The 35th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival took place from 5 to 15 July 2000. The Crystal Globe was won by ''

Me You Them ''Me You Them'' ( pt, Eu Tu Eles) is a 2000 Brazilian drama film directed by Andrucha Waddington. Cast * Regina Casé - Darlene * Lima Duarte - Osias * Stênio Garcia - Zezinho * Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos - Ciro * Nilda Spencer - Raquel * Dio ...

'', a Brazilian drama film directed by

Andrucha Waddington Andrew "Andrucha" Waddington (born 20 January 1970) is a Brazilian film director, producer, and screenwriter. Career His several film credits include “ Me You Them” (2000), Mention spéciale of Un Certain Regard in Cannes, an Official Sel ...

. The second prize, the Special Jury Prize was won ex aequo by '' The Big Animal'', a Polish comedy-drama film directed by Jerzy Stuhr, and by ''

Peppermint Candy ''Peppermint Candy'' () is a 1999 South Korean drama film by Lee Chang-dong, his second. The film opens with the implied suicide of the protagonist and uses reverse chronology to depict some of the key events of the past 20 years of his life th ...

'', a South Korean drama film directed by Lee Chang-dong. Iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, photographer and film producer

Abbas Kiarostami Abbas Kiarostami ( fa, عباس کیارستمی ; 22 June 1940 – 4 July 2016) was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, photographer, and film producer. An active filmmaker from 1970, Kiarostami had been involved in the production of ...

was the president of the jury.

Juries

The following people formed the juries of the festival:

Main competition *

, Jury President (Iran) * Icíar Bollaínová (Spain) * Saša Gedeon (Czech Republic) * Arik Kaplun (Israel) *

Srđan Karanović Srđan Karanović ( sr-Cyrl, Срђан Карановић, , born 17 November 1945) is a Serbian film director and screenwriter. He has directed 17 films since 1968. His film ''Miris poljskog cveća'' won the FIPRESCI prize at the 1978 Cannes F ...

(Yugoslavia) *

Fred Roos Frederick Ried Roos (born May 22, 1934) is an American film producer. Biography Fred Roos was born on May 22, 1934, in Santa Monica, California, the son of Florence Mary (née Stout) and Victor Otto Roos. He attended Hollywood High School and su ...

(UK) * Jermek Šinarbajev (Kazakhstan) *

Dana Vávrová Dana Vávrová (; 9 August 1967 – 5 February 2009) was a Czech-German film actress and director. She was one of the most popular German actresses throughout 1980s and early 1990s. After her role in Herbstmilch as Anna Wimschneider in 1989, she ...

(Germany)

Documentaries *

Richard Leacock Richard Leacock (18 July 192123 March 2011)
The Telegraph (Lon ...

, president (UK) *

Morando Morandini Morando Morandini (21 July 1924 – 17 October 2015) was an Italian film critic, author, journalist and occasional actor. Born in Milan, Morandini began working as a film critic in 1952 for the ''La Notte'' newspaper. Between 1965 and 1998 he wa ...

(Italy) * Kristina Stojanová (Canada) * Milos Stehlik (USA) * Miroljub Vučkovič (Jugoslavia)

Official selection awards

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

'' (''Eu tu eles'') by

(Brazil) * Special Jury Prize (ex aequo) ** '' The Big Animal'' (''Duze zwirze'') by Jerzy Stuhr (Poland) ** ''

'' (''Bakha satang'') by Lee Chang-dong (South Korea) * Best Director Award -

Vinko Brešan Vinko Brešan (; born 3 February 1964) is a Croatian film director who emerged into international renown with three critically acclaimed and award-winning films that, each in its own way, broke some of the perceived taboos of Croatian cinema in t ...

for ''

Marshal Tito's Spirit ''Marshal Tito's Spirit'' ( hr, Maršal) is a 1999 Croatian film directed by Vinko Brešan. It was Croatia's submission to the 73rd Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. Synopsis ...

