The 45th

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival ( cs, Mezinárodní filmový festival Karlovy Vary) is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival is one of the oldest in the world and has become ...

took place from 2 to 10 July 2010. The

Crystal Globe A Crystal Globe is a trophy given to the winners of various international competitions: In media * Crystal Globe (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival), for films * Globe de Cristal Awards, for art and culture In sport Given to the season st ...

was won by ''

The Mosquito Net ''The Mosquito Net'' (Original title: La mosquitera) is a 2010 Spanish drama film about a dysfunctional family. It was written and directed by Agustí Vila. It stars Emma Suárez, Geraldine Chaplin, Eduard Fernández and Martina García. Plot A ...

'', a Spanish drama film directed by Agustí Vila. The second prize, the Special Jury Prize was won by ''

Kooky ''Kooky'' ( cs, Kuky se vrací, literally "Kuky returns", a pun on '' Lassie se vrací'') is a 2010 Czech action comedy film directed by Jan Svěrák. The film combines techniques of puppet animation, stop motion and live action. It tells the st ...

'', a Czech action comedy film directed by

Jan Svěrák Jan Svěrák () (born 6 February 1965 in Žatec) is a Czech film director. He is the son of screenwriter and actor Zdeněk Svěrák. He studied documentary filmmaking at the FAMU. He and his films have received awards including the Academy Award, ...

. American film producer

Ron Yerxa Ron Yerxa (born May 18, 1947) is an American film producer. He is known for the films '' Little Miss Sunshine'', '' Mr. Russo'', ''Hamlet 2'' and '' Cold Mountain''. Yerxa and fellow producer Albert Berger founded the production company, Bona F ...

was the Grand Jury President of the festival.

Juries

The following people formed the juries of the festival:

Main competition *

, Grand Jury President (USA) *

Mirjana Karanović Mirjana Karanović ( sr-cyr, Мирјана Карановић; born 28 January 1957) is a Serbian actress, film director and screenwriter. Considered one of the best Serbian and Yugoslavian actresses of all time, she is probably the best known f ...

(Serbia) * Lee Chang-dong (South Korea) * Lola Mayo (Spain) * Alexei Popogrebsky (Russia) *

Bohdan Sláma Bohdan Sláma (born 29 May 1967 in Opava) is a Czech film director. He studied at the Film and Television Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague The Academy of Performing Arts in Prague ( cs, Akademie múzických umění v Praze, ...

(Czech Republic) *

David Stratton David James Stratton (born 10 September 1939) is an English-Australian award-winning film critic, as both a journalist and interviewer, film historian and lecturer and television personality and producer. Life and career Born in Trowbridge, ...

(Australia)

Documentaries * Heino Deckert, Chairman (Germany) *

Ronald Bergan Ronald Bergan (né Ginsberg, 2 November 1937 – 23 July 2020) was a South African-born British writer and historian. He was contributor to ''The Guardian'' (from 1989) and lecturer on film and other subjects as well as the author (or co-author) ...

(United Kingdom) * Rebecca Cammisa (USA) * Alena Činčerová (Czech Republic) * Dimitris Kerkinos (Greece)

East of the West * Marion Döring, Chairwoman of the Jury (Germany * Mihai Chirilov (Romania) * Peter Nágel (Slovakia) * Susanna Nicchiarelli (Italy) *

George Ovashvili Giorgi Ovashvili ( ka, გიორგი ოვაშვილი; aka George) is a Georgian film director and screenwriter, known for his 2014 film ''Corn Island''. Early life and education Giorgi Ovashvili is a graduate of the film departmen ...

(Georgia)

Official selection awards

The following feature films and people received the official selection awards: *

(Grand Prix) - ''

'' (''La mosquitera'') by Agustí Vila (Spain) * Special Jury Prize - ''

'' by

(Czech Republic, Denmark) * Best Director Award -

Rajko Grlić Rajko Grlić (born 2 September 1947) is a Croatian film director, producer and screenwriter. He is a professor of film theory at Ohio University and artistic director of the Motovun Film Festival in Motovun, Croatia. Biography Rajko Grlić w ...

for '' Just Between Us'' (''Neka ostane medju nama'') (Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia) *

Best Actress Award Best Actress is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organisations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actresses in a film, television series, television film or play. The first Best Actress award ...

