44th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

The 44th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival took place from 3 to 11 July 2009. The Crystal Globe was won by Angel at Sea, a Belgian-Canadian drama film directed by Frédéric Dumont. The second prize, the Special Jury Prize was won by Twenty, an Iranian drama film directed by Abdolreza Kahani. ^[1]

The following people formed the juries of the festival: ^[2]

The following feature films and people received the official selection awards:^[1]

• Crystal Globe (Grand Prix) - Angel at Sea (Un ange à la mer) by Frédéric Dumont (Belgium)
• Special Jury Prize - Twenty (Bist) by Abdolreza Kahani (Iran)
• Best Director Award - Andreas Dresen for Whiskey with Vodka [de] (Whisky mit Wodka) (Germany)
• Best Actress Award - Paprika Steen for Applause (Applaus) (Denmark)
• Best Actor Award (ex aequo):
  • Olivier Gourmet for Angel at Sea (Un ange à la mer) (Belgium, Canada)
  • Paul Giamatti for Cold Souls (USA)
• Special mention of the jury - Filip Garbacz for his role in Piggies (Świnki) (Poland, Germany)

• Official selection award winners
• 
  Abdolreza Kahani, director of Twenty
• 
  Andreas Dresen, Best Director
• 
  Paprika Steen, Best Actress
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  Olivier Gourmet, Best Actor (tie)
• 
  Paul Giamatti, Best Actor (tie)

Other statutory awards that were conferred at the festival:^[2]

• Best documentary film (over 30 min) - Osadné by Marko Škop (Slovak Republic, Czech Republic)
  • Special mention - We Live in Public by Ondi Timoner (USA)
• Best documentary film (under 30 min) - Wagah by Supriyo Sen (Germany, India, Pakistan)
  • Special mention - Till It Hurts by Marcin Koszałka (Poland)
• East of the West Award - Room and a Half (Poltory komnaty ili sentimentalnoje putěšestvije na rodinu) by Andrei Khrzhanovsky (Russia)
  • Special Mention - Scratch by Michał Rosa (Poland)
• Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema - Isabelle Huppert (France), John Malkovich (USA), Jan Švankmajer (Czech Republic)
• Festival President's Award - Antonio Banderas (USA)
• Právo Audience Award - A Matter of Size (Sipur Gadol) by Erez Tadmor & Sharon Maymon (Israel, Germany, France)

The following non-statutory awards were conferred at the festival:^[2]

• FIPRESCI International Critics Award: Will Not Stop There (Nije kraj) by Vinko Brešan (Croatia, Serbia)^[3]
• Ecumenical Jury Award: Twenty (Bist) by Abdolreza Kahani (Iran)
• Don Quixote Award: Angel at Sea (Un ange à la mer) by Frédéric Dumont (Belgium)
  • Special Mention: Wolfy (Volchok) by Vassily Sigarev (Russia) & Cold Souls by Sophie Barthes (USA)
• Europa Cinemas Label: Applause (Applaus) by Martin Pieter Zandvliet (Denmark)
• Czech TV Award - Independent Camera: Eamon by Margaret Corkery (Ireland)
  • Special Mention: La Tigra, Chaco by Federico Godfrid & Juan Sasiaín (Argentina)
• NETPAC Award: Breathless by Yang Ik-june (South Korea)

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