Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 

The festival juries have awarded the best films of the 44th Karlovy Vary IFF 2009 during the Official Closing on July 11.

OFFICIAL SELECTION - COMPETITION

Grand Prix - Crystal Globe (30 000 USD)

Angel at Sea | Un ange à la mer
Director: Frédéric Dumont
Belgium, Canada 2009

Special Jury Prize (20 000 USD)

Twenty | Bist
Director: Abdolreza Kahani
Iran 2009

Best Director Award

Andreas Dresen
for the film Whisky with Vodka | Whisky mit Wodka
Director: Andreas Dresen
Germany 2009

Best Actor Award (ex-aequo)

Olivier Gourmet
for his role in the film Angel at Sea | Un ange à la mer
Director: Frédéric Dumont
Belgium, Canada 2009

Paul Giamatti
for his role in the film Cold Souls | Cold Souls
Director: Sophie Barthes
USA 2008

Best Actress Award

Paprika Steen
for her role in the film Applause | Applause
Director: Martin Pieter Zandvliet
Denmark 2009

Special Jury Mention

Filip Garbacz
for his role in the film Piggies | Świnki
Director: Robert Gliński
Poland, Germany 2009

DOCUMENTARY FILMS IN COMPETITION

Best Documentary Film under 30 minutes long (5000 USD)

Wagah | Wagah
Director: Supriyo Sen
Germany, India, Pakistan 2009

Special Jury Mention

Till It Hurts | Do bolu
Director: Marcin Koszałka
Poland 2008

Best Documentary Film over 30 minutes long (5000 USD)

Osadné | Osadné
Director: Marko Škop
Slovak Republic, Czech Republic 2009

Special Jury Mention

We Live in Public | We Live in Public
Director: Ondi Timoner
USA 2009

EAST OF THE WEST - FILMS IN COMPETITION

East of the West Award (10 000 USD)

Room and a Half | Poltory komnaty ili sentimentalnoje putěšestvije na rodinu
Director: Andrey Khrzhanovsky
Russia 2008

Special Mention

Scratch | Rysa
Director: Michał Rosa
Poland 2008

AUDIENCE AWARD

A Matter of Size | Sipur Gadol
Director: Erez Tadmor, Sharon Maymon
Israel, Germany, France 2009

SPECIAL CRYSTAL GLOBE FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION TO WORLD CINEMA

Isabelle Huppert, France
John Malkovich, USA
Jan Švankmajer, Czech Republic

FESTIVAL PRESIDENT´S AWARD

Antonio Banderas, USA

AWARD OF INTERNATIONAL FILM CRITICS (FIPRESCI)

Will Not Stop There | Nije kraj
Director: Vinko Brešan
Croatia, Serbia 2008

EUROPA CINEMAS LABEL AWARD

Applause | Applause
Director: Martin Pieter Zandvliet
Denmark 2009

PRIZE OF ECUMENICAL JURY

Twenty / Bist
Director: Abdolreza Kahani 
Iran 2009

INDEPENDENT CAMERA

Eamon | Eamon
Director: Margaret Corkery
Ireland 2009

Special Mention

La Tigra, Chaco / La Tigra, Chaco
Director: Federico Godfrid, Juan Sasiaín
Argentina 2009

PRIZE OF DON QUIJOTE (International Federation of Film Societies FICC)

Angel At Sea / Un ange a la mer
Director: Frédéric Dumont
Belgium, Canada 2009

Special Mention

Wolfy / Volčok 
Director: Vassilij Sigarev
Russia 2009 

Cold Souls / Cold Souls
Director: Sophie Barthes
USA 2008

NETPAC Prize

Breathless / Ddongpari
Director: Yang Ik-june 
South Korea 2008

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