Karlovy Vary 2024: The Awards

Mark Cousins’ captivating doc on modernist British painter Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things, won the Crystal Globe Grand Prix, while Lilja Ingolfsdottir’s Norwegian drama about an unraveling marriage, Loveable (Elskling), swept the Crystal Globe Special Jury and Best Actress prizes, along with a host of non-statutory awards from the Ecumenical Jury, Europa Cinemas Label and Fipresci.

CRYSTAL GLOBE COMPETITION

Grand Prix
A SUDDEN GLIMPSE TO DEEPER THINGS
dir. Mark Cousins (UK)

Special Jury Prize
LOVEABLE / Elskling
dir. Lilja Ingolfsdottir (Norway)

Best Director
NELICIA LOW
for Pierce / Cì xin qiè gu (Singapore, Taiwan, Poland)

Best Actress
HELGA GUREN
in Loveable

Best Actor
TON KAS and GUIDO POLLEMANS
in Three Days of Fish (Netherlands, Belgium)

Special Jury Mention
XOFTEX
dir. Noaz Deshe (Germany, France)

OUR LOVELY PIG SLAUGHTER / Mord
dir. Adam Martinec (Czeck Republic, Slovak Republic)

Pravo Audience Award
WAVES / Viny
dir. Jirí Mádl (Czeck Republic, Slovak Republic)

PROXIMA COMPETITION

Proxima Grand Prix
STRANGER / Ju wai ren
dir. Zhengfan Yang (USA, China, Netherlands, Norway, France)

Proxima Special Jury Prize
NIGHT HAS COME / Vino la noche
dir. Paolo Tizón (Peru, Spain, Mexico)

Special Mention
MARCH TO MAY / Od marca do mája
dir. Martin Pavol Repka (Czech Republic)