'' (''Maršal'') (Croatia) * Best Actress Award -

Regina Casé Regina Maria Loureiro Barreto Casé OMC (born 25 February 1954) is a Brazilian actress, screenwriter, director, producer, and television presenter. Career In 1974, Casé, together with Hamilton Vaz Pereira, Jorge Alberto Soares, Luiz Arthur Pei ...

for her role in ''

'' (''Et tu eles'') (Brazil) * Best Actor Award(ex aequo) **

Ian Hart Ian Davies (born 8 October 1964), better known by his stage name Ian Hart, is an English actor. His most notable roles are Rabbit in the Channel Four drama miniseries '' One Summer'' (1983), Joe O'Reilly in the biopic ''Michael Collins'' (1996 ...

for his role in ''

Aberdeen Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ...

'' (UK, Norway, Sweden) ** Hamid Farokhnezad for his role in ''The Bride of Fire'' (''Arous-e atash'') (Iran) * Special Jury Mention - ''

A Question of Taste ''A Question of Taste'' (french: Une affaire de goût, also known as ''A Matter of Taste'' in the United States) is a 2000 French film directed by Bernard Rapp. Rapp and Gilles Taurand wrote the screenplay which was based on the book " Affaires ...

'' (''Une affaire de goût'') by

Bernard Rapp Bernard Rapp (17 February 1945 – 17 August 2006) was a French film director and television news presenter. Rapp was born in Paris. After graduating from university, he worked as a freelance journalist. In 1976, he joined Antenne 2 (now France ...

(France) & ''

Angels of the Universe ''Angels of the Universe'' (Icelandic: ''Englar alheimsins'' ()) is a 2000 Icelandic film directed and produced by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson. The leading role is played by Ingvar E. Sigurðsson, who was nominated for the European Film Awards ...

'' (''Englar alheimsins'') by

Friðrik Þór Friðriksson Friðrik Þór Friðriksson (born 12 May 1954; pronounced ), sometimes credited as Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, is an Icelandic film director and producer. Biography Fridriksson started his film making career with experimental films and documenta ...

(Iceland)

Other statutory awards

Other statutory awards that were conferred at the festival: * Best documentary film (over 30 min.) - ''My Mother Had Fourteen Children'' (''Min mamma hade fjorton barn'') by Lars Lennart Forsberg (Sweden) ** Special Jury Mention - ''The Sentence: The Accusation'' (''Prisadata-Obvineniento'') by Anna Petkova (Bulgaria) & '' Fighter'' by

Amir Bar-Lev Amir Bar-Lev (born 1972) is an American film director, producer and writer from Berkeley, California. Bar-Lev is noted for his work in directing documentary films. He has directed such films as ''Fighter'', a documentary film released August 24 ...

(USA, Czech Republic, Italy, Slovenia) * Best documentary film (under 30 min.) - ''Part of the World That Belongs to You'' (''Del av den värld som är din'') by Karin Wegsjö (Sweden) * Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema -

Věra Chytilová Věra Chytilová (2 February 1929 – 12 March 2014) was an avant-garde Czech film director and pioneer of Czech cinema. Banned by the Czechoslovak government in the 1960s, she is best known for her Czech New Wave film, ''Sedmikrásky'' ('' D ...

(Czech Republic),

Carlos Saura Carlos Saura Atarés (born 4 January 1932) is a Spanish film director, photographer and writer. Along with Luis Buñuel and Pedro Almodóvar, he is considered to be one of Spain’s most renowned filmmakers. He has a long and prolific career t ...

(Spain) * Award of the Town of Karlovy Vary -

Károly Makk Károly Makk (December 22, 1925 – August 30, 2017) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. Five of his films were nominated for the ''Palme d'Or'' at the Cannes Film Festival; however, he won lesser awards at Cannes and elsewhere. He wa ...

