51st Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

The 51st Karlovy Vary International Film Festival took place from 1 to 9 July 2016. The Crystal Globe was won by It's Not the Time of My Life, a Hungarian drama film directed by Szabolcs Hajdu. The second prize, the Special Jury Prize, was won by Zoology, a Russian drama film directed by Ivan I. Tverdovskiy.^[1]

Juries

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

Main competition

Documentaries

East of the West

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

Crystal Globe (Grand Prix) - It's Not the Time of My Life (Ernelláék Farkasékná) by Szabolcs Hajdu (Hungary)
Special Jury Prize - Zoology (Zoologiya) by Ivan I. Tverdovskiy (Russia, France, Germany)
Best Director Award - Damjan Kozole for Nightlife (Nočno življenje) (Slovenia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Best Actress Award - Zuzana Mauréry for her role in The Teacher (Učiteľka) (Slovak Republic, Czech Republic)
Best Actor Award - Szabolcs Hajdu for his role in It's Not the Time of My Life (Ernelláék Farkaséknál) (Hungary)
Special Jury Mention - By the Rails (Dincolo de calea ferata) by Cătălin Mitulescu (Romania, Sweden) & The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street (Vlk z Královských Vinohrad) by Jan Němec (Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, France)

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

Best documentary film - LoveTrue by Alma Har'el (USA)
- Special Mention - Ama-San by Cláudia Varejão (Portugal, Switzerland, Japan)
East of the West Award - House of Others (Skhvisi sakhli) by Rusudan Glurjidze (Georgia, Russia, Spain, Croatia)
- Special Jury Prize - The Days That Confused (Päevad, mis ajasid segadusse) by Triin Ruumet (Estonia)
Forum of Independents Award - Tangerine by Sean Baker (USA)
Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema - Willem Dafoe (USA)
Festival President's Award - Jean Reno (France) & Charlie Kaufman (USA)
Festival President's Award for Contribution to Czech Cinematography -Jiřina Bohdalová (Czech Republic)
Právo Audience Award - Captain Fantastic by Matt Ross (USA)

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

FIPRESCI International Critics Award: Original Bliss [de] (Gleißendes Glück) by Sven Taddicken (Germany)^[3]
Ecumenical Jury Award: The Confessions (Le confessioni) by Roberto Andò (Italy, France)
FEDEORA Award (East of the West section): Collector (Kollektor) by Alexei Krasovskiy (Russia) ^[4]
Europa Cinemas Label: Original Bliss [de] (Gleißendes Glück) by Sven Taddicken (Germany)

^ ^a ^b "History - 51st festival". KVIFF. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Final press release of the KVIFF (PDF)" (PDF). kviff.com. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
^ "FIPRESCI Awards 2016". fipresci.org. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
^ "FEDEORA Federation of Film Critics of Europe and the Mediterranean". FEDEORA. Archived from the original on 12 January 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2018.