History 49th festival

July 4 - 12, 2014

Mel Gibson: The Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema was enthusiastically received by actor, director and producer Mel Gibson.

Awards

The festival juries awarded the best films of the 49th Karlovy Vary IFF on July 12, 2014. The awards were conferred during the closing ceremony.

Grand Prix - Crystal Globe
Corn Island / Simindis kundzuli
Director: George Ovashvili
Georgia, Germany, France, Czech Republic, Kazakhstan, 2014

Special Jury Prize
Free Fall / Szabadesés
Director: György Pálfi
Hungary, France, South Korea, 2014

Best Director
György Pálfi
for the film Free Fall / Szabadesés
Hungary, France, South Korea, 2014

Best Actress
Elle Fanning
for the film Low Down
Director: Jeff Preiss
USA, 2014

Best Actor
Nahuel Pérez Biscayart
for the film All Yours / Je suis à toi
Director: David Lambert
Belgium, Canada, 2014

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

Statistics

Total accredited visitors: 12 433,of which:

festival Passes 10 490
filmmakers 478
film industry professionals825
journalists 640
tickets sold 130 987
screenings 478

Of the 245 films presented at the festival there were 33 world premieres, 19 international and 6 European premieres.

William Friedkin:The American director of such films as Mzda strachu and The Exorcist received the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema at the festival.

The Grand Jury

Luis Miñarro, jury president
Mira Fornay
Phedon Papamichael
Kjartan Sveinsson
Viktor Tauš