Anaïs Demoustier Anaïs Demoustier (; born Anaïs Aude Marie Michèle Demoustier; 29 September 1987) is a French actress. She has appeared in more than fifty films since 2000. Personal life During the filming of ''Marguerite & Julien'', Demoustier began dating ...

for ''

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'' (''L'enfance du mal'') (France) *

Best Actor Award Best Actor is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actors in a film, television series, television film or play. The term most often refers to the ...

(ex aequo):

Mateusz Kościukiewicz Mateusz Kościukiewicz (; born 1 May 1986 in Nowy Tomyśl) is a Polish film actor. Life and career He grew up in Nowy Tomyśl, where he attended the General and Post-Secondary Schools. He studied at the Kraków State Higher Theater School. In 20 ...

Filip Garbacz Filip () is a masculine given name and a surname, cognate to Philip. In Croatia, the name Filip was among the most common masculine given names in the 2000s. Notable people with the name include: ; Given name * Filip Barović (born 1990), Montene ...

, both for ''

Mother Teresa of Cats ''Mother Teresa of Cats'' ( pl, Matka Teresa od kotów) is a Polish drama film directed by Paweł Sala. The premiere was held on 6 July 2010 at the 45th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic and on 17 September 2010 in ...

'' (''Matka Teresa od kotów'') (Poland) * Special mention of the jury - '' Another Sky'' (''Drugoje něbo'') by

Dmitri Mamulia Dmitri (russian: Дми́трий); Church Slavic form: Dimitry or Dimitri (); ancient Russian forms: D'mitriy or Dmitr ( or ) is a male given name common in Orthodox Christian culture, the Russian version of Greek Demetrios (Δημήτριος ...

(Russia) & ''

There Are Things You Don’t Know There may refer to: * ''There'' (film), a 2009 Turkish film (Turkish title: ''Orada'') * ''There'' (virtual world) *''there'', a deictic adverb in English *''there'', an English pronoun used in phrases such as ''there is English grammar is the se ...

'' (''Chiz-haie hast keh nemidani'') by

Fardin Saheb-Zamani Mohammad-Ali Fardin ( fa, محمدعلی فردین, 4 February 1931 – 6 April 2000) was a prominent Iranian actor, film director and freestyle wrestler. Biography Early life Fardin was born and raised in a poor area in southern Tehran. He ...

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, director of ''

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, Best Actor

Other statutory awards

Other statutory awards that were conferred at the festival: * Best documentary film (over 30 min) - ''Familia'' by Mikael Wiström & Alberto Herskovits (Sweden) ** Special Mention - ''Tinar'' by Mahdi Moniri (Iran) * Best documentary film (under 30 min) - ''The River'' (''Upe'') by Julia Gruodienė & Rimantas Gruodis (Lithuania) * East of the West Award - ''

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'' by

Cristi Puiu Cristi Puiu (; born 3 April 1967) is a Romanian film director and screenwriter. With Anca Puiu and Alex Munteanu, in 2004 he founded a cinema production company, naming it Mandragora. Early life, education and career Cristian Emilian Puiu wa ...

(Romania, France, Switzerland, Germany) ** Special Mention - ''

The Temptation of St. Tony ''The Temptation of St. Tony'' ( et, Püha Tõnu kiusamine) is a 2009 Estonian film written and directed by Veiko Õunpuu, starring Taavi Eelmaa. The plot has been described as a black comedy and centers around a successful, middle aged man who b ...

'' (''Püha Tõnu kiusamine'') by

Veiko Õunpuu Veiko Õunpuu (born 16 March 1972, in Saaremaa) is an Estonian film director and screenwriter who is best known for his artistic movies '' Autumn Ball'' (''Sügisball'', 2007) and ''The Temptation of St. Tony'' (''Püha Tõnu kiusamine'', 2009). ...