(Hungary) * Audience Award - ''

Angela's Ashes ''Angela's Ashes: A Memoir'' is a 1996 memoir by the Irish-American author Frank McCourt, with various anecdotes and stories of his childhood. The book details his very early childhood in Brooklyn, New York, US but focuses primarily on his life ...

'' by

Alan Parker Sir Alan William Parker (14 February 1944 – 31 July 2020) was an English filmmaker. His early career, beginning in his late teens, was spent as a copywriter and director of television advertisements. After about ten years of filming adverts ...

(UK, USA, Ireland)

Non-statutory awards

The following non-statutory awards were conferred at the festival: * FIPRESCI International Critics Award: ''

'' (''Englar alheimsins'') by

(Iceland) ** Special Mention: ''Eeny Meeny'' (''Ene bene'') by

Alice Nellis Alice Nellis (born 3 January 1971 in České Budějovice) is a Czech Filmmaking, filmmaker. Nellis first worked as a Western concert flute, flautist before studying English literature and American literature. In 1996–2001 she studied Screenwri ...

(Czech Republic) * FICC - The Don Quixote Prize: ''

'' (''Bakha satang'') by Lee Chang-dong (South Korea) ** Special Mention: ''The Bride of Fire'' (''Arous-e atash'') by

Khosrow Sinai Khosrow Sinai ( fa, خسرو سینایی , 19 January 1941 – 1 August, 2020) was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, composer, poet and scholar. Sinai's work was influenced by documentaries and focused on social and artistic subjects. ...

(Iran)''The Bride of Fire'' on IMDb
/ref> & '' No Place to Go'' (''Die Unberührbare'') by

Oskar Roehler Oskar Roehler (born 21 January 1959) is a German film director, screenwriter and journalist. He was born in Starnberg, the son of writers Gisela Elsner and Klaus Roehler. Since the mid-1980s, he has been working as a screenwriter, for, among ot ...

* Ecumenical Jury Award: '' The Big Animal'' (''Duze zwirze'') by Jerzy Stuhr (Poland) ** Special Mention: '' Long Night's Journey into Day'' by

Deborah Hoffmann Deborah Hoffmann is an American documentary director and editor. She edited and along with Frances Reid co-directed '' Long Night's Journey into Day'' (2000), which won the 2000 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury award for best documentary and w ...

Frances Reid Frances Reid (December 9, 1914 – February 3, 2010) was an American dramatic actress. Reid acted on television for nearly all of the second half of the 20th century. Her career continued into the early 2000s. Although she starred in ma ...

(USA) & ''

Paromitar Ek Din ''Paromitar Ek Din'' ( bn, পারমিতার একদিন ''Paromitar Êkdin'', lit. "One day of Paromita's", English title: ''House of Memories'') is a 2000 Indian Bengali drama film directed by Aparna Sen. Plot The film explores t ...

'' (en. ''House of Memories'') by

Aparna Sen Aparna Sen (, ''Ôporna Shen'') is an Indian film director, screenwriter and actress who is known for her work in Bengali cinema. She has received several accolades as an actress and filmmaker, including nine National Film Awards, five F ...

(India) * Philip Morris Film Award: ''Blonde Bride'' (''Sari gyalin'') by Yaver Rzayev (Azerbaijan)''Blonde Bride'' on IMDb
/ref> * NETPAC Award: ''

Yi Yi ''Yi Yi'' () is a 2000 Taiwanese drama film written and directed by Edward Yang centering around the struggles of an engineer named NJ (played by Wu Nien-jen) and three generations of his middle-class Taiwanese family in Taipei. The title in C ...

'' by

Edward Yang Edward Yang (; November 6, 1947 – June 29, 2007) was a Taiwanese filmmaker. Yang, along with fellow auteurs Hou Hsiao-hsien and Tsai Ming-liang, was one of the leading film-makers of the Taiwanese New Wave and Taiwanese cinema. He won the B ...

(Taiwan, Japan) ** Special Mention: ''

'' (''Bakha satang'') by Lee Chang-dong (South Korea)

References

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