42nd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Award Winners 2007

Grand Prix - Crystal Globe

• Jar City (Mýrin)
  • Dir. Baltasar Kormákur
  • Iceland, Germany 2006 The financial award is shared equally by the director and producer of the film.

Special Jury Prize

• Lucky Miles (Lucky Miles)
  • Dir. Michael James Rowland
  • Australia 2007

Best Director Award

• Bård Breien
  • for the film The Art of Negative Thinking (Kunsten å tenke negativt)
  • Norway 2006

Best Actress Award

• Elvira Mínguez
  • for her role in the film Pudor (Pudor)
  • Spain 2007

Best Actor Award

• Sergey Puskepalis
  • for his role in the film Simple Things (Prostyje vešči)
  • Russia 2006

Special Jury Mention

• Leonid Bronevoy for his role in the film Simple Things (Prostyje vešči)
  • Russia 2006
• Zdeněk Svěrák for the screenplay of the film Empties (Vratné lahve)
  • Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Denmark 2007

Grand Jury

• Peter Bart - President of the Jury, United States
• Karl Baumgartner, Germany
• Jean-Luc Bideau, Switzerland, France
• Nandita Das, India
• Daniele Gaglianone, Italy
• Arsinée Khanjian, Canada
• David Ondříček, Czech Republic

Documentary films in competition

Best Documentary Film under 30 minutes long

• Artel (Artěl)
  • Dir. Sergey Loznitsa
  • Russia 2006

Best Documentary Film over 30 minutes long

• Lost Holiday (Ztracená dovolená)
  • Dir. Lucie Králová
  • Czech Republic 2007

Special Jury Mention for the film under 30 minutes long

• Theodore (Teodors)
  • Dir. Laila Pakalnina
  • Latvia 2006

Special Jury Mention for the film over 30 minutes long

• The Mosquito Problem and other stories (Problemat s komarite i drugi istorii)
  • Dir. Andrey Paounov
  • Bulgaria 2007

Documentary Jury

• Dimitri Eipides - Chairman, Greece
• Anna Buccheti, Italy
• Anchalee Chaiworaporn, Thailand
• Manuel Grosso Galván, Spain
• Marko Škop, Slovak Republic

East of The West - Films in competition

East of the West Award

• Armin (Armin)
  • Dir. Ognjen Sviličić
  • Croatia, Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2007

Special Mention

• The Class (Klass)
  • Dir. Ilmar Raag
  • Estonia 2007

East of the West Jury

• Stefan Laudyn - Chairman, Poland
• Andreas Horvath, Austria
• Marta Nováková, Czech Republic
• Alissa Simon, USA
• Ivan Shvedoff, Russia

Audience Award

• Empties (Vratné lahve)
  • Dir. Jan Svěrák
  • Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Denmark 2007

Special Crystal Globe

(for outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema).

• Danny DeVito, USA
• Břetislav Pojar, Czech Republic

Award of International Film Critics (FIPRESCI)

• Simple Things (Prostyje vešči)
  • Dir. Alexey Popogrebsky
  • Russia 2006

Europa Cinamas Label

• The Class (Klass)
  • Dir. Ilmar Raag
  • Estonia 2007