52nd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

The 52nd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 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.^[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) - 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 for The Line (Čiara) (Slovak Republic, Ukraine)
Best Actress Award (ex aequo) - Jowita Budnik & Eliane Umuhire for their roles in Birds Are Singing in Kigali (Ptaki śpiewają w Kigali) (Poland)
Best Actor Award - Alexander Yatsenko for his role in Arrhythmia (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 that were conferred at the festival:^[2]

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 (Georgia, Qatar, Ireland, Netherlands, Croatia)
Forum of Independents Award - Tangerine by Sean Baker (USA)
Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema - Ken Loach (UK), Paul Laverty UK, James Newton Howard (USA)
Festival President's Award - Uma Thurman (USA), Casey Affleck (USA), Jeremy Renner (USA)
Festival President's Award for Contribution to Czech Cinematography -Václav Vorlíček (Czech Republic)
Právo Audience Award - Wind River by Taylor Sheridan (USA)

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

FIPRESCI International Critics Award: Keep the Change by Rachel Israel (USA)^[3]
Ecumenical Jury Award: The Cakemaker by Ofir Raul Graizer (Israel, Germany)
FEDEORA Award (East of the West section): Mariţa by Cristi Iftime (Romania) ^[4]
- Special Mention: Blue Silence by Bülent Öztürk (Turkey, Belgium)
Europa Cinemas Label: Men Don’t Cry (Muškarci ne plaču) by Alen Drljević (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Croatia, Germany)

^ ^a ^b "History - 52nd 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 2017". 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 16 March 2018.