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37th Karlovy Vary
International Film Festival

37th year of the festival was held on
July 4 - 13, 2002

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Festival in Numbers

10 880
Accredited visitors
6 850
Students and ordinary visitors
820
Film Industry Professionals
580
Journalists
139 120
Tickets Sold
534
Screenings
292
Feature-length Fiction Films
17
World Premieres
40
International Premieres
2
European Premieres

Awarded Guests

Kiera Knightley
One of the important guests at the 37th festival was the young actress Kiera Knightley, who came to present the film Bend It Like Beckham.
Kim Ki-duk
Free spirited director Kim Ki-duk has been a guest at the festival on a number of occasions. At the 37th KVIFF he took part in an extensive retrospective of his work.

Awarded films and filmmakers

Films awarded by the main jury of the festival, of which they were members in the year 2002 Jean-Marc Barr, Bibiana Beglau, Roger Ebert, Ibolya Fekete, Jan Malíř, Kaynam Myung, Assumpta Serna

Grand Prix - Crystal Globe
Year of the Devil (Rok ďábla)
Special Jury Prize
Nowhere in Africa (Nirgendwo in Afrika)
Best Director
Asghar Massombagi for the film Khaled (Khaled)
Best Actress
Ugla Egilsdóttir for her role in the film The Seagull´s Laughter (Mávahlátur)
Best Actor
William H. Macy for his role in the film Focus (Focus)
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