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59th Karlovy Vary
International Film Festival

59th year of the festival was held on
July 4 – July 12, 2025

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Festival in Numbers

9 949
Accredited visitors
7 926
Festival Pas
411
Filmmakers
1 055
Film Industry Professionals
557
Journalists
128 133
Tickets Sold
108
Feature-length Fiction Films
23
Feature-length Documentaries
36
World Premieres
5
International Premieres
5
European Premieres
156
Film Introductions with Delegation

Awarded Guests

Stellan Skarsgård
The Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema.
Jiří Brožek
The Festival President’s Award for Contribution to Czech Cinema.
Vicky Krieps
The Festival President’s Award.
Dakota Johnson
The Festival President’s Award.
Peter Sarsgaard
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 2025 Nicolas Celis (Mexico), Babak Jalali (Iran, Great Britain), Jessica Kiang (USA), Jiří Mádl (Czech Republic), Tuva Novotny (Sweden)

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

Grand Prix - Crystal Globe
Better Go Mad in the Wild (Raději zešílet v divočině)
Special Jury Prize
Bidad (Bidad)
Best Director - ex-aequo
Vytautas Katkus for the film Visitor (Svečias)
Best Director - ex-aequo
Nathan Ambrosioni for the film Out of Love (Les Enfants vont bien)
Best Actress
Pia Tjelta for her role in the film Don't Call Me Mama (Se meg)
Best Actor
Àlex Brendemühl for his role in the film When a River Becomes the Sea (Quan un riu esdevé el mar)
Special Mention
Kateřina Falbrová for her role in the film Broken Voices (Sbormistr)
Právo Audience Award
We've Got to Frame It! (a conversation with Jiří Bartoška in July 2021) (Musíme to zarámovat! (rozhovor s Jiřím Bartoškou v červenci 2021))

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Extensive video archive from 59th year can be found on the KVIFF TV streaming platform.

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