53rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

53rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Location	Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
Founded	1946
Awards	Crystal Globe: I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians by Radu Jude
No. of films	236
Festival date	June 29–July 7, 2018
Website	www.kviff.com/en/homepage
KVIFF chronology
54th 52nd

The 53rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival took place from June 29 to July 7, 2018, in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic.

A total of 236 films were presented at the festival, including 35 world premieres, eight international and seven European premieres.^[1]

Juries[]

The following were appointed as the juries at the 53rd edition:^[2][3]

Official selection[]

In competition[]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production countrie(s)
Brothers	Kardeşler	Ömür Atay	Turkey, Germany, Bulgaria
Domestique	Domestik	Adam Sedlák	Czech Republic, Slovakia
Fireflies Are Gone	La disparition des lucioles	Sébastien Pilote	Canada
History of Love	Zgodovina ljubezni	Sonja Prosenc	Slovenia, Italy, Norway
I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians	Îmi este indiferent dacă în istorie vom intra ca barbari	Radu Jude	Romania, Czech Republic, France, Bulgaria, Germany
Jumpman	Podbrosy	Ivan I. Tverdovskiy	Russia, Lithuania, Ireland, France
Miriam Lies	Miriam miente	Natalia Cabral, Oriol Estrada	Dominican Republic, Spain
Panic Attack	Atak paniki	Paweł Maślona	Poland
Redemption	Geula	Joseph Madmony, Boaz Yehonatan Yacov	Israel
Sueño Florianópolis		Ana Katz	Argentina, Brazil, France
To the Night		Peter Brunner	Austria, United States
Winter Flies	Všechno bude	Olmo Omerzu	Czech Republic, Slovenia, Poland, Slovakia

Highlighted title and dagger () indicates Crystal Globe winner.

Highlighted title and double-dagger () indicates Special Jury Prize winner.

Out of competition[]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production countrie(s)
My Friend "A"	Yuzai	Takahisa Zeze	Japan
Support the Girls		Andrew Bujalski	United States
Trash on Mars	Mars	Benjamin Tuček	Czech Republic

Another View[]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production countrie(s)
Amal		Mohamed Siam	Egypt, Lebanon, France, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Qatar
And Breathe Normally	Andið eðlilega	Ísold Uggadóttir	Iceland
Border	Gräns	Ali Abassi	Sweden, Denmark
Boys Cry	La terra dell'abbastanza	Damiano and Fabio D'Innocenzo	Italy
Chris the Swiss		Anja Kofmel	Switzerland, Croatia, Germany, Finland
Cobain		Nanouk Leopold	Netherlands, Belgium, Germany
Diamantino		Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt	Portugal, France, Brazil
Donbass		Sergei Loznitsa	Germany, Ukraine, France, Netherlands, Romania
An Elephant Sitting Still	Da xiang xi di er zuo	Hu Bo	China
Fugue	Fuga	Agnieszka Smoczyńska	Poland, Czech Republic, Sweden
The Gentle Indifference of the World	Laskovoe bezrazlichie mira	Adilkhan Yerzhanov	Kazakhstan, France
Grass	Pullipdeul	Hong Sang-soo	South Korea
The Guilty	Den skyldige	Gustav Möller	Denmark
Invasion	Hojoom	Shahram Mokri	Iran
In My Room		Ulrich Köhler	Germany, Italy
Light Years	Años Luz	Manuel Abramovich	Argentina, Spain, Brazil
Little Tickles	Les chatouilles	Andréa Bescond, Eric Métayer	France
Lucky		John Carroll Lynch	United States
Nina		Olga Chajdas	Poland
Oblivion Verses	Los Versos del Olvido	Alireza Khatami	France, Germany, Netherlands, Chile
Our Struggles	Nos batailles	Guillaume Senez	Belgium, France
Pity	Oiktos	Babis Makridis	Greece, Poland
Profile		Timur Bekmambetov	United Kingdom, United States, Russia, Cyprus
The Queen of Fear	La reina del miedo	Valeria Bertuccelli, Fabiana Tiscornia	Argentina, Denmark
Rafiki		Wanuri Kahiu	Kenya
A Skin So Soft	Ta Peau si lisse	Denis Côté	Canada, Switzerland, France
Styx		Wolfgang Fischer	Germany, Austria
Victory Day	Den' Pobedy	Sergei Loznitsa	Germany
Virgins	Ein Betulot Bakrayot	Keren Ben Rafael	France, Israel, Belgium

