Karlovy Vary Award Winners 2007

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 award-winning 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, USA
*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