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38th Karlovy Vary
International Film Festival

38th year of the festival was held on
July 4 - 12, 2003

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Festival in Numbers

10 480
Accredited visitors
7 010
Festival Pas
420
Film Industry Professionals
612
Journalists
122 440
Tickets Sold
476
Screenings
304
Feature-length Fiction Films
18
World Premieres
21
International Premieres
2
European Premieres

Awarded Guests

Morgan Freeman
The 38th festival was honoured by the attendance of charismatic actor Morgan Freeman, who received a Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema.
Stephen Frears a Jiří Menzel
Crystal Globes for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema were awarded for the lifetime achievements of Jiří Menzel and Stephen Frears.

Awarded films and filmmakers

Films awarded by the main jury of the festival, of which they were members in the year 2003 Rock Demers, Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Aňa Geislerová, Baltasar Kormákur, Felice Laudadio, Sunmin Park, Branko Šömen

Grand Prix - Crystal Globe
Facing Window (La finestra di fronte)
Special Jury Prize
Babusya (Babusja)
Best Director
Ferzan Ozpetek for the film Facing Window (La finestra di fronte)
Best Actress - ex-aequo
Sylvie Testud for her role in the film Fear and Trembling (Stupeur et tremblements)
Best Actress - ex-aequo
Giovanna Mezzogiorno for her role in the film Facing Window (La finestra di fronte)
Best Actor
Björn Kjellman for his role in the film Old, New, Borrowed and Blue (Se til venstre, der er en svensker)
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