Czech Films 2017–2018[]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production countrie(s)
Dukla 61		David Ondříček	Czech Republic
Insect	Hmyz	Jan Švankmajer	Czech Republic, Slovakia
The Interpreter	Tlumočník	Martin Šulík	Slovakia, Czech Republic, Austria
Laika	Lajka	Aurel Klimt	Czech Republic
Markéta Wants Her Bag	Markéta chce taštičku	Miroslav Janek	Czech Republic
Nothing Like Before	Nic jako dřív	Lukáš Kokeš, Klára Tasovská	Czech Republic
Scalamare		Jiří Kylián	Czech Republic, Netherlands
Short Cut	Na krátko	Jakub Šmíd	Czech Republic
Universum Brdečka		Miroslav Janek	Czech Republic
When the War Comes	Až přijde válka	Jan Gebert	Czech Republic, Croatia

Documentary Films[]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production countrie(s)
The Best Thing You Can Do with Your Life		Zita Erffa	Germany, Mexico
Breaking News	Mimořádná zpráva	Tomáš Bojar	Czech Republic
Bridges of Time	Laika tilti	Kristine Briede, Audrius Stonys	Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia
Cielo		Alison McAlpine	Canada, Chile
Dream Away		Marouan Omara, Johanna Domke	Germany, Egypt
In the Stillness of Sounds	L' esprit des lieux	Stéphane Manchematin, Serge Steyer	France
Inside Mosul	V Mosulu	Jana Andert	Czech Republic
A Little Wisdom	Xiao Zhihui	Yuqi Kang	Canada, Nepal, China
Putin's Witnesses	Svideteli Putina	Vitaly Mansky	Latvia, Switzerland, Czech Republic
The Swing		Cyril Aris	Lebanon
Treasure Island	L' Île au trésor	Guillaume Brac	France
Walden		Daniel Zimmermann	Switzerland, Austria

Highlighted title and dagger () indicates Best Documentary Film winner.

Highlighted title and double-dagger () indicates Documentary Special Jury Prize winner.

East of the West[]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production countrie(s)
53 Wars	53 wojny	Ewa Bukowska	Poland
Amir		Nima Eghlima	Iran
Bear with Us	Chata na prodej	Tomáš Pavlíček	Czech Republic
Blossom Valley	Virágvölgy	László Csuja	Hungary
Breathing into Marble	Kvėpavimas į marmurą	Giedrė Beinoriūtė	Lithuania, Latvia, Croatia
Crystal Swan	Khrustal	Darya Zhuk	Belarus, Germany, United States, Russia
Deep Rivers	Glubokie reki	Vladimir Bitokov	Russia
Moments	Chvilky	Beata Parkanová	Czech Republic, Slovakia
Pause	Pafsi	Tonia Mishiali	Cyprus, Greece
Suleiman Mountain	Suleiman gora	Elizaveta Stishova	Kyrgyzstan, Russia
Via Carpatia		Klara Kochańska	Poland, Czech Republic, North Macedonia
Volcano	Vulkan	Roman Bondarchuk	Ukraine, Germany

Highlighted title and dagger () indicates East of the West winner.

Highlighted title and double-dagger () indicates East of the West Special Jury Prize winner.

Future Frames: Ten New Filmmakers to Follow[]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production countrie(s)
1981	Nittonhundraåttioett	Dawid Ullgren	Sweden
Blackjack	Valet noir	Lora Mure-Ravaud	Switzerland
Clean	Čistoća	Neven Samardžić	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dialect		David Gurgulia	Georgia
The Legionnaire	Il leginario	Hleb Papou	Italy
Marica		Judita Gamulin	Croatia
Regained Memory		Stijn Bouma	Netherlands, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sweet Home Czyżewo		Jakub Radej	Poland
Warm Comedy about Depression, Madness and Unfulfilled Dreams	Hrejivá komédia o depresii, šialenstve a nesplnených snoch	Michal Ďuriš	Slovakia
Where the Summer Goes (chapters on youth)	Onde o Verão Vai (episódios da juventude)	David Pinheiro Vicente	Portugal

