40th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

The 40th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival took place from 1 to 9 July 2005. The Crystal Globe was won by My Nikifor, a Polish drama film directed by Krzysztof Krauze. The second prize, the Special Jury Prize was won by What a Wonderful Place, an Israeli drama film directed by Eyal Halfon.[1] English film director and screenwriter Michael Radford was the Grand Jury President of the festival.

Michael Radford, Grand Jury President

Juries edit

The following people formed the juries of the festival: [2]

Main competition

Documentaries

  • David Fisher, Chairman (Israel)
  • John Appel (Netherlands)
  • Flavia de la Fuente (Argentina)
  • Jana Hádková (Czech Republic)
  • Ninos Fenec Mikelides (Greece)

East of the West

  • Andrej Plachov, Chairman (Russia)
  • Jannike Åhlund (Sweden)
  • Mira Erdevicki (UK)
  • Viera Langerová (Slovenia)
  • Roland Rust (Germany)

Official selection awards edit

The following feature films and people received the official selection awards:[1]

Other statutory awards edit

Other statutory awards that were conferred at the festival:[2]

Non-statutory awards edit

The following non-statutory awards were conferred at the festival:[2]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "History - 40th festival". KVIFF. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Final press release of the KVIFF (PDF in Czech)" (PDF). kviff.com. Retrieved 15 March 2018.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 2005". fipresci.org. Retrieved 14 March 2018.