Baker Sean Baker (born February 26, 1971) is an American filmmaker. He is a director, writer, editor, and producer of Independent film, independent narrative feature films which are most often about the lives of marginalized people, especially immi ...

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

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(UK),

Paul Laverty Paul Laverty (born 1 April 1957) is an Indian-born Scottish and Irish screenwriter and lawyer best known for his collaborations with Ken Loach. Birth and early career Paul Laverty was born in Calcutta, West Bengal, to an Irish mother and Scot ...

UK,

James Newton Howard James Newton Howard (born June 9, 1951) is an American film composer, orchestrator and music producer. He has scored over 100 films and is the recipient of a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, and nine nominations for Academy Awards. His film scores ...

(USA) * Festival President's Award -

Uma Thurman Uma Karuna Thurman (born April 29, 1970) is an American actress. She has performed in a variety of films, from romantic comedies and dramas to science fiction and action films. Following her appearances on the December 1985 and May 1986 cover ...

(USA),

Casey Affleck Casey Affleck (born Caleb Casey McGuire Affleck-Boldt; August 12, 1975) is an American actor. He is the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Casey Affleck, various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film ...

(USA),

Jeremy Renner Jeremy Lee Renner (born January 7, 1971) is an American actor. He began his career by appearing in independent films such as ''Dahmer (film), Dahmer'' (2002) and ''Neo Ned'' (2005), then supporting roles in bigger films, such as ''S.W.A.T. (20 ...

(USA) * Festival President's Award for Contribution to Czech Cinematography -

Václav Vorlíček Václav Vorlíček (3 June 1930 – 5 February 2019) was a Czech film director. His filmography includes several comedies made in collaboration with screenwriter Miloš Macourek. He also specialized in directing children's and fairytale films, mos ...

(Czech Republic) * Právo Audience Award - '' Wind River'' by

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(USA)

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: ''Keep the Change'' by Rachel Israel (USA) * Ecumenical Jury Award: '' The Cakemaker'' by Ofir Raul Graizer (Israel, Germany) * FEDEORA Award (East of the West section): ''Mariţa'' by Cristi Iftime (Romania) ** Special Mention: ''Blue Silence'' by

Bülent Öztürk Bülent Öztürk (1975 in Bağlarbaşı, Urfa, Turkey) is a Belgian- Kurdisch screenwriter and director based in Antwerp, Belgium. His films have been nominated for and celebrated with several (international) awards. His films stand out because o ...

(Turkey, Belgium) * Europa Cinemas Label: '' Men Don’t Cry'' (''Muškarci ne plaču'') by Alen Drljević (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Croatia, Germany)

References

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