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36th Karlovy Vary
International Film Festival

36th year of the festival was held on
July 5 - 14, 2001

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Festival in Numbers

9 748
Accredited visitors
4 915
Students and film club members
741
Film Industry Professionals
676
Journalists
128 500
Tickets Sold
514
Screenings
282
Feature-length Fiction Films
13
World Premieres
48
International Premieres

Awarded Guests

Ben Kingsley
Ben Kingsley: The Academy Award and two-time Golden Globes winner has brought many of cinema’s iconic characters to the silver screen - Itzhak Stern, Gandhi, and Georges Méliès among others. At this year’s festival he received the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema.
Scarlett Johansson
A number of rising stars have been guests at the festival – among them future Hollywood superstar Scarlett Johansson.

Awarded films and filmmakers

Films awarded by the main jury of the festival, of which they were members in the year 2001 Krzysztof Zanussi, Lissy Bellaiche, Labina Mitevská, Marie-Josée Nat, Malti Sahai, Lee Hall, Jan Hřebejk, Jafar Panahi

Grand Prix - Crystal Globe
Amélie from Montmartre (Le fabuleux destin d´Amélie Poulain)
Special Jury Prize
Hi, Tereska (Cześć Tereska)
Best Director
Ibolya Fekete for the film Chico (Chico)
Best Actress
Viveka Seldahl for her role in the film A Song for Martin (En sang för Martin)
Best Actor
Sven Wollter for his role in the film A Song for Martin (En sang för Martin)
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