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43rd Karlovy Vary
International Film Festival

43rd year of the festival was held on
July 4 - 12, 2008

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Festival in Numbers

10 872
Accredited visitors
9 054
Festival Pas
309
Filmmakers
886
Film Industry Professionals
623
Journalists
143 781
Tickets Sold
477
Screenings
235
Feature-length Fiction Films
56
World, International or European Premieres

Awarded Guests

Robert De Niro
Two-time Oscar winner Robert De Niro added a Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema to his collection. The presence of a living legend was a big event at the festivals
Christopher Lee
Christopher Lee has played many a villain, but always with undeniably elegance. It was unsurprisingly with that same air of elegance that he took the Festival President’s Award

Awarded films and filmmakers

Films awarded by the main jury of the festival, of which they were members in the year 2008 Ivan Passer, Brenda Blethyn, Ari Folman, Ted Hope, Jan P. Muchow, Johanna ter Steege, Vilmos Zsigmond

A complete overview of all awarded prizes can be found in final press release.

Grand Prix - Crystal Globe
Terribly Happy (Frygtelig Lykkelig)
Special Jury Prize
Photograph (The Photograph)
Best Director
Alexey Uchitel for the film Captive (Plennyj)
Best Actress
Martha Issová for her role in the film Night Owls (Děti noci)
Best Actor
Jiří Mádl for his role in the film Night Owls (Děti noci)

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