History 56th festival

July 1 – July 9, 2022

Geoffrey Rush: The Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema was presented to Australian actor Geoffrey Rush, winner of an Oscar, two Golden Globes, and an Emmy Award.

Benicio Del Toro: The KVIFF President’s Award went to American actor and producer Benicio Del Toro.

Awards

The festival’s juries presented their awards for the best films of the 56th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on July 9, 2022 at the festival’s closing ceremony.

Grand Prix - Crystal Globe
Summer with Hope / Tabestan Ba Omid
Directed by: Sadaf Foroughi
Canada, Iran, 2022

Special Jury Prize
You Have to Come and See It / Tenéis que venir a verla
Directed by: Jonás Trueba
Spain, 2022

Best Director
Beata Parkanová
for the film The Word / Slovo
Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, 2022

Best Actress
The award is presented ex aequo

Taki Mumladze
for her role in the film A Room of My Own / Chemi otakhi
Georgia, Germany, 2022

Mariam Khundadze
for her role in the film A Room of My Own / Chemi otakhi
Georgia, Germany, 2022

Best Actor
Martin Finger
for his role in the film The Word / Slovo
Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, 2022

Právo Audience Award
PSH Neverending Story / PSH Nekonečný příběh
Directed by: Štěpán FOK Vodrážka
Czech Republic, 2022

A complete overview of KVIFF award winners may be found in the final press release.

Statistics

Total accredited visitors: 10 592, of which:

Festival Pass 8 717
filmmakers 414
film industry professionals 931
journalists 530
tickets sold 121 015
screenings 453

Of the 170 films presented at the festival there were 35 world premieres, 6 international and 4 European premieres.

GRAND JURY

Benjamin Domenech, Argentina
Jan-Ole Gerster, Germany
Roman Gutek, Poland
Fiorella Moretti, Peru
Molly Malene Stensgaard, Denmark