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2008 film festival edition
The 43rd
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival took place from 4 to 12 July 2008. The
Crystal Globe was won by
Terribly Happy, a Danish neo-noir film directed by
Henrik Ruben Genz. The second prize, the
Special Jury Prize was won by
The Photograph, an Indonesian drama directed by
Nan Achnas.
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Juries
The following people formed the juries of the festival:
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Documentaries
-
Jørgen Leth, Chairman (Denmark)
- Sean Farnel (Canada)
- Elda Guidinetti (Switzerland)
- Kanako Hayashi (Japan)
- Erika Hníková (Czech Republic)
East of the West
- Peter Hames, Chairman (United Kingdom)
- Milena Andonova (Bulgaria)
- Éva Bársony (Hungary)
- Annamaria Percavassi (Italy)
- Vratislav Šlajer (Czech Republic)
Official selection awards
The following feature films and people received the official selection awards:
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Other statutory awards
Other statutory awards that were conferred at the festival:
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- Best documentary film (over 30 min) -
Man on Wire by
James Marsh (UK)
- Best documentary film (under 30 min) - Lost World (Letűnt világ) by Gyula Nemes (Hungary, Finland)
- East of the West Award -
Tulpan by
Sergey Dvortsevoy (Kazakhstan, Germany, Switzerland, Russia, Poland)
- Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema -
Robert De Niro (USA),
Dušan Hanák (Slovakia),
Juraj Jakubisko (Slovakia),
Ivan Passer (USA)
- Festival President's Award -
Danny Glover (USA),
Christopher Lee (UK),
Armin Mueller-Stahl (Germany)
- The Town of
Karlovy Vary Award -
Armin Mueller-Stahl (Germany)
- Právo Audience Award -
12 by
Nikita Mikhalkov (Russia)
Non-statutory awards
The following non-statutory awards were conferred at the festival:
[2]
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FIPRESCI International Critics Award:
The Karamazovs (Karamazovi) by
Petr Zelenka (Czech Republic, Poland)
[3]
- Ecumenical Jury Award:
The Photograph by
Nan Achnas (Indonesia, France, Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden)
- Don Quixote Award:
The Investigator (A nyomozó) by
Attila Gigor (Hungary, Sweden, Ireland)
- Europa Cinemas Label:
Bahrtalo! (en. Good Luck!) by
Róbert Lakatos (Hungary, Austria, Germany)
- Czech TV Award - Independent Camera:
Mermaid (Rusalka) by
Anna Melikyan (Russia)
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NETPAC Award:
Written by
Kim Byung-woo (South Korea) &
Tulpan by
Sergey Dvortsevoy (Kazakhstan, Germany, Switzerland, Russia, Poland)
References
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Other statutory awards |
- East of the West Award
- Best Documentary Film
- Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema
- Festival President's Award
- Právo Audience Award
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