The 34th

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 1999. The Crystal Globe was won by ''

Yana's Friends ''Yana's Friends'' ( he, החברים של יאנה, translit=HaHaverim shel Yana) is a 1999 Israeli film directed by Arik Kaplun. script editor: Savi Gabizon. Critically acclaimed, it won 10 Israeli Academy Awards including the Ophir Award for B ...

'', an Israeli comedy-drama film directed by Arik Kaplun. The second prize, the Special Jury Prize was won by '' Show Me Love'', a Swedish comedy-drama film directed by

Lukas Moodysson Karl Fredrik Lukas Moodysson (; born 17 January 1969) is a Swedish novelist, short story writer and film director. First coming to prominence as an ambitious poet in the 1980s, he had his big domestic and international breakthrough directing the ...

. French film director and scriptwriter

Yves Boisset Yves may refer to: * Yves, Charente-Maritime, a commune of the Charente-Maritime department in France * Yves (given name), including a list of people with the name * ''Yves'' (single album), a single album by Loona * ''Yves'' (film), a 2019 Fre ...

was the president of the jury.

Jury

The following people formed the jury of the festival: *

, Jury President (France) * Jaroslav Brabec (Spain) *

Jutta Brückner Jutta Brückner (born 25 June 1941) is a German film director, screenwriter and film producer. She directed nine films between 1975 and 2005. Furthermore, she has written essays in film theory, film reviews and radio plays. She lives in Berlin a ...

(Germany) * Dan Fainaru (Israel) * Katinka Faragó (Sweden) * Brian Gilbert (UK) * Karen Šachnazarov (Russia)

Official selection awards

The following feature films and people received the official selection awards: * Crystal Globe (Grand Prix) - ''

'' (''Ha-Chaverim Shel Yana'') by Arik Kaplun (Israel) * Special Jury Prize - '' Show Me Love'' (''Fucking Åmål'') by

(Sweden) * Best Director Award -

Aleksandr Rogozhkin Aleksandr Vladimirovich Rogozhkin (russian: Алекса́ндр Влади́мирович Рого́жкин; 3 October 1949 – 23 October 2021) was a Russian film director and writer. Career In 1990, Rogozhkin directed ''Karaul'', which wo ...

for '' Checkpoint'' (''Blokpost'') (Russia) * Best Actress Award - Evelyn Kaplun for her role in ''

'' (''Ha-Chaverim Shel Yana'') (Israel) *

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 ...

Hilmar Thate Hilmar Thate (17 April 1931 – 14 September 2016) was a German actor. He appeared in 40 films and television shows between 1955 and 2016. Filmography References External links * 1931 births 2016 deaths German male film actors G ...

for his role in '' Paths in the Night'' (''Wege in die Nacht'') (Germany) * Special Jury Mention - ''

Cosy Dens ''Cosy Dens'' ( cz, Pelíšky) is a 1999 Czech film directed by Jan Hřebejk. It is loosely based on the novel '' Hovno Hoří'' (Czech: "Flaming Feces") by Petr Šabach. It was voted the best Czech film by ''Reflex'' magazine in 2011. Plot su ...

'' (''Pelíšky'') by

Jan Hřebejk Jan Hřebejk (; born 27 June 1967) is a Czechs, Czech film director and actor. Life and career Born in Prague, Hřebejk graduated from high school in 1987 and continued his studies at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in ...

(Czech Republic)

Other statutory awards

Other statutory awards that were conferred at the festival: * Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema -

Karel Kachyňa Karel Kachyňa (1 May 1924 – 12 March 2004) was a Czech film director and screenwriter. His career spanned over five decades. Early life He was born on May 1, 1920, in Vyškov, Czechoslovakia. His father was a government officer. His mother ...

(Czech Republic),

Franco Zeffirelli Gian Franco Corsi Zeffirelli (12 February 1923 – 15 June 2019), was an Italian stage and film director, producer, production designer and politician. He was one of the most significant opera and theatre directors of the post-World War II era, ...

(Italy) * Award of the Town of

Karlovy Vary Karlovy Vary (; german: Karlsbad, formerly also spelled ''Carlsbad'' in English) is a spa town, spa city in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 46,000 inhabitants. It lies on the confluence of the rivers Ohře and Teplá. ...

- Nikita Michalkov (Russia) * Audience Award - '' Show Me Love'' (''Fucking Åmål'') by

(Sweden)

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: ''

'' (''Pelíšky'') by

(Czech Republic) ** Special Mention: '' Drop Dead Gorgeous'' by

Michael Patrick Jann Michael Patrick Jann (born May 15, 1970, Albany, New York) is an American actor, writer, and director best known as a cast member on MTV's ''The State''. Career Jann attended New York University, where, as a freshman, he joined the then-new com ...

(USA) * FICC - The Don Quixote Prize: '' Show Me Love'' (''Fucking Åmål'') by

(Sweden) ** Special Mention: ''

Girl on the Bridge ''The Girl on the Bridge'' (french: La fille sur le pont) is a 1999 French drama film shot in black and white and directed by Patrice Leconte, starring Daniel Auteuil and Vanessa Paradis. Plot After an interview sequence with a girl, the plo ...

'' (''La fille sur le pont'') by Patrice Leconte (France) * Ecumenical Jury Award: ''

A Reasonable Man ''A Reasonable Man'' is a 1999 South African-French thriller crime drama film produced, written, starring, and directed by Gavin Hood. Premise Sean Raine, an ex-army officer with issues of his own, defends an impoverished young cowherd of kill ...

'' by

Gavin Hood Gavin Hood (born 12 May 1963) is a South African filmmaker, and actor, best known for writing and directing ''Tsotsi'' (2005), which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He also directed the films ''X-Men Origins: Wolverine'', ' ...

(South Africa, France) ** Special Mention: ''

'' (''Ha-Chaverim Shel Yana'') by Arik Kaplun (Israel) & '' Beautiful People'' by

Jasmin Dizdar Jasmin Dizdar (born 8 June 1961) is a British-Bosnian film director, screenwriter and author best known for his feature film '' Beautiful People'' and his World War Two thriller '' Chosen''. Jasmin Dizdar also published a book on cinema, which achi ...

(UK) * Philip Morris Film Award: '' The Outskirts'' (''Okraina'') by Pyotr Lutsik (Russia) * Emila Radoka Award: '' Helluva Good Luck'' (''Z pekla štěstí'') by Zdeněk Troška (Czech Republic)

References

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