Horizons[]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production countrie(s)
3 Faces	Se Rokh	Jafar Panahi	Iran
Birds of Passage	Pájaros de verano	Ciro Guerra, Cristina Gallego	Colombia, Denmark, Mexico
BlacKkKlansman		Spike Lee	United States
Burning		Lee Chang-dong	South Korea
Climax		Gaspar Noé	France
Cold War	Zimna wojna	Paweł Pawlikowski	Poland, France, United Kingdom
Damsel		David Zellner, Nathan Zellner	United States
Daughter of Mine	Figlia mia	Laura Bispuri	Italy, Germany, Switzerland
Dear Son	Weldi	Mohamed Ben Attia	Tunisia, Belgium, France, Qatar
Dovlatov		Aleksei Alekseivich German	Russia, Poland, Serbia
Euphoria	Euforia	Valeria Golino	Italy
Everybody Knows	Todos lo saben	Asghar Farhadi	Spain, France, Italy
Girl		Lukas Dhont	Belgium
Good Manners	As boas maneiras	Juliana Rojas, Marco Dutra	Brazil, France
Happy as Lazzaro	Lazzaro Felice	Alice Rohrwacher	Italy, Switzerland, France, Germany
Hostiles		Scott Cooper	United States
Hunting Season	Temporada de Caza	Natalia Garagiola	Argentina, United States, France, Germany, Qatar
Leave No Trace		Debra Granik	United States
Loveling	Benzinho	Gustavo Passos Pizzi	Brazil, Uruguay, Germany
Lucia's Grace	Troppa Grazia	Gianni Zanasi	Italy
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote		Terry Gilliam	Spain, Belgium, Portugal, United Kingdom
The Miseducation of Cameron Post		Desiree Akhavan	United States
Museum	Museo	Alonso Ruizpalacios	Mexico
Nico, 1988		Susanna Nicchiarelli	Italy, Belgium
The Parting Glass		Stephen Moyer	United States
Rainbow: A Private Affair	Una questione privata	Paolo and Vittorio Taviani	Italy, France
River's Edge		Isao Yukisada	Japan
Season of the Devil	Ang Panahon ng Halimaw	Lav Diaz	Philippines
Summer	Leto	Kirill Serebrennikov	Russia, France
Sweet Country		Warwick Thornton	Australia
Touch Me Not		Adina Pintilie	Romania, Germany, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, France
To the Ends of the World	Les confins du monde	Guillaume Nicloux	France, China, Belgium
Utøya: July 22	Utøya 22. juli	Erik Poppe	Norway
Wajib		Annemarie Jacir	Palestine, France, Germany, Colombia, Norway, Qatar, United Arab Emirates
The Wild Pear Tree	Ahlat Agaci	Nuri Bilge Ceylan	Turkey, France, Germany, Bulgaria
Wildlife		Paul Dano	United States
The World Is Yours	Le Monde est à toi	Romain Gavras	France
Zama		Lucrecia Martel	Argentina, Brazil, Spain, France, Netherlands, Mexico, Portugal, United States

Imagina[]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production countrie(s)
11 × 14		James Benning	United States
Art and Theft		Sara Magenheimer	United States
Black Mother		Khalik Allah	United States, Jamaica
Caniba		Verena Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor	France
Elegy		Louis Rizzo-Naudi	United Kingdom
Endless Tail	Beskrajni rep	Željka Suková	Croatia
Flame	Polte	Sami van Ingen	Finland
Forest Paths		Michiel van Bakel	Netherlands
Government House	Haus der Regierung	Herwig Weiser	Austria, Russia
The Green Fog		Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson	United States
Imperial Valley (cultivated run-off)		Lukas Marxt	Germany, Austria
Phantom Ride Phantom		Siegfried A. Fruhauf	Austria
Reflections in the Dust		Luke Sullivan	Australia
Ride Like Lightning, Crash Like Thunder		Fern Silva	United States
Sleep Has Her House		Scott Barley	United Kingdom
★		Johann Lurf	Austria

