50th Karlovy Vary
International Film Festival

50th year of the festival was held on
July 3 - 11, 2015

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Festival in Numbers

12 857

Accredited visitors

10 623

Festival Pas

547

Filmmakers

1 017

Film Industry Professionals

670

Journalists

135 105

Tickets Sold

488

Screenings

226

Feature-length Fiction Films

World Premieres

International Premieres

European Premieres

Awarded Guests

Richard Gere

The Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema

Harvey Keitel

Guests at the 50th Karlovy Vary IFF also included actor Harvey Keitel, winner of the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema at the 2004 KVIFF. At this year’s festival he accompanied Paolo Sorrentino’s film Youth, which won the audience award

Awarded films and filmmakers

Films awarded by the main jury of the festival, of which they were members in the year 2015 Tim League (USA), Angelina Nikonova (Rusko), Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (Iceland), Hengameh Panahi (France), Ondřej Zach (Czech Republic)

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

Grand Prix - Crystal Globe

Bob and the Trees (Bob and the Trees)