# 57th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

The 57th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival took place from 30 June to July 8, 2023, in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic.

## Juries

The following were appointed as the juries at the 57th edition:

## Official selection
### Crystal Globe

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Blaga's Lessons | Уроците на Блага | Stefan Komanderev | Bulgaria, Germany |
| Citizen Saint | მოქალაქე წმინდანი | Tinatin Kajrishvili | Georgia, France, Bulgaria |
| Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano | Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano | Cyril Aris | Germany, Lebanon |
| Empty Nets | تورهای خالی | Behrooz Karamizade | Germany, Iran |
| Fremont | Fremont | Babak Jalali | United States |
| The Girls Are Alright | Las chicas están bien | Itsaso Arana | Spain |
| The Hypnosis | Hypnosen | Ernst De Geer | Sweden, Norway, France |
| Red Rooms | Les Chambres rouges | Pascal Plante | Canada |
| A Sensitive Person | Citlivý člověk | Tomáš Klein | Czechia, Slovakia |
| We Have Never Been Modern | Úsvit | Matěj Chlupáček | Czechia, Slovakia |
| Where the Wind Blows | Il vento soffia dove vuole | Marco Righi | Italy |

### PROXIMA

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Arsenie, An Amazing Afterlife | Viața de apoi | Alexandru Solomon | Romania, Luxembourg |
| Birth | Birth | Ji-young Yoo | South Korea |
| Brutal Heat | Brutální vedro | Albert Hospodářský | Czechia, Slovakia |
| Dark Matter | Maade tarik | Karim Lakzadeh | Iran |
| Embryo Larva Butterfly | Embryo Larva Butterfly | Kyros Papavassiliou | Cyprus, Greece |
| Guras | Guras | Saurav Rai | India, Nepal |
| Imago | Imago | Olga Chajdas | Poland, Netherlands, Czechia |
| In Camera | In Camera | Naqqash Khalid | United Kingdom |
| Keeping Mum | Maman déchire | Émilie Brisavoine | France |
| The Lost Children | Les enfants perdus | Michèle Jacob | Belgium |
| Say God Bye | Say God Bye | Thomas Imbach | Switzerland |
| The Song of the Auricanturi | El canto del Auricanturi | Camila Rodríguez Triana | Colombia, Venezuela |

### Special Screenings

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| All Men Become Brothers | Všetci ľudia budú bratia | Robert Kirchhoff | Slovakia, Czechia |
| Facing Darkness | Facing Darkness | Jean-Gabriel Périot | France, Switzerland, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Restore Point | Bod obnovy | Robert Hloz | Czechia, Slovakia, Poland, Serbia |
| Scream of My Blood: A Gogol Bordello Story | Scream of My Blood: A Gogol Bordello Story | Nate Pommer, Eric Weinrib | United States |
| She Came at Night | Přišla v noci | Jan Vejnar, Tomáš Pavlíček | Czechia |
| Slow | Slow | Marija Kavtaradze | Lithuania, Spain, Sweden |
| Smiling Georgia | Gimiliani Sakartvelo | Luka Beradze | Georgia, Germany |
| Snake Gas | Hadí plyn | David Jařab | Czechia, Slovakia, Romania |
| Temporaries | Richelieu | Pier-Philippe Chevigny | Canada |

