57th Karlovy Vary Awards

VERDICT: Juries at the 57th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival showered awards on the caustic Bulgarian tragifarce ‘Blaga’s Lessons’ and Sweden's off-beat relationship satire ‘The Hypnosis’.

July 8th, 2023

CRYSTAL GLOBE COMPETITION

GRAND PRIX – CRYSTAL GLOBE
Blaga’s Lessons / Urotcite na Blaga
Directed by: Stephan Komandarev
Bulgaria, Germany, 2023

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Empty Nets / Toorhaye khali
Directed by: Behrooz Karamizade
Germany, Iran, 2023

BEST DIRECTOR AWARD
Babak Jalali for the film Fremont
USA, 2023

BEST ACTRESS
Eli Skorcheva for Blaga’s Lessons / Urotcite na Blaga
Bulgaria, Germany, 2023

BEST ACTOR AWARD
Herbert Nordrum for The Hypnosis / Hypnosen
Sweden, Norway, France, 2023

SPECIAL JURY MENTION
Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano
Directed by: Cyril Aris
Germany, Lebanon, 2023

PRÁVO AUDIENCE AWARD
The Edge of the Blade / Une affaire d’honneur
Directed by: Vincent Perez
France, 2023

PROXIMA COMPETITION

PROXIMA GRAND PRIX
Birth
Directed by: Yoo Ji-young
South Korea, 2022

PROXIMA SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Guras
Directed by: Saurav Rai
India, Nepal, 2023

SPECIAL JURY MENTION
Brutal Heat / Brutální vedro
Directed by: Albert Hospodárský
Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, 2023

OTHER AWARDS

GRAND PRIZE OF THE ECUMENICAL JURY
Blaga’s Lessons / Urotcite na Blaga
Directed by: Stephan Komandarev
Bulgaria, Germany, 2023

COMMENDATION OF THE ECUMENICAL JURY
Citizen Saint / Mokalake Tsmindani
Directed by: Tinatin Kajrishvili
Georgia, France, Bulgaria, 2023

EUROPA CINEMAS LABEL AWARD
The Hypnosis / Hypnosen
Directed by: Ernst De Geer
Sweden, Norway, France, 2023

FIPRESCI AWARD in the Crystal Globe Competition
The Hypnosis / Hypnosen
Directed by: Ernst De Geer
Sweden, Norway, France, 2023

FIPRESCI AWARD in the Proxima Competition
Imago
Directed by: Olga Chajdas
Poland, Netherlands, Czech Republic, 2023