# 54th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

The 54th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival took place from June 28 to July 6, 2019, in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic.
A total of 177 films were presented at the festival, including 34 world premieres, eight international and six European premieres. Bulgarian-Greek co-produced film, The Father won the Crystal Globe.

## Juries

The following were appointed as the juries at the 54th edition:

## Official selection
### In competition

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| The August Virgin | La virgen de agosto | Jonás Trueba | Spain |
| The Father † | Bashtata | Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov | Bulgaria, Greece |
| Half-Sister | Polsestra | Damjan Kozole | Slovenia, North Macedonia, Serbia |
| La Belle Indifference | Küçük şeyler | Kıvanç Sezer | Turkey |
| Lara ‡ | Lara ‡ | Jan-Ole Gerster | Germany |
| Let There Be Light | Nech je svetlo | Marko Škop | Slovakia, Czech Republic |
| The Man of the Future | El hombre del futuro | Felipe Ríos | Chile, Argentina |
| Monsoon | Monsoon | Hong Khaou | United Kingdom |
| Mosaic Portrait | Ma sai ke shao nü | Zhai Yixiang | China |
| Ode to Nothing | Oda sa wala | Dwein Baltazar | Philippines |
| Patrick | De Patrick | Tim Mielants | Belgium |
| To the Stars | To the Stars | Martha Stephens | United States |
    Highlighted title and dagger (†) indicates Crystal Globe winner.
    Highlighted title and double-dagger (‡) indicates Special Jury Prize winner.

### Out of competition

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Mystify: Michael Hutchence | Mystify: Michael Hutchence | Richard Lowenstein | Australia |
| Old-Timers | Staříci | Martin Dušek, Ondřej Provazník | Czech Republic, Slovakia |
| The True Adventures of Wolfboy | The True Adventures of Wolfboy | Martin Krejčí | United States |

### East of the West

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Aga's House | Shpia e Agës | Lendita Zeqiraj | Kosovo, Croatia, France, Albania |
| Arrest | Arest | Andrei Cohn | Romania |
| The Bull † | Byk | Boris Akopov | Russia |
| A Certain Kind of Silence | Tiché doteky | Michal Hogenauer | Czech Republic, Netherlands, Latvia |
| Last Visit | Akher Ziyarah | Abdulmohsen Aldhabaan | Saudi Arabia |
| Mamonga | Mamonga | Stefan Malešević | Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro |
| My Thoughts Are Silent ‡ | Moi dumki tikhi | Antonio Lukich | Ukraine |
| Nova Lituania | Nova Lituania | Karolis Kaupinis | Lithuania |
| Passed by Censor | Görülmüştür | Serhat Karaaslan | Turkey, Germany, France |
| Scandinavian Silence | Skandinaavia vaikus | Martti Helde | Estonia, France, Belgium |
| Silent Days | Hluché dni | Pavol Pekarčík | Slovakia, Czech Republic |
| Zizotek | Zizotek | Vardis Marinakis | Greece |
    Highlighted title and dagger (†) indicates East of the West winner.
    Highlighted title and double-dagger (‡) indicates East of the West Special Jury Prize winner.

### Documentary Films

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| 17 Blocks | 17 Blocks | Davy Rothbart | United States |
| Confucian Dream ‡ | Kongzi meng | Mijie Li | China |
| The Fading Village | Chun qu dong lai | Liu Feifang | China |
| Immortal † | Surematu | Ksenia Okhapkina | Estonia, Latvia |
| In the Arms of Morpheus | In de armen van Morpheus | Marc Schmidt | Netherlands |
| The Last Autumn | Síðasta haustið | Yrsa Roca Fannberg | Iceland |
| Over the Hills | Dálava | Martin Mareček | Czech Republic |
| Projectionist | Panorama | Yuriy Shylov | Ukraine, Poland |
| Spoon | Karote | Laila Pakalniņa | Latvia, Norway, Lithuania |
    Highlighted title and dagger (†) indicates Best Documentary Film winner.
    Highlighted title and double-dagger (‡) indicates Documentary Special Jury Prize winner.