Made in Texas: Tribute to Austin Film Society[]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production countrie(s)
1985		Yen Tan	United States
Computer Chess		Andrew Bujalski	United States
Death of a Rock Star		Tom Huckabee, Will Van Overbeek	United States
Dried Meat	Carne seca	Jazmin Diaz	United States
El Mariachi		Robert Rodriguez	United States
Fair Sisters		Missy Boswell, Edward Lowry, Louis Black	United States
Invasion of the Aluminum People		David Boone	United States
Kid-Thing		David Zellner	United States
Last Night at the Alamo		Eagle Pennell	United States
Leonardo, Jr.		Lorrie Oshatz	United States
Mask of Sarnath		Neil Ruttenberg	United States
Pioneer		David Lowery	United States
The Rabbit Hunt		Patrick Bresnan	United States
Skunk		Annie Silverstein	United States
Slacker		Richard Linklater	United States
The Slow Business of Going		Athina Rachel Tsangari	Greece, United States
Somebody Up There Likes Me		Bob Byington	United States
Speed of Light		Brian Hansen	United States
Take Shelter	Jeff Nichols	United States
The Unforeseen		Laura Dunn	United States

Midnight Screenings[]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production countrie(s)
Big Trouble in Little China		John Carpenter	United States
Bloodsport		Newt Arnold	United States
Highlander		Russell Mulcahy	United Kingdom, United States
Mandy		Panos Cosmatos	United Kingdom, Belgium
One Cut of the Dead	Camera wo Tomeru na!	Shin'ichirō Ueda	Japan
Predator		John McTiernan	United States

Out of the Past[]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production countrie(s)
2001: A Space Odyssey		Stanley Kubrick	United Kingdom, United States
Accumulator 1	Akumulátor 1	Jan Svěrák	Czech Republic
The Cranes Are Flying	Letyat zhuravli	Mikhail Kalatozov	USSR
Diamonds of the Night	Démanty noci	Jan Němec	Czechoslovakia
The Eyes of Orson Welles		Mark Cousins	United Kingdom
Hal		Amy Scott	United States
Jiří Menzel – To Make a Comedy Is No Fun		Robert Kolinsky	Switzerland, Czech Republic
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind		Marina Zenovich	United States
Searching for Ingmar Bergman		Margarethe von Trotta	Germany, France
Signum Laudis		Martin Hollý	Czechoslovakia
Strangers on a Train		Alfred Hitchcock	United States
White Paradise	Bílý ráj	Karel Lamač	Czechoslovakia

People Next Door[]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production countrie(s)
Children of a Lesser God		Randa Haines	United States
Land of Silence and Darkness	Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit	Werner Herzog	Germany
The Past	Minulost	Ivo Trajkov	Czech Republic
A Quiet Place		John Krasinski	United States
See No Evil, Hear No Evil		Arthur Hiller	United States
The Silent Child		Chris Overton	United States
The Tribe	Plemya	Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi	Ukraine

Prague Short Film Festival Presents[]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production countrie(s)
And So We Put Goldfish in the Pool	Soushite watashitachi wa pûru ni kingyo o	Makoto Nagahisa	Japan
Atlantis, 2003	Atlantída, 2003	Michal Blaško	Slovakia, Czech Republic
Bo Hai		Dužan Duong	Czech Republic
Downside Up		Peter Ghesquière	Belgium
Partner	Réplique	Antoine Giorgini	France

