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Karlovy Vary (APA / dpa) – The main prize of the 53rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic is awarded to Romania. Director Radu Jude received the Crystal Globe for Best Feature Film for a historic feature film about the Saturday Odessa Mbadacre.
During the October 1941 mbadacre, the Romanian occupation forces murdered about 25,000 Jews. At that time, Romania was an ally of National Socialist Germany. The film "Imi este indiferent daca in istorie von barbarbar barbar" – translated by "I'm crazy about history as a barbarian" – made his world premiere at Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad)
For his enthusiasm The fans have appeared the British actor and actor "Twilight" Robert Pattinson. The 32-year-old has received the festival's president's award, Jiri Bartosek. It was important to show Carlsbad films that would otherwise be hard to see, said Pattinson at the closing televised gala.
The Audience Award went surprisingly this year to the clbadic "Rain Man", 30 years old. Autistic Raymond (Dustin Hoffman). Director Barry Levinson also received the Crystal Globe for outstanding service to world cinema. "It's as if I was born here," said the 76-year-old man
The film festival in the West Bohemian spa is one of the oldest in the world. This year, 236 feature films and documentaries, including 35 world premieres, were sold and more than 140,000 tickets were sold. Due to its family atmosphere, the festival also attracts many young visitors each year.
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