History 38th festival

July 4 - 12, 2003

Morgan Freeman: The 38th festival was honoured by the attendance of charismatic actor Morgan Freeman, who received a Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema.

Awards

Grand Prix - Crystal Globe
Facing Window / La finestra di fronte
Director: Ferzan Ozpetek
Italy, UK, Turkey, Portugal 2003

Special Jury Prize
Babusya / Babusja
Director: Lidija Bobrovová
Russia, France 2003

Best Director
Ferzan Ozpetek
for the film Facing Window / La finestra di fronte
Italy, UK, Turkey, Portugal 2003

Best Actress
Sylvie Testud
for the film Fear and Trembling / Stupeur et tremblements
France, Japan 2003
ex aequo
Giovanna Mezzogiorno
for the film Facing Window / La finestra di fronte
Italy, UK, Turkey, Portugal 2003

Best Actor
Björn Kjellman
for the film Old, New, Borrowed and Blue / Se til venstre, der er en svensker
Denmark 2002

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

Statistics

Total accredited visitors: 10 480, of which:

Festival Passes 7 010
film industry professionals 420
journalists 612
tickets sold 122 440
screenings 476

Of the 304films presented at the festival there were 18 world premieres, 21 international and 2 European premieres.

Stephen Frears and Jiří Menzel: Crystal Globes for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema were awarded for the lifetime achievements of Jiří Menzel and Stephen Frears.

The Grand Jury

Rock Demers, jury president
Buddhadeb Dasgupta
Aňa Geislerová
Baltasar Kormákur
Felice Laudadio
Sunmin Park
Branko Šömen