Reflections of Time: Baltic Poetic Documentary[]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production countrie(s)
235 000 000		Uldis Brauns	Latvia
511 Best Photographs of Mars	511 paremat fotot Marsist	Andres Sööt	Estonia
Antigravitation	Antigravitacija	Audrius Stonys	Lithuania
Apolinaras		Henrikas Šablevičius	Lithuania
The Beginning	Sākums	Uldis Brauns	Latvia
The Coast	Krasts	Aivars Freimanis	Latvia
The Dreams of the Centenarians	Šimtamečių godos	Robertas Verba	Lithuania
Earth of the Blind	Neregių žemė	Audrius Stonys	Lithuania
El Dorado	Eldoraado	Ülo Tambek	Estonia
The Ferry	Prāmis	Laila Pakalniņa	Latvia
In Memory of a Day Gone By	Praėjusios dienos atminimui	Šarūnas Bartas	Lithuania
The Linen	Veļa	Laila Pakalniņa	Latvia
The Mail	Pasts	Laila Pakalniņa	Latvia
Midsummer Day	Jaanipäev	Andres Sööt	Estonia
The Old Man and the Land	Senis ir žemė	Robertas Verba	Lithuania
Peasants	Talupojad	Ülo Tambek	Estonia
Pikk Street	Pikk tänav	Hans Roosipuu	Estonia
Ten Minutes Older	Vecāks par 10 minūtēm	Herz Frank	Latvia
A Trip Through Misty Meadows	Kelionė ūkų lankomis	Henrikas Šablevičius	Lithuania
We Were at Our Own Field	Pabuvam savam lauki	Henrikas Šablevičius	Lithuania
White Bell	Baltie zvani	Ivars Kraulītis	Latvia
Woman from Kihnu	Kihnu naine	Mark Soosaar	Estonia

Seven Close Encounters[]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production countrie(s)
All That Jazz		Bob Fosse	United States
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire		Alan Clarke	United Kingdom
The Deer Hunter		Michael Cimino	United States, United Kingdom
Lawrence of Arabia		David Lean	United Kingdom
Marketa Lazarová		František Vláčil	Czechoslovakia
Match Point		Woody Allen	United Kingdom, Ireland, Luxembourg
Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana	Pidä huivista kiinni, Tatjana	Aki Kaurismäki	Finland

Special Events[]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production countrie(s)
Bob Roberts		Tim Robbins	United States, United Kingdom
Cirkus Rwanda		Michal Varga	Czech Republic, Slovakia
Cradle Will Rock		Tim Robbins	United States
In Treatment 3	Terapie 3	Matěj Chlupáček, Petr Zelenka	Czech Republic
King Skate		Šimon Šafránek	Czech Republic
Loves of a Blonde	Lásky jedné plavovlásky	Miloš Forman	Czechoslovakia
Paterno		Barry Levinson	United States
Rain Man		Barry Levinson	United States
The Rover		David Michôd	Australia, United States
Searching	Bloudění	Antonín Máša, Jan Čuřík	Czechoslovakia
Sharp Objects		Jean-Marc Vallée	United States
Sink or Swim	Le grand bain	Gilles Lellouche	France
Wag the Dog		Barry Levinson	United States

Awards[]

The following awards were presented at the 53rd edition:^[3]

Official selection awards[]

Grand Prix – Crystal Globe

I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians by Radu Jude

Special Jury Prize

Sueño Florianópolis by Ana Katz

Best Director

Olmo Omerzu for Winter Flies

Best Actress

Mercedes Morán for Sueño Florianópolis

Best Actor

Moshe Folkenflik for Redemption

Special Jury Mention

History of Love by Sonja Prosenc

Jumpman by Ivan I. Tverdovskiy

Other statutory awards[]

East of the West Grand Prix

Suleiman Mountain by Elizaveta Stishova

East of the West Special Jury Prize

Blossom Valley by László Csuja

Grand Prix for Best Documentary Film

Putin's Witnesses by Vitaly Mansky

Documentary Special Jury Prize

Walden by Daniel Zimmermann

Právo Audience Award

Rain Man by Barry Levinson

Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema

Tim Robbins (United States)

Barry Levinson (United States)

Festival President's Award

Robert Pattinson (United Kingdom)

Festival President's Award for Contribution to Czech Cinematography

Jaromír Hanzlík (Czech Republic)

Non-statutory awards[]

Award of International Film Critics (FIPRESCI)

Sueño Florianópolis by Ana Katz

The Ecumenical Jury Award

Redemption by Joseph Madmony, Boaz Yehonatan Yacov

Ecumenical Commendations

Winter Flies by Olmo Omerzu

Miriam Lies by Natalia Cabral, Oriol Estrada

FEDEORA Award

Suleiman Mountain by Elizaveta Stishova

Europa Cinemas Label Award

I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians by Radu Jude

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