Awards for films in the Crystal Globe Competition

• Grand Prix – Crystal Globe (25,000 USD)
• Special Jury Prize (15,000 USD)

• Best Director Award
• Best Actress Award
• Best Actor Award

Only one of these last three awards may be conferred ex-aequo.

• The jury may also award up to two Special Mentions, the nature of which will be clearly defined

• The Grand jury cannot award more than two prizes to the same film.

Awards for films in the Proxima Competition

• Proxima Grand Prix (15,000 USD)
• Proxima Special Jury Prize (10,000 USD)

Other awards

• Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema

  Each year, the Karlovy Vary IFF recognises at least two exceptional figures who have made an indelible mark on the development of world cinema.

• Festival President’s Award

  The Festival President’s Award is given to actors, directors, and producers who have made a fundamental contribution to the development of film and cinema, not just in their home countries but around the world.

• Non-statutory awards

  Each year, the festival also presents the following awards by its non-statutory juries:

  • The FIPRESCI Jury Award
  • The Ecumenical Jury Award
  • Europa Cinemas Label Jury Award

• Právo Audience Award

  The Audience Award is one of the most important awards that can be won at the festival. Festivalgoers’ votes and their film rankings are one of the most important indicators for film producers and distributors for gaining an understanding of how the film will fare in general release at domestic and international cinemas.

  Voting rules

  After each screening, audience members can rate the film by tearing the relevant rating on their voting ballot (1 – excellent, 2 – good, 3 - average, 4 – poor). The ballot is handed to a hostess or left in the ballot box when leaving the cinema.

  • only films from the current festival season (i.e. films produced in 2021 or 2022) are eligible for the Právo Audience Award
  • voting will take place from July 1 until the last evening screening on July 8 (ca. 2 a.m. on July 9)
  • the films shown at the festival on July 9 are re-screenings
  • short films are not included in the Audience Award competition
  • the results will be continuously published on this website and on the KVIFF.TV as they come in
  • the Audience Award will be presented at the festival’s closing ceremony on July 9, 2022