### Another View

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Apollo 11 | Apollo 11 | Todd Douglas Miller | United States |
| Dafne | Dafne | Federico Bondi | Italy |
| Die Kinder der Toten | Die Kinder der Toten | Kelly Copper, Pavol Liška | Austria |
| A Dog Called Money | A Dog Called Money | Seamus Murphy | Ireland, United Kingdom |
| Dogs Don't Wear Pants | Koirat eivät käytä housuja | Jukka-Pekka Valkeapää | Finland, Latvia |
| Fire Will Come | O que arde | Oliver Laxe | France, Luxembourg, Spain |
| Gold Is All There Is | Tutto l'oro che c'è | Andrea Caccia | Italy, Switzerland, France |
| In Fabric | In Fabric | Peter Strickland | United Kingdom |
| Introduzione all'oscuro | Introduzione all'oscuro | Gastón Solnicki | Argentina, Austria |
| Koko-di Koko-da | Koko-di Koko-da | Johannes Nyholm | Sweden, Denmark |
| Lillian | Lillian | Andreas Horvath | Austria |
| The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea | To thávma tis thálassas ton Sargassón | Syllas Tzoumerkas | Greece, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden |
| Monos | Monos | Alejandro Landes | Colombia, Argentina, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Uruguay, United States |
| Monsters. | Monștri. | Marius Olteanu | Romania |
| Out of Tune | De frivillige | Frederikke Aspöck | Denmark |
| Real Love | C'est ça l'amour | Claire Burger | France |
| The Sharks | Los tiburones | Lucía Garibaldi | Uruguay, Argentina, Spain |
| Sick, Sick, Sick | Sem seu sangue | Alice Furtado | Brazil, France, Netherlands |
| Sons of Denmark | Danmarks sønner | Ulaa Salim | Denmark |
| Stitches | Šavovi | Miroslav Terzić | Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Tlamess | Tlamess | Ala Eddine Slim | Tunisia, France |
| Tommaso | Tommaso | Abel Ferrara | Italy |
| The Trial | Process | Sergei Loznitsa | Netherlands |
| The Unknown Saint | Le miracle du Saint Inconnu | Alaa Eddine Aljem | Morocco, France, Qatar |

### Czech Films 2018–2019

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Another Chance | Začít znovu | Eva Tomanová | Czech Republic |
| Apart | Spolu sami | Diana Cam Van Nguyen | Czech Republic |
| Bloody Fairy Tales | Krvavé pohádky | Tereza Kovandová | Czech Republic |
| The Cage | Klec | Jiří Strach | Czech Republic |
| Daughter | Dcera | Daria Kashcheeva | Czech Republic |
| The Fishermen | Rybáři | Bára Anna Stejskalová | Czech Republic |
| Fruits of Clouds | Plody mraků | Kateřina Karhánková | Czech Republic |
| Golden Sting | Zlatý podraz | Radim Špaček | Czech Republic, Slovakia |
| Happy End | Happy End | Jan Saska | Czech Republic |
| Hide N Seek | Schovka | Barbora Halířová | Czech Republic |
| Jan Palach | Jan Palach | Robert Sedláček | Czech Republic, Slovakia |
| Karel, Me and You | Karel, já a ty | Bohdan Karásek | Czech Republic |
| The Kite | Pouštět draka | Martin Smatana | Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland |
| Miss Hanoi | Miss Hanoi | Zdeněk Viktora | Czech Republic, Slovakia |
| Off Sides | Letní hokej | Rozálie Kohoutová, Tomáš Bojar | Czech Republic |
| On the Roof | Na střeše | Jiří Mádl | Czech Republic, Slovakia |
| Woman's Day | Den žen | Evgeny Terpugov | Czech Republic |

