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33rd Karlovy Vary
International Film Festival

33rd year of the festival was held on
July 3 - 11, 1998

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Festival in Numbers

7 173
Accredited visitors
120 000
Tickets Sold
465
Screenings
213
Films

Awarded Guests

Michael Douglas
The big star of the 33rd Karlovy Vary festival was American actor Michael Douglas, who received the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema.
Lou Reed
The festival atmosphere was also livened up by the presence of the legendary Lou Reed.

Awarded films and filmmakers

Films awarded by the main jury of the festival, of which they were members in the year 1998 Gila Almagor, Vera Belmont, Iraklij Kvirikadze, Jiří Menzel, Gianni Rondolino, Jerzy Skolimowski, Jerzy Stuhr, Maria Zvereva

Grand Prix - Crystal Globe
Streetheart (Le coeur au poing)
Special Jury Prize
Full Moon (Děň polnolunija)
Best Director
Charles Binamé for the film Streetheart (Le coeur au poing)
Best Actress
Julia Stiles for her role in the film Wicked (Wicked)
Best Actor
Olaf Lubaszenko for his role in the film Sekal has to Die (Je třeba zabít Sekala)
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