39th Karlovy Vary
International Film Festival

39th year of the festival was held on
July 1 - 9, 2005

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Festival in Numbers

10 712

Accredited visitors

6 665

Festival Pas

479

Filmmakers

905

Film Industry Professionals

527

Journalists

123 749

Tickets Sold

416

Screenings

235

Feature-length Fiction Films

World Premieres

International Premieres

European Premieres

Awarded Guests

Harvey Keitel

The range of characters that Harvey Keitel has played is truly wide ranging. He has portrayed brutal and violent thugs, as well as sensitive and loving husbands and fathers. At this year’s festival he received the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema.

Roman Polanski

A Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema also went to director Roman Polanski, the creator of such films as Chinatown, Rosemary’s Baby and The Pianist.

Elijah Wood

This year’s festival was attended by none other than the idol of young film fans, actor Elijah Wood.

Awarded films and filmmakers

Films awarded by the main jury of the festival, of which they were members in the year 2004 Al Ruban, Florinda Bolkan, Simon Field, Katarzyna Figura, Vladimir Maškov, Alice Nellis, Hong Sang-Soo

Grand Prix - Crystal Globe

Children´s Story (Certi bambini)