History 35th festival

July 5 - 15, 2000

Carlos Saura: Director Carlos Saura received the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema at this year’s festival. Along with Almodóvar, Saura is one of Spain’s most well-established filmmakers. Throughout much of his career he collaborated with Geraldine Chaplin.

Awards

Grand Prix - Crystal Globe
Me You Them / Eu tu eles
Director: Andrucha Waddington
Brazil 1999

Special Jury Prize
The Big Animal / Duze zwirze
Director: Jerzy Stuhr
Poland 2000
ex aequo
Peppermint Candy / Bakha satang
Director: Lee Chang-Dong
Korea 1999

Best Director
Vinko Brešan
for the film Marshal Tito's Spirit / Maršal
Croatia 1999

Best Actress
Regina Casé
for the film Me You Them / Eu tu eles
Brazil 1999

Best Actor
Ian Hart
for the film Aberdeen
Norway, UK 2000
ex aequo
Hamid Farokhnezad
for the film The Bride of Fire / Arous-E Atash
Iran 1999

You can find a complete overview of KVIFF award winners in the final press release.

Statistics

Total accredited visitors 9 130, of which:

students and film club members 4 886
film industry professionals 671
journalists 720
tickets sold 142 270
screenings 536

A total of 293 films were screened.

Edward Norton: The festival was also visited by the immensely talented actor Edward Norton, who viewers know from Forman’s The People vs. Larry Flynt, among others.

The Grand Jury

Abbas Kiarostami, jury president
Icíar Bollaínová
Saša Gedeon
Arik Kaplun
Srdjan Karanović
Fred Roos
Jermek Šinarbajev
Dana Vávrová