History 31st festival

July 5 - 13, 1996

Gregory Peck: The Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema was awarded to Hollywood actor Gregory Peck.

Awards

Grand Prix - Crystal Globe
Prisoner of the Mountains / Kavkazskij plennik
Director: Sergej Bodrov
Russia, Kazakhstan 1995

Special Jury Prize
Svatá Klára / Clara Hakadusha
Director: Ari Folman, Ori Sivan
Israel 1996

Best Director
Péter Gothár
for the film Letgohand Vaska (A Tale from the Labour Camp) / Hagyjállógva Vászka
Hungary 1995

Best Actress
Marisa Paredes
for the film The Flower of My Secret / La flor de mi secreto
Spain 1995

Best Actor
Pierre Richard
for the film A Chef in Love / Les 1001 recettes d´un cuisinier amoureux
France, Georgia 1996

Statistics

Total accredited visitors 5 900
tickets sold - ca. 80 000
screenings 341
a total of 251 films were presented

Whoopi Goldberg: The festival was also visited by Whoopi Goldberg who has employed her comedy talent in such films as the Oscar-winning Ghost and the box-office hit comedy Sister Act.

The Grand Jury

Regis Wargnier, jury president
Emile Fallaux
Vera Gyürey
Jaromil Jireš
Arnošt Lustig
Boleslav Michalek
Julia Ormond
Ivan Passer
Beki Probst