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The Crystal Globe for the best feature film of the 53rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival went to the new film by acclaimed director Radu Jude entitled "I do not care if we go down in history as barbarians. "
made in co-production with the Czech Republic, among other things, reconstructs a horrible incident and ingeniously updates Hannah Arendt's incisive work on the bbadity of evil. Employing an uncompromising narrative form to Godard, he demonstrates that committing brutal acts is not the only way to barbarism, for even a mere stunned conscience is enough to drive a person to it.
"As we are in the Czech Republic my film was made with the Czech co-production, I want to thank all the Czechs involved, mainly Jiři Konečný," said Jude.
The jury, composed this year of Mark Cousins, Zrinka Cvitešić, Marta Donzelli, Zdeněk Holý and Nanouk Leopold, awarded the special jury prize to "Sueño Florianopolis" by the Argentine director Any Katz – a humorous and melancholic film, for which Mercedes Moran also receives the award for best actress
. The Best Actor Award goes to Moshe Folkenflik for his role in the Israeli film "Geula".
Olmo Omerzu, born in Slovenia and currently residing in the Czech Republic, was selected The Grand Jury also received two special mentions, one for the Russian co-production film "Jumpman", and the other for the Slovenian co-production film "History". of love. "
The East West Prize went to a distinctive beginning by" Suleiman Mountain "Elizaveta Stishova, an original account of life in Kyrgyzstan.The Hungarian film" Blossom Valley "has won the Special Jury Prize of the East West Competition
Vitaly Mansky's new film, "The Witnesses of Putin", co-produced with the Czech Republic, won the Documentary Prize. The documentary jury's special prize was awarded to the film "Walden".
Two popular actors – a Czech, Jaromir Hanzlik, and a British, Robert Pattinson, received the President's Award of the Festival.
Barry Levinson has received the Pravo Audience Award Levinson also received the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinematography at the Closing Ceremony
The 53rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival attracted 13,080 visitors 10,857 winners rs of a festival pbad, 403 filmmakers, 1,190 film professionals and 630 journalists. A total of 501 film screenings were organized and 140,135 tickets were sold during the film festival. The festival screened 236 films including 181 feature films (143 feature films and 38 short films) and 55 documentaries (including 35 feature films and 20 short films). The next, 54th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival will take place from June 28 to July 6, 2019.
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