This year'sKarlovy Vary Crystal Globe has been won by Danish film Terribly Happy (Frygtelig Lykkelig).
Henrik Ruben Genz's adaptation of an Erling Jepsen novel took the $30,000 top prize at the Czech spa town's Thermal Hotel grand hall.
The $20,000 Special Jury Prize was awarded to Indonesian director Nan T. Achnas' The Photograph.
Kazakhstan directorSergey Dvortsevoy's Tulpan took best film honours in the EastOf The West section.
The grand jury, led by president Ivan Passer, included Brenda Blethyn, Ari Folman, Ted Hope, Jan P. Muchow, Johanna ter Steege and Vilmos Zsigmond.
The 44th Karlovy Vary IFF will be held from July 3rd - 11th, 2009.
MAIN AWARDS
Crystal Globe
Terribly Happy (Henrik Ruben Genz. Denmark)
Special Jury Prize
The Photograph (Nan T. Achnas. Indonesia, France, Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden)
Best Director Award
Alexey Uchitel - Captive (Plennyj) (Russia, Bulgaria)
Best Actress AwardMartha Issová - Night Owls (Czech Republic)
Best Actor AwardJiri Mádl - Night Owls (Czech Republic)
Special mention
The Karamazovs (Petr Zelenka. Czech Republic, Poland)
The Investigator (A nyomozo) (Attila Gigor. Hungary, Sweden, Ireland,DOCUMENTARIES
Best Documentary Under 30 mins
Lost World (Gyula Nemes. Hungary, Finland)
Best Documentary Over 30 mins
Man on Wire (James Marsh. UK)
Special Mention
Bigger, Stronger, Faster (Christopher Bell. US)
EAST OF THE WEST AWARDS
Best Film
Tulpan (Sergey Dvortsevoy. Kazakhstan, Germany, Switzerland, Russia, Poland)
Special Mention
Seamstresses (Sivacki) (Lyudmil Todorov. Bulgaria)
AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION TO WORLD CINEMA
Robert De Niro
Dusan Hanák
Juraj Jakubisko
Ivan Passer
FESTIVAL PRESIDENT'S AWARD
Danny Glover
Christopher Lee
THE TOWN OF KARLOVY VARY AWARD
Armin Mueller-Stahl
PRÁVO AUDIENCE AWARD
12(Nikita Michalkov. Russia)
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