FINAL PRESS RELEASE (JULY 9 TH, 2011)

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1 FINAL PRESS RELEASE (JULY 9 TH, 2011) The 46 th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, a non- specialized festival with four competition categories, took place from July 1 st to July 9 th this year. It is organized by FILM SERVIS FESTIVAL Karlovy Vary, a.s., with Jiří Bartoška as president of the festival and Karel Och as artistic director. The 47 th Karlovy Vary IFF will be held from June 29 th to July 7 th, On July 9 th, 2011, the festival s juries presented awards for the best films at the closing ceremony of the 46 th Karlovy Vary IFF. OFFICIAL SELECTION COMPETITION GRAND JURY István Szabó President of the Jury, Hungary Vladimír Balko, Slovakia Michel Ciment, France Michel Demopoulos, Greece Edna Fainaru, Israel Sibel Kekilli, Germany Pavel Strnad, Czech Republic GRAND PRIX - CRYSTAL GLOBE ( USD) The financial award is shared equally by the director and producer of the award- winning film. Restoration / Boker Tov, Adon Fidelman Directed by: Joseph Madmony Israel, 2010 SPECIAL JURY PRIZE ( USD) The financial award is shared equally by the director and producer of the award- winning film. Gypsy / Cigán Directed by: Martin Šulík BEST DIRECTOR AWARD Pascal Rabaté for the film Holidays by the Sea France, 2011 Tel: , , Fax: festival@kviff.com, production@kviff.com, program@kviff.com, industry@kviff.com, press@kviff.com, gservice@kviff.com

2 BEST ACTRESS AWARD Stine Fischer Christensen for her role in the film Cracks in the Shell / Die Unsichtbare Directed by: Christian Schwochow Germany, 2011 BEST ACTOR AWARD David Morse for his role in the film Collaborator Directed by: Martin Donovan Canada, USA, 2010 SPECIAL MENTION Ján Mižigár for his role in the film Gypsy / Cigán Directed by: Martin Šulík Jocelyn Pook for the music of the film Room 304 / Værelse 304 Directed by: Birgitte Stærmose Denmark, Croatia, 2011 EAST OF THE WEST FILMS IN COMPETITION EAST OF THE WEST JURY Rossitsa Valkanova Chairwoman, Bulgaria Sitora Alieva, Russia Stefan Arsenijević, Serbia Matthieu Darras, France Łukasz Dzięcioł, Poland EAST OF THE WEST AWARD ( USD) Punk s Not Dead / Pankot ne e mrtov Directed by: Vladimir Blaževski Macedonia, Serbia, 2011 SPECIAL MENTION Generation P / Generation P Directed by: Victor Ginzburg Russia, USA,

3 DOCUMENTARY FILMS IN COMPETITION DOCUMENTARY FILM JURY Amir Bar- Lev Chairman, USA Pietro Marcello, Italy Freddy Olsson, Sweden Harri Römpötti, Finland Andrea Slováková, Slovakia BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM OVER 30 MINUTES LONG (5 000 USD) The Good Life / Det gode liv Directed by: Eva Mulvad Denmark, 2010 BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM UNDER 30 MINUTES LONG (5 000 USD) Declaration of Immortality / Deklaracja nieśmiertelności Director: Marcin Koszałka Poland, 2010 FORUM OF INDEPENDENTS INDEPENDENT CAMERA JURY Margaret Corkery, United Kingdom Tine Klint, Denmark Michael Málek, Czech Republic INDEPENDENT CAMERA AWARD Sunflower Hour / Sunflower Hour Directed by: Aaron Houston Canada, 2011 CRYSTAL GLOBE FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION TO WORLD CINEMA Dame Judi Dench FESTIVAL PRESIDENT S AWARD Goran Bregović John Turturro AUDIENCE AWARD Nicky s Family / Nickyho rodina Directed by: Matej Mináč 3

4 NON- STATUTORY AWARDS AWARD OF INTERNATIONAL FILM CRITICS (FIPRESCI) FIPRESCI JURY Ninos Feneck Mikelides, Greece Alberto Castellano, Italy Violeta Kovacsics, Spain Gyozo Mátyás, Hungary Lukáš Jirsa, Czech Republic INTERNATIONAL CRITICS PRIZE Collaborator Directed by: Martin Donovan Canada, USA, 2010 THE ECUMENICAL JURY Jan Eliáš, Czech Republic Jes Nysten, Denmark Milan Šimáček, Czech Republic Waltraud Verlaguet, France Catherine Wong, Hong Kong Reinhold Zwick, Germany THE ECUMENICAL JURY AWARD Cracks in the Shell / Die Unsichtbare Directed by: Christian Schwochow Germany, 2011 SPECIAL MENTION Romeo Eleven / Roméo Onze Directed by: Ivan Grbovic Canada, 2011 INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF FILM SOCIETIES (FICC) FICC JURY Maciej Gil, Poland Zuzana Kameníková, Czech Republic Tapesh Sharma, India THE DON QUIJOTE PRIZE Gypsy / Cigán Directed by: Martin Šulík 4