(Estonia, Sweden, Finland) * Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema -

Nikita Mikhalkov Nikita Sergeyevich Mikhalkov (russian: Никита Сергеевич Михалков; born 21 October 1945) is a Soviet and Russian filmmaker, actor, and head of the Russian Cinematographers' Union. Mikhalkov is a three-time laureate of the ...

(Russia),

Juraj Herz Juraj Herz (4 September 1934 – 8 April 2018) was a Czechoslovak film director, actor, and scene designer, associated with the Czechoslovak New Wave movement of the 1960s. He is best known for his 1969 horror/black comedy ''The Cremator'', ofte ...

(Czech Republic) * Festival President's Award -

Jude Law David Jude Heyworth Law (born 29 December 1972) is an English actor. He received a British Academy Film Award, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, two Tony Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards. In 2007, he received an Honorary Césa ...

(United Kingdom) * Právo Audience Award - ''

Oldboys ''Oldboys'' is a 2009 Danish comedy film directed by Nikolaj Steen. Cast * Kristian Halken - Vagn Bendtsen * Robert Hansen - John Lund * Laura Christensen - Jeanne * Rasmus Bjerg - Henrik B * Leif Sylvester Petersen - Svend Erik * Ole Thestrup ...

'' by

Nikolaj Steen Nikolaj is a Danish given name, derived from the name Nicholas. Many different ways of spelling the name have been approved in Denmark. It may refer to: * Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard, Danish artist * Nicolaj Agger, Danish professional football play ...

(Denmark)

Non-statutory awards

The following non-statutory awards were conferred at the festival: *

FIPRESCI The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI, short for Fédération Internationale de la PRESse CInématographique) is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world fo ...

International Critics Award: ''

Hitler in Hollywood Adolf Hitler (; 20 April 188930 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Nazi Germany, Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his death in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the le ...

'' (''Hitler à Hollywood'') by

Frédéric Sojcher Frédéric and Frédérick are the French versions of the common male given name Frederick. They may refer to: In artistry: * Frédéric Back, Canadian award-winning animator * Frédéric Bartholdi, French sculptor * Frédéric Bazille, Impress ...

(Belgium, France, Italy) * Ecumenical Jury Award: '' Another Sky'' (''Drugoje něbo'') by

(Russia) * Don Quixote Award: ''

'' (''La mosquitera'') by Agustí Vila (Spain) * Europa Cinemas Label: '' Just Between Us'' (''Neka ostane medju nama'') by

(Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia) * Czech TV Award - Independent Camera: ''

Four Lions ''Four Lions'' (originally titled ''We Are Four Lions'') is a 2010 British political satire black comedy film directed by Chris Morris (in his directorial debut) and written by Morris, Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong. The film, a jihad satire fol ...

'' by

Chris Morris (satirist) Christopher J Morris (born 15 June 1962) is an English comedian, radio presenter, actor, and filmmaker. Known for his deadpan, dark humour, surrealism, and controversial subject matter, he has been praised by the British Film Institute for his ...

(UK) *

NETPAC Award The Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) is a worldwide organization of 29 member countries. It was created as the result of a conference on Asian cinema organized by Cinemaya, the Asian Film Quarterly, in New Delhi in 1990 at the inst ...

(ex aequo): ''

Son of Babylon ''Son of Babylon'' ( ar, ابن بابل) is a 2010 Iraqi drama film directed, produced and co-written by Mohamed Al-Daradji, Variety's Middle Eastern Filmmaker of the year 2010. The film was developed through The Sundance Institute and was selec ...

'' by

Mohamed Al-Daradji Mohamed Al-Darraji (born 6 August 1978 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi Dutch, Iraqi-Dutch film director. He studied theater in Iraq, and cinematography and directing in England. He is known for his drama films, which focus on political affairs in the ...

(Iraq, UK, France, Netherlands, Palestine, UAE, Egypt) & '' The Orion'' (''Orion'') by Zamani Esmati (Iran)

References

External links

* {{Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2010 film awards Karlovy Vary International Film Festival