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52nd Karlovy Vary
International Film Festival

52nd year of the festival was held on
June 30 - July 8, 2017

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Festival in Numbers

13 734
Accredited visitors
11 554
Festival Pas
398
Filmmakers
1165
Film Industry Professionals
617
Journalists
140 067
Tickets Sold
505
Screenings
207
Feature-length Fiction Films
23
World Premieres
18
International Premieres
13
European Premieres

Awarded Guests

Ken Loach a Paul Laverty
The Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema
James Newton Howard
The Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema
Uma Thurman
The Festival President’s Award
Casey Affleck
The Festival President’s Award
Jeremy Renner
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 2017 Anna Brüggemann (Germany), Sarah Flack (USA), Ciro Guerra (Columbia), Michel Merkt (Principality of Monaco), Štefan Uhrík (Czech Republic)

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

Grand Prix - Crystal Globe
Little Crusader (Křižáček)
Special Jury Prize
Men Don’t Cry (Muškarci ne plaču)
Best Director
Peter Bebjak for the film Line (Čiara)
Best Actress - ex-aequo
Jowita Budnik for her role in the film Birds Are Singing in Kigali (Ptaki śpiewają w Kigali)
Best Actress - ex-aequo
Eliane Umuhire for her role in the film Birds Are Singing in Kigali (Ptaki śpiewają w Kigali)
Best Actor
Alexander Yatsenko for his role in the film Arrhythmia (Aritmiya)

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