5 SPECIAL MENTION Lollipop Monster / Lollipop Monster Directed by: Ziska Riemann Germany, 2011 FEDERATION OF FILM CRITICS OF EUROPE AND THE MEDITERRANEAN (FEDEORA) FEDEORA JURY Eva af Geijerstam, Sweden Blagoja Kunovski, Macedonia Vladan Petkovic, Serbia FEDEORA AWARD For the best film from East of the West competition section Marija s Own / Marijine Directed by: Željka Suková Croatia, 2011 NETWORK FOR THE PROMOTION OF ASIAN CINEMA (NETPAC) NETPAC JURY Anne Démy- Geroe, Australia Gönül Dönmez- Colin, Turkey Hauvick Habechian, Lebanon NETPAC AWARD For the best Asian film Once Upon a Time in Anatolia / Bir zamanlar Anadolu da Directed by: Nuri Bilge Ceylan Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2011 EUROPA CINEMAS LABEL EUROPA CINEMAS LABEL JURY Marijana Bosnjak, Croatia Mark Drenth, Netherlands Charles Rubinstein, United Kingdom Tiina Savi, Estonia EUROPA CINEMAS LABEL AWARD Gypsy / Cigán Directed by: Martin Šulík 5

6 STATISTICS OF THE 46 TH KARLOVY VARY IFF 2011 The 46 th Karlovy Vary IFF 2011 was attended by accredited visitors. Of that number had Festival Passes (up from in 2010), 310 were filmmakers, 814 film professionals, and 649 journalists tickets were sold for 413 film screenings. A total of 199 films were shown: 165 feature films (151 full- length and 14 short) and 34 documentary films (26 full- length and 8 short). 21 films received their world premiere, while 25 had their international premiere and 16 their European premiere. There were votes for the Právo Audience Award. 54 of the films screened were debuts. 172 screening were personally presented by delegations of filmmakers. FILM INDUSTRY AT THE 46 TH KARLOVY VARY IFF film buyers, sellers, distributors, film festival programmers, representatives of film institutions, and other industry professionals were accredited for the 46 th Karlovy Vary IFF. 384 accredited film professionals came to the festival from abroad. 117 film buyers and distributors and 134 festival programmers chose from new films and Works in Progress. International sales agents could choose from a total of 61 films. 24 selected films (from a total of 50 entries) were presented in Works in Progress. KARLOVY VARY ONLINE SCREENING ROOM ON CINANDO In co- operation with Cinando.com, the Karlovy Vary IFF this year for the second time is offering buyers, distributors and other users of Cinando.com the opportunity to watch its competition films. The screening room went live on July 8 th,

7 ORGANIZERS OF THE 46 TH KARLOVY VARY IFF WOULD LIKE TO THANK TO ALL PARTNERS WHICH HELP TO ORGANIZE THE FESTIVAL. 46 th Karlovy Vary IFF is supported by Ministry of Culture Czech Republic. GENERAL PARTNER Skupina ČEZ MAIN PARTNERS RWE Vodafone Czech Republic a.s. Město Karlovy Vary PARTNERS ČD Cargo, a. s. EUROVIA CS, a.s. UniCredit Bank Czech Republic, a.s. Budweiser Budvar finanční a investiční skupina KKCG SONY SUPPORTED BY Kapsch Karlovarský kraj Lesy České republiky, s.p. OFFICIAL CAR Audi OFFICIAL MAKE- UP ARTIST L Oréal Paris OFFICIAL BEVERAGE Karlovarská Korunní CARRIERS České aerolinie, a.s. Deutsche Lufthansa AG INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING PARTNER DHL Express (Czech Republic), s.r.o. FUEL SUPPLIER OMV Česká republika, s.r.o. MAIN MEDIA PARTNERS Česká televize ČRo 1 Radiožurnál PRÁVO Novinky.cz 7

8 MEDIA PARTNERS JCDecaux Group REFLEX weekly magazine EURO magazine TV Star Radio 1 FESTIVAL AWARDS SUPPLIER MOSER, a.s. SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS Microsoft MAIN HOTEL PARTNER Mandarin Oriental, Prague HOTEL PARTNER InterContinental Praha PARTNER OF THE PROJECT CINEMA WITH NO BARRIERS RWE NON- PROFIT PARTNERS Pomozte dětem - společný sbírkový projekt České televize a Nadace rozvoje občanské společnosti Beauty of Help - Tatana Kucharova Foundation Amnesty International 8