History 41st festival

June 30 - July 8, 2006

Andy Garcia: The Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema was received by actor Andy Garcia, who nonetheless attended the festival as a director. His debut film The Lost City had its European premiere at the festival.

Awards

Grand Prix - Crystal Globe
Sherrybaby

Director:Laurie Collyer
USA 2005

Special Jury Prize
Christmas Tree Upside Down / Obarnata elha
Director: Ivan Cherkelov, Vassil Zhivkov
Bulgaria, Germany 2006
ex aequo
Beauty in Trouble / Kráska v nesnázích
Director: Jan Hřebejk
Czech Republic 2006

Best Director
Joachim Trier
for the film Reprise
Norway 2006

Best Actress
Maggie Gyllenhaal
for the film Sherrybaby
USA 2005

Best Actor
Andrzej Hudziak
for the film Several People, Little Time / Parę osób, mały czas
Poland 2005

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

Statistics

Total accredited visitors: 11 495, of which:

Festival Passes 9 061
filmmakers 321
film industry professionals 814
journalists 554
tickets sold 135 820
screenings 474

Of the 268 films presented at the festival there were 13 world premieres, 33 international and 8 European premieres.

Terry Gilliam: Eminent director of unbridled imagination Terry Gilliam presented the film Tideland at the festival.

The Grand Jury

Goran Paskaljević, jury president
Bent Hamer
Leila Hatami
Coleman Hough
Laurence Kardish
Juliusz Machulski
Karel Roden