### Horizons

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| About Dry Grasses | Kuru otlar üstüne | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Turkey, France, Germany, Sweden |
| The Adults | The Adults | Dustin Guy Defa | United States |
| Anatomy of a Fall | Anatomie d'une chute | Justine Triet | France |
| And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine | And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine | Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck | Sweden, Denmark |
| Animalia | Parmi nous | Sofia Alaoui | France, Morocco, Qatar |
| The Animal Kingdom | Le règne animal | Thomas Cailley | France, Belgium |
| Autobiography | Autobiography | Makbul Mubarak | Indonesia, France, Singapore, Poland, Philippines, Germany, Qatar |
| Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry | Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry | Elene Naveriani | Switzerland, Georgia |
| Club Zero | Club Zero | Jessica Hausner | Austria, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Denmark |
| Dead Girls Dancing | Dead Girls Dancing | Anna Roller | Germany, France |
| The Delinquents | Los delincuentes | Rodrigo Moreno | Argentina, Brazil, Luxembourg, Chile |
| The Edge of the Blade | Une affaire d'honneur | Vincent Perez | France |
| The Echo | El eco | Tatiana Huezo | Mexico, Germany |
| Endless Borders | Marzhaye bi payan | Abbas Amini | Germany, Czech Republic, Iran |
| Fallen Leaves | Kuolleet lehdet | Aki Kaurismäki | Finland, Germany |
| Fireworks | Stranizza d'amuri | Giuseppe Fiorello | Italy |
| Goodbye Julia | Wadaan Julia | Mohamed Kordofani | Sudan, Egypt, Germany, France, Saudi Arabia, Sweden |
| Champions | Champions | Bobby Farrelly | United States |
| If Only I Could Hibernate | Baavgai bolohson | Zoljargal Purevdash | Mongolia, France, Switzerland, Qatar |
| Inshallah a Boy | Inshallah walad | Amjad Al Rasheed | Jordan, France, Saudi Arabia, Qatar |
| Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell | Bên trong vỏ kén vàng | Thien An Pham | Singapore, Vietnam, France, Spain |
| Iron Butterflies | Iron Butterflies | Roman Liubyi | Ukraine, Germany |
| Kidnapped | Rapito | Marco Bellocchio | Italy, France, Germany |
| La chimera | La chimera | Alice Rohrwacher | Italy, France, Switzerland |
| Limbo | Limbo | Ivan Sen | Australia |
| Luxembourg, Luxembourg | Lyuksemburh, Lyuksemburh | Antonio Lukich | Ukraine |
| Mami Wata | Mami Wata | C.J. Obasi | Nigeria, France, United Kingdom |
| The March on Rome | Marcia su Roma | Mark Cousins | Italy |
| Midwives | Sages-femmes | Léa Fehner | France |
| Monica | Monica | Andrea Pallaoro | United States, Italy |
| Monster | Kaibutsu | Hirokazu Koreeda | Japan |
| The Mother of All Lies | Kadib abyad | Asmae El Moudir | Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar |
| Mountain Woman | Yama onna | Takeshi Fukunaga | Japan, United States |
| My Worst Enemy | Mon pire ennemi | Mehran Tamadon | France, Switzerland |
| The Nature of Love | Simple comme Sylvain | Monia Chokri | Canada, France |
| No Bears | Khers nist | Jafar Panahi | Iran |
| Omen | Augure | Baloji Tshiani | Belgium, Netherlands, Democratic Republic of the Congo, France, South Africa |
| On the Adamant | Sur l'Adamant | Nicolas Philibert | France, Japan |
| Opponent | Motståndaren | Milad Alami | Sweden |
| Orlando, My Political Biography | Orlando, ma biographie politique | Paul B. Preciado | France |
| Passages | Passages | Ira Sachs | France |
| Past Lives | Past Lives | Celine Song | United States, South Korea |
| Perfect Days | Perfect Days | Wim Wenders | Japan, Germany |
| Perpetrator | Perpetrator | Jennifer Reeder | United States |
| Pornomelancholía | Pornomelancholía | Manuel Abramovich | Argentina, Brazil, France |
| The Pot-au-Feu | La passion de Dodin Bouffant | Tran Anh Hung | France |
| Pure Unknown | Sconosciuti puri | Valentina Cicogna, Mattia Colombo | Italy, Sweden, Switzerland |
| The Quiet Migration | Stille liv | Malene Choi | Denmark |
| Samsara | Samsara | Lois Patiño | Spain |
| Sorcery | Brujería | Christopher Murray | Chile, Mexico, Germany |
| The Survival of Kindness | The Survival of Kindness | Rolf de Heer | Australia |
| Suzume | Suzume | Makoto Shinkai | Japan |
| The Sweet East | The Sweet East | Sean Price Williams | United States |
| A Thousand and One | A Thousand and One | A. V. Rockwell | United States |
| Tótem | Tótem | Lila Avilés | Mexico, Denmark, France |
| To the North | Spre nord | Mihai Mincan | Romania, France, Greece, Bulgaria, Czech Republic |
| Umberto Eco –⁠ A Library of the World | Umberto Eco –⁠ La biblioteca del mondo | Davide Ferrario | Italy |
| When It Melts | Het smelt | Veerle Baetens | Belgium, Netherlands |
| When the Waves Are Gone | Kapag wala na ang mga alon | Lav Diaz | Philippines, France, Denmark, Portugal |
| White Plastic Sky | Műanyag égbolt | Tibor Bánóczki, Sarolta Szabó | Hungary, Slovak Republic |

## Awards

The following awards were presented:

### Official selection awards

* Grand Prix – Crystal Globe: Blaga's Lessons (Urotcite na Blaga) — Stephan Komandarev
* Special Jury Prize: Empty Nets (Toorhaye khali) — Behrooz Karamizade
* Special Jury Mention: Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano — Cyril Aris
* Best Director: Babak Jalali, Fremont
* Best Actress: Eli Skorcheva, Blaga's Lessons (Urotcite na Blaga)
* Best Actor: Herbert Nordrum, The Hypnosis (Hypnosen)

### Other statutory awards

* PROXIMA Grand Prix: Birth — Yoo Ji-young
* PROXIMA Special Jury Prize: Guras — Saurav Rai
* PROXIMA Special Jury Mention: Brutal Heat (Brutální vedro) — Albert Hospodářský
* Právo Audience Award: The Edge of the Blade (Une affaire d’honneur) — Vincent Perez
* Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema: Russell Crowe
* Festival President's Award: Alicia Vikander, Robin Wright, Ewan McGregor
* Festival President's Award for Contribution to Czech Cinematography: Daniela Kolářová

### Non-statutory awards

* The Ecumenical Jury Award: Blaga's Lessons (Urotcite na Blaga) — Stephan Komandarev
* Commendation of the Ecumenical Jury: Citizen Saint (Mokalake Tsmindani) — Tinatin Kajrishvili
* Europa Cinemas Label Award: The Hypnosis (Hypnosen) — Ernst De Geer
* FIPRESCI Award for Crystal Globe Competition: The Hypnosis (Hypnosen) — Ernst De Geer
* FIPRESCI Award for PROXIMA Competition: Imago — Olga Chajdas