History 43rd festival

July 4 - 12, 2008

Robert De Niro: Two-time Oscar winner Robert De Niro added a Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema to his collection. The presence of a living legend was a big event at the festival.

Awards

The festival juries awarded the best films of the 43rd Karlovy Vary IFF on July 12, 2008

Grand Prix - Crystal Globe
Terribly Happy / Frygtelig Lykkelig
Director: Henrik Ruben Genz
Denmark 2008

Special Jury Prize
The Photograph
Director:Nan T. Achnas
Indonesia, France, Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden 2007

Best Director
Alexey Uchitel
for the film Captive / Plennyj
Russia, Bulgaria 2008

Best Actress
Martha Issová
for the film Night Owls / Děti noci
Czech Republic 2008

Best Actor
Jiří Mádl
for the film Night Owls / Děti noci
Czech Republic 2008

You can find a complete overview of KVIFF award winners in the final press release.

Christopher Lee: Christopher Lee has played many a villain, but always with undeniably elegance. It was unsurprisingly with that same air of elegance that he took the Festival President’s Award.

Statistics

Total accredited visitors 10 872, of which:

Festival Passes 9 054
filmmakers 309
film industry professionals 886
journalists 623
tickets sold 143 781
screenings 477

Of the 235 films presented at the festival there were 56 world, international or European premieres.

Ivan Passer:A Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema was also received by Czech director Ivan Passer, not only for his immortal work Intimate Lighting.

The Grand Jury

Ivan Passer, jury president
Brenda Blethyn
Ari Folman
Ted Hope
Jan P. Muchow
Johanna ter Steege
Vilmos Zsigmond