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53rd Karlovy Vary
International Film Festival

53rd year of the festival was held on
June 29 - July 7, 2018

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Festival in Numbers

13 080
Accredited visitors
10 857
Festival Pas
403
Filmmakers
1190
Film Industry Professionals
630
Journalists
140 135
Tickets Sold
501
Screenings
236
Feature-length Fiction Films
35
World Premieres
8
International Premieres
7
European Premieres

Awarded Guests

Tim Robbins
The Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema
Barry Levinson
The Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema
Robert Pattinson
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 2018 Mark Cousins (United Kingdom), Zrinka Cvitešić (Croatia), Marta Donzelli (Italy), Zdeněk Holý (Czech Republic), Nanouk Leopold (Netherlands)

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

Grand Prix - Crystal Globe
“I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians” („Îmi este indiferent dacă în istorie vom intra ca barbari”)
Special Jury Prize
Sueño Florianópolis (Sueño Florianópolis)
Best Director
Olmo Omerzu for the film Winter Flies (Všechno bude)
Best Actress
Mercedes Morán for her role in the film Sueño Florianópolis (Sueño Florianópolis)
Best Actor
Moshe Folkenflik for his role in the film Redemption (Geula)

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