### Future Frames: Generation NEXT of European Cinema

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Beyond the North Winds: A Post Nuclear Reverie | Beyond the North Winds: A Post Nuclear Reverie | Natalie Cubides-Brady | United Kingdom |
| Get Ready with Me | Get Ready with Me | Jonatan Etzler | Sweden |
| He Was Called Chaos Bērziņš | Viņu sauca Haoss Bērziņš | Signe Birkova | Latvia |
| The Jarariju Sisters | Soeurs Jarariju | Jorge Cadena | Switzerland, Colombia |
| Kid | Kid | Gregor Valentovič | Slovakia |
| The Last Children of Paradise | Die letzten Kinder im Paradies | Anna Roller | Germany |
| Playing | Hra | Lun Sevnik | Czech Republic |
| Precious | Majkino zlato | Irfan Avdić | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| A Siege | Ostrom | István Kovács | Hungary |
| Touch Me | Was bleibt | Eileen Byrne | Germany, Luxembourg |

### Horizons

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Adam | Adam | Maryam Touzani | Morocco, France, Serbia |
| Amazing Grace | Amazing Grace | Alan Elliott, Sydney Pollack | United States |
| The Champion | Il Campione | Leonardo D'Agostini | Italy |
| The Cordillera of Dreams | La Cordillera de los sueños | Patricio Guzmán | Chile, France |
| The Dead Don't Die | The Dead Don't Die | Jim Jarmusch | United States, Sweden |
| Diego Maradona | Diego Maradona | Asif Kapadia | United Kingdom |
| Ghost Town Anthology | Répertoire des villes disparues | Denis Côté | Canada |
| The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão | A vida invisível de Eurídice Gusmão | Karim Aïnouz | Brazil, Germany |
| Killing | Zan | Shinya Tsukamoto | Japan |
| Light of My Life | Light of My Life | Casey Affleck | United States |
| Mid90s | Mid90s | Jonah Hill | United States |
| Oleg | Oļegs | Juris Kursietis | Latvia, Belgium, Lithuania, France |
| Our Time | Nuestro tiempo | Carlos Reygadas | Mexico, France, Germany, Denmark, Sweden |
| Papicha | Papicha | Mounia Meddour | France, Algeria, Belgium, Qatar |
| Parasite | Gisaengchung | Bong Joon-ho | South Korea |
| Rojo | Rojo | Benjamín Naishtat | Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Germany, France, Switzerland |
| System Crasher | Systemsprenger | Nora Fingscheidt | Germany |
| The Traitor | Il traditore | Marco Bellocchio | Italy, France, Germany, Brazil |
| Varda by Agnès | Varda par Agnès | Agnès Varda | France |
| What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire? | What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire? | Roberto Minervini | Italy, United States, France |
| Wherever You Are | Ovunque proteggimi | Bonifacio Angius | Italy |
| A White, White Day | Hvítur, hvítur dagur | Hlynur Pálmason | Iceland, Denmark, Sweden |
| Yesterday | Yesterday | Danny Boyle | United Kingdom |

### Imagina

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Communion Los Angeles | Communion Los Angeles | Adam R. Levine, Peter Bo Rappmund | United States |
| The Glamorous Boys of Tang | Tang chao chi li nan | Su Hui-Yu | Taiwan |
| The Grand Bizarre | The Grand Bizarre | Jodie Mack | United States |
| Heimat is a Space in Time | Heimat ist ein Raum aus Zeit | Thomas Heise | Germany, Austria |
| The Hidden City | La ciudad oculta | Victor Moreno | Spain, France, Germany |
| Interbeing | Interbeing | Martina Hoogland Ivanow | Sweden |
| Just Don't Think I'll Scream | Ne croyez surtout pas que je hurle | Frank Beauvais | France |
| Memento Stella | Memento Stella | Takashi Makino | Japan, Hong Kong |
| Meteorite | Meteorito | Mauricio Sáenz | Mexico |
| Pareidolia | Pareidolia | Nan Wang | Netherlands |
| Pwdre Ser: the rot of stars | Pwdre Ser: the rot of stars | Charlotte Pryce | United States |
| Walled Unwalled | Walled Unwalled | Lawrence Abu Hamdan | Germany |
| Water and Clearing | Water and Clearing | Siegfried A. Fruhauf | Austria |
| tx-reverse | tx-reverse | Virgil Widrich, Martin Reinhart | Austria |

### Liberated

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| The Flames of Royal Love | V žáru královské lásky | Jan Němec | Czechoslovakia |
| The Inheritance | Dědictví aneb Kurvahošigutntág | Věra Chytilová | Czechoslovakia |
| It's Better to Be Wealthy and Healthy Than Poor and Ill | Lepšie byť bohatý a zdravý ako chudobný a chorý | Juraj Jakubisko | Czechoslovakia |
| Let's All Sing Around | Pějme píseň dohola | Ondřej Trojan | Czechoslovakia |
| Requiem for a Maiden | Requiem pro panenku | Filip Renč | Czechoslovakia |
| Smoke | Kouř | Tomáš Vorel | Czechoslovakia |
| Time of the Servants | Čas sluhů | Irena Pavlásková | Czechoslovakia |

### Midnight Screenings

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| 7 Reasons to Run Away (From Society) | 7 raons per fugir (de la societat) | Esteve Soler, Gerard Quinto, David Torras | Spain |
| Alien | Alien | Ridley Scott | United States, United Kingdom |
| The Fog | The Fog | John Carpenter | United States |
| The Lodge | The Lodge | Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala | United States, United Kingdom |
| The Matrix | The Matrix | The Wachowskis | United States |
| First Blood | First Blood | Ted Kotcheff | United States |
| You Might Be the Killer | You Might Be the Killer | Brett Simmons | United States |

### Out of the Past

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| The Barnabáš Kos Case | Prípad Barnabáš Kos | Peter Solan | Czechoslovakia |
| Be Prepared! | Buď připraven! | Svatopluk Innemann | Czechoslovakia |
| The Cremator | Spalovač mrtvol | Juraj Herz | Czechoslovakia |
| Detour | Detour | Edgar G. Ulmer | United States |
| Husbands | Husbands | John Cassavetes | United States |
| Memory: The Origins of Alien | Memory: The Origins of Alien | Alexandre O. Philippe | United States |
| The Other Side of the Wind | The Other Side of the Wind | Orson Welles | United States, France, Iran |
| Paths of Glory | Paths of Glory | Stanley Kubrick | United States |
| Sátántangó | Sátántangó | Béla Tarr | Hungary, Switzerland, Germany |
| What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael | What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael | Rob Garver | United States |
| The White Caravan | Tetri karavani | Eldar Shengelaia, Tamaz Meliava | Georgia |

### People Next Door

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Carte Blanche | Carte Blanche | Jacek Lusiński | Poland |
| Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot | Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot | Gus Van Sant | United States |
| Marie's Story | Marie Heurtin | Jean-Pierre Améris | France |
| Mimi & Lisa: Christmas Light Mystery | Mimi & Líza: Záhada vánočního světla | Katarína Kerekesová, Ivana Šebestová | Slovakia, Czech Republic |
| Rolling to You | Tout le monde debout | Franck Dubosc | France, Belgium |
| Wonderstruck | Wonderstruck | Todd Haynes | United States |

### Prague Short Film Festival Presents

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Make Aliens Dance | Make Aliens Dance | Sebastien Petretti | Belgium, United Kingdom |
| Reconstruction | Rekonstrukce | Jiří Havlíček, Ondřej Novák | Czech Republic |
| A Stone Slowly Falls | En sten faller langsomt ned | Kerren Lumer-Klabbers | Norway |
| Sugar and Salt | Cukr a sůl | Adam Martinec | Czech Republic |
| Tremors | Drżenia | Dawid Bodzak | Poland |

### Special Events

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| After the Wedding | After the Wedding | Bart Freundlich | United States |
| The End of Berhof | Zánik samoty Berhof | Jiří Svoboda | Czechoslovakia, Poland |
| Forman vs. Forman | Forman vs. Forman | Helena Třeštíková, Jakub Hejna | Czech Republic, France |
| Jiří Suchý: Tackling Life with Ease | Jiří Suchý: Lehce s životem se prát | Olga Sommerová | Czech Republic |
| Late Night | Late Night | Nisha Ganatra | United States |
| Learning to Drive | Learning to Drive | Isabel