| Opening film | Firebrand by Karim Aïnouz |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Champions by Bobby Farrelly |
| Location | Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Crystal Globe: Blaga's Lessons by Stephan Komandarev |
| No. of films | 170 |
| Festival date | 30 June - July 8, 2023 |
| Website | www |
The 57th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival took place from 30 June to July 8, 2023, in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic.[1]
Juries
The following were appointed as the juries at the 57th edition:[2]
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Crystal Globe Jury
Proxima Jury
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The Ecumenical Jury
Europa Cinemas Label Jury
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Official selection
Crystal Globe
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blaga's Lessons | Уроците на Блага | Stefan Komanderev | Bulgaria, Germany |
| Citizen Saint | მოქალაქე წმინდანი | Tinatin Kajrishvili | Georgia, France, Bulgaria |
| Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano | Cyril Aris | Germany, Lebanon | |
| Empty Nets | تورهای خالی | Behrooz Karamizade | Germany, Iran |
| Fremont | Babak Jalali | United States | |
| The Girls Are Alright | Las chicas están bien | Itsaso Arana | Spain |
| The Hypnosis | Hypnosen | Ernst De Geer | Sweden, Norway, France |
| Red Rooms | Les Chambres rouges | Pascal Plante | Canada |
| A Sensitive Person | Citlivý člověk | Tomáš Klein | Czechia, Slovakia |
| We Have Never Been Modern | Úsvit | Matěj Chlupáček | Czechia, Slovakia |
| Where the Wind Blows | Il vento soffia dove vuole | Marco Righi | Italy |
PROXIMA
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenie, An Amazing Afterlife | Viața de apoi | Alexandru Solomon | Romania, Luxembourg |
| Birth | Ji-young Yoo | South Korea | |
| Brutal Heat | Brutální vedro | Albert Hospodářský | Czechia, Slovakia |
| Dark Matter | Maade tarik | Karim Lakzadeh | Iran |
| Embryo Larva Butterfly | Kyros Papavassiliou | Cyprus, Greece | |
| Guras | Saurav Rai | India, Nepal | |
| Imago | Olga Chajdas | Poland, Netherlands, Czechia | |
| In Camera | Naqqash Khalid | United Kingdom | |
| Keeping Mum | Maman déchire | Émilie Brisavoine | France |
| The Lost Children | Les enfants perdus | Michèle Jacob | Belgium |
| Say God Bye | Thomas Imbach | Switzerland | |
| The Song of the Auricanturi | El canto del Auricanturi | Camila Rodríguez Triana | Colombia, Venezuela |
Special Screenings
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Men Become Brothers | Všetci ľudia budú bratia | Robert Kirchhoff | Slovakia, Czechia |
| Facing Darkness | Jean-Gabriel Périot | France, Switzerland, Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| Restore Point | Bod obnovy | Robert Hloz | Czechia, Slovakia, Poland, Serbia |
| Scream of My Blood: A Gogol Bordello Story | Nate Pommer, Eric Weinrib | United States | |
| She Came at Night | Přišla v noci | Jan Vejnar, Tomáš Pavlíček | Czechia |
| Slow | Marija Kavtaradze | Lithuania, Spain, Sweden | |
| Smiling Georgia | Gimiliani Sakartvelo | Luka Beradze | Georgia, Germany |
| Snake Gas | Hadí plyn | David Jařab | Czechia, Slovakia, Romania |
| Temporaries | Richelieu | Pier-Philippe Chevigny | Canada |
Horizons
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| About Dry Grasses | Kuru otlar üstüne | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Turkey, France, Germany, Sweden |
| The Adults | Dustin Guy Defa | United States | |
| Anatomy of a Fall | Anatomie d'une chute | Justine Triet | France |
| And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine | Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck | Sweden, Denmark | |
| Animalia | Parmi nous | Sofia Alaoui | France, Morocco, Qatar |
| The Animal Kingdom | Le règne animal | Thomas Cailley | France, Belgium |
| Autobiography | Makbul Mubarak | Indonesia, France, Singapore, Poland, Philippines, Germany, Qatar | |
| Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry | Elene Naveriani | Switzerland, Georgia | |
| Club Zero | Jessica Hausner | Austria, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Denmark | |
| Dead Girls Dancing | Anna Roller | Germany, France | |
| The Delinquents | Los delincuentes | Rodrigo Moreno | Argentina, Brazil, Luxembourg, Chile |
| The Edge of the Blade | Une affaire d'honneur | Vincent Perez | France |
| The Echo | El eco | Tatiana Huezo | Mexico, Germany |
| Endless Borders | Marzhaye bi payan | Abbas Amini | Germany, Czech Republic, Iran |
| Fallen Leaves | Kuolleet lehdet | Aki Kaurismäki | Finland, Germany |
| Fireworks | Stranizza d'amuri | Giuseppe Fiorello | Italy |
| Goodbye Julia | Wadaan Julia | Mohamed Kordofani | Sudan, Egypt, Germany, France, Saudi Arabia, Sweden |
| Champions | Bobby Farrelly | United States | |
| If Only I Could Hibernate | Baavgai bolohson | Zoljargal Purevdash | Mongolia, France, Switzerland, Qatar |
| Inshallah a Boy | Inshallah walad | Amjad Al Rasheed | Jordan, France, Saudi Arabia, Qatar |
| Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell | Bên trong vỏ kén vàng | Thien An Pham | Singapore, Vietnam, France, Spain |
| Iron Butterflies | Roman Liubyi | Ukraine, Germany | |
| Kidnapped | Rapito | Marco Bellocchio | Italy, France, Germany |
| La chimera | Alice Rohrwacher | Italy, France, Switzerland | |
| Limbo | Ivan Sen | Australia | |
| Luxembourg, Luxembourg | Lyuksemburh, Lyuksemburh | Antonio Lukich | Ukraine |
| Mami Wata | C.J. Obasi | Nigeria, France, United Kingdom | |
| The March on Rome | Marcia su Roma | Mark Cousins | Italy |
| Midwives | Sages-femmes | Léa Fehner | France |
| Monica | Andrea Pallaoro | United States, Italy | |
| Monster | Kaibutsu | Hirokazu Koreeda | Japan |
| The Mother of All Lies | Kadib abyad | Asmae El Moudir | Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar |
| Mountain Woman | Yama onna | Takeshi Fukunaga | Japan, United States |
| My Worst Enemy | Mon pire ennemi | Mehran Tamadon | France, Switzerland |
| The Nature of Love | Simple comme Sylvain | Monia Chokri | Canada, France |
| No Bears | Khers nist | Jafar Panahi | Iran |
| Omen | Augure | Baloji Tshiani | Belgium, Netherlands, Democratic Republic of the Congo, France, South Africa |
| On the Adamant | Sur l'Adamant | Nicolas Philibert | France, Japan |
| Opponent | Motståndaren | Milad Alami | Sweden |
| Orlando, My Political Biography | Orlando, ma biographie politique | Paul B. Preciado | France |
| Passages | Ira Sachs | France | |
| Past Lives | Celine Song | United States, South Korea | |
| Perfect Days | Wim Wenders | Japan, Germany | |
| Perpetrator | Jennifer Reeder | United States | |
| Pornomelancholía | Manuel Abramovich | Argentina, Brazil, France | |
| The Pot-au-Feu | La passion de Dodin Bouffant | Tran Anh Hung | France |
| Pure Unknown | Sconosciuti puri | Valentina Cicogna, Mattia Colombo | Italy, Sweden, Switzerland |
| The Quiet Migration | Stille liv | Malene Choi | Denmark |
| Samsara | Lois Patiño | Spain | |
| Sorcery | Brujería | Christopher Murray | Chile, Mexico, Germany |
| The Survival of Kindness | Rolf de Heer | Australia | |
| Suzume | Makoto Shinkai | Japan | |
| The Sweet East | Sean Price Williams | United States | |
| A Thousand and One | A. V. Rockwell | United States | |
| Tótem | Lila Avilés | Mexico, Denmark, France | |
| To the North | Spre nord | Mihai Mincan | Romania, France, Greece, Bulgaria, Czech Republic |
| Umberto Eco – A Library of the World | Umberto Eco – La biblioteca del mondo | Davide Ferrario | Italy |
| When It Melts | Het smelt | Veerle Baetens | Belgium, Netherlands |
| When the Waves Are Gone | Kapag wala na ang mga alon | Lav Diaz | Philippines, France, Denmark, Portugal |
| White Plastic Sky | Műanyag égbolt | Tibor Bánóczki, Sarolta Szabó | Hungary, Slovak Republic |
Awards
The following awards were presented:
Official selection awards
- Grand Prix – Crystal Globe: Blaga's Lessons (Urotcite na Blaga) — Stephan Komandarev[3]
- Special Jury Prize: Empty Nets (Toorhaye khali) — Behrooz Karamizade[3]
- Special Jury Mention: Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano — Cyril Aris[3]
- Best Director: Babak Jalali, Fremont[3]
- Best Actress: Eli Skorcheva, Blaga's Lessons (Urotcite na Blaga)[3]
- Best Actor: Herbert Nordrum, The Hypnosis (Hypnosen)[3]
Other statutory awards
- PROXIMA Grand Prix: Birth — Yoo Ji-young[3]
- PROXIMA Special Jury Prize: Guras — Saurav Rai[3]
- PROXIMA Special Jury Mention: Brutal Heat (Brutální vedro) — Albert Hospodářský[3]
- Právo Audience Award: The Edge of the Blade (Une affaire d’honneur) — Vincent Perez[2]
- Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema: Russell Crowe[1]
- Festival President's Award: Alicia Vikander, Robin Wright, Ewan McGregor[1]
- Festival President's Award for Contribution to Czech Cinematography: Daniela Kolářová[2]
Non-statutory awards
- The Ecumenical Jury Award: Blaga's Lessons (Urotcite na Blaga) — Stephan Komandarev[2]
- Commendation of the Ecumenical Jury: Citizen Saint (Mokalake Tsmindani) — Tinatin Kajrishvili[2]
- Europa Cinemas Label Award: The Hypnosis (Hypnosen) — Ernst De Geer[2]
- FIPRESCI Award for Crystal Globe Competition: The Hypnosis (Hypnosen) — Ernst De Geer[2]
- FIPRESCI Award for PROXIMA Competition: Imago — Olga Chajdas[2]
References
- 1 2 3 Will Tizard, "Russell Crowe, Alicia Vikander Wow Karlovy Vary Film Festival Crowds as 57th Edition Kicks Off". Variety, 30 June 2023.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Andreas Wiseman, "Karlovy Vary Reveals Award Winners: ‘Blaga’s Lessons’ Takes Key Prizes". Deadline Hollywood, 8 July 2023.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "‘Blaga’s Lessons’ Wins Karlovy Vary Film Fest’s Top Prize". The Hollywood Reporter, 8 July 2023.
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