The Iranian/Canadian co-production “Summer of Hope,” a drama about the relationship between a young Iranian swimmer and his new coach, has won the Grand Prix in the Crystal Globe Competition at the 2022 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Kviff organizers announced on Saturday. Director Sadaf Foroughi and her producers will receive a 25,000 prize as part of the award, which was selected by the festival’s Crystal Globe Jury.
Spanish director Jonas Trueba’s “You Have to Come and See It” won the 15,000 Jury Prize, while Beata Parkanova was named best director for the family drama “Word.”
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“Word” also took the best-actor award for Martin Finger, while Taki Mumladze and Mariam Khundadze shared the best-actress award for their work in the Georgian film “A Room of My Own.”
The Pravo Audience Award went to the Czech film “Psh Neverending Story,...
Spanish director Jonas Trueba’s “You Have to Come and See It” won the 15,000 Jury Prize, while Beata Parkanova was named best director for the family drama “Word.”
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Karlovy Vary Film Festival Explores Israeli-American Connections in ‘America’ and ‘June Zero’
“Word” also took the best-actor award for Martin Finger, while Taki Mumladze and Mariam Khundadze shared the best-actress award for their work in the Georgian film “A Room of My Own.”
The Pravo Audience Award went to the Czech film “Psh Neverending Story,...
- 7/9/2022
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Sadaf Foroughi’s Iran-set feature Summer With Hope has clinched the Grand Prix award in the main Crystal Globe Competition of the 56th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, running July 1-9.
The social drama revolves around a young swimming champion whose close bond with his trainer sparks disapproval from people around them.
Summer With Hope is Iranian-Canadian filmmaker Foroughi’s second film after Ava which debuted at Toronto in 2017, winning the Fipresci international critics prize.
Kviff’s Grand Prix comes with a 25,000 cash prize to be shared equally between the director and producer. Kiarash Anvari of Toronto-based First Generation Films is the lead producer on the film.
This year’s Crystal Globe competition jury comprised Argentinian film producer Benjamin Domenech, German filmmaker Jan-Ole Gerster, Polish distributor and festival organiser Roman Gutek, international sales agent and producer Fiorella Moretti and Danish film editor and screenwriter Molly Malene Stensgaard.
In other main competition awards,...
The social drama revolves around a young swimming champion whose close bond with his trainer sparks disapproval from people around them.
Summer With Hope is Iranian-Canadian filmmaker Foroughi’s second film after Ava which debuted at Toronto in 2017, winning the Fipresci international critics prize.
Kviff’s Grand Prix comes with a 25,000 cash prize to be shared equally between the director and producer. Kiarash Anvari of Toronto-based First Generation Films is the lead producer on the film.
This year’s Crystal Globe competition jury comprised Argentinian film producer Benjamin Domenech, German filmmaker Jan-Ole Gerster, Polish distributor and festival organiser Roman Gutek, international sales agent and producer Fiorella Moretti and Danish film editor and screenwriter Molly Malene Stensgaard.
In other main competition awards,...
- 7/9/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Oscar-winning actors Geoffrey Rush and Benicio Del Toro will be feted at the 56th edition of the Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival, which will run July 1-9. The actors will receive their awards at the festival’s closing ceremony. The Czech event has also revealed its juries.
“We are honored and delighted that two extraordinary actors we have been deeply admiring for many years accepted our invitation to come to Karlovy Vary,” said Kviff’s president Jiří Bartoška.
Rush will receive the festival’s Crystal Globe for outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema, and his films “The King’s Speech,” “Quills” and “Shine” will be screened as an homage to the actor.
Rush began his career in theater with the Queensland Theater Company. An important turning point in his cinematic career came in 1996, when he excelled in the role of composer and pianist David Helfgott in Scott Hick’s “Shine,” which won him an Oscar,...
“We are honored and delighted that two extraordinary actors we have been deeply admiring for many years accepted our invitation to come to Karlovy Vary,” said Kviff’s president Jiří Bartoška.
Rush will receive the festival’s Crystal Globe for outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema, and his films “The King’s Speech,” “Quills” and “Shine” will be screened as an homage to the actor.
Rush began his career in theater with the Queensland Theater Company. An important turning point in his cinematic career came in 1996, when he excelled in the role of composer and pianist David Helfgott in Scott Hick’s “Shine,” which won him an Oscar,...
- 6/21/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Geoffrey Rush and Benicio Del Toro will be honored with career awards at the 56th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff), running July 1-9 against the backdrop of the picturesque Czech Republic spa town.
Australian actor Rush will receive the festival’s Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema.
The King’s Speech, for which Rush won a BAFTA and was nominated for an Oscar and Golden Globe, Quills and Shine will screen in the festival as part of the homage to the actor.
Del Toro will be honored with the Kviff President’s Award, celebrating actors, directors, and producers who have made a fundamental contribution to the development of film and cinema.
The homage will also include screenings of Del Toro’s 1995 international breakthrough film The Usual Suspects and Traffic, for which he won an Oscar as well as a Golden Globe, BAFTA and Silver...
Australian actor Rush will receive the festival’s Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema.
The King’s Speech, for which Rush won a BAFTA and was nominated for an Oscar and Golden Globe, Quills and Shine will screen in the festival as part of the homage to the actor.
Del Toro will be honored with the Kviff President’s Award, celebrating actors, directors, and producers who have made a fundamental contribution to the development of film and cinema.
The homage will also include screenings of Del Toro’s 1995 international breakthrough film The Usual Suspects and Traffic, for which he won an Oscar as well as a Golden Globe, BAFTA and Silver...
- 6/21/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Rush will receive the Crystal Globe, del Toro the President’s Award.
Oscar-winning actors Geoffrey Rush and Benicio del Toro will receive special honours at this year’s Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff), which runs from July 1-9.
Rush will receive the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema, an award previously given to talents including John Travolta, Ken Loach, Julianne Moore, Patricia Clarkson and last year’s awardee Michael Caine.
Del Toro will receive the President’s Award, which last year was given to Ethan Hawke.
Kviff will play a selection of films featuring the two...
Oscar-winning actors Geoffrey Rush and Benicio del Toro will receive special honours at this year’s Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff), which runs from July 1-9.
Rush will receive the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema, an award previously given to talents including John Travolta, Ken Loach, Julianne Moore, Patricia Clarkson and last year’s awardee Michael Caine.
Del Toro will receive the President’s Award, which last year was given to Ethan Hawke.
Kviff will play a selection of films featuring the two...
- 6/21/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
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