History 36th festival

July 5 - 14, 2001

Ben Kingsley: The Academy Award and two-time Golden Globes winner has brought many of cinema’s iconic characters to the silver screen - Itzhak Stern, Gandhi, and Georges Méliès among others. At this year’s festival he received the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema.

Awards

Grand Prix - Crystal Globe
Amélie / Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
France 2000

Special Jury Prize
Hi, Tereska / Cześć Tereska
Director: Robert Gliński
Poland 2000

Best Director
Ibolya Fekete
for the film Chico
Hungary, Germany, Croatia, Chile 2001

Best Actress
Viveka Seldahl
for the film A Song for Martin / En sang för Martin
Denmark, Sweden 2001

Best Actor
Sven Wollter
for the film A Song for Martin / En sang för Martin
Denmark, Sweden 2001

You can find a complete overview of KVIFF award winners in the final press release.

Statistics

Total accredited visitors: 9 748, of which:

students and film club members 4 915
film industry professionals 741
journalists 676
tickets sold 128 500 vstupenek
screenings 514

Of the 282 films presented at the festival there were 13 world and 48 international premieres.

Scarlett Johansson: A number of rising stars have been guests at the festival – among them future Hollywood superstar Scarlett Johansson.

The Grand Jury

Krzysztof Zanussi, jury president
Lissy Bellaiche
Labina Mitevská
Marie-Josée Nat
Malti Sahai
Lee Hall
Jan Hřebejk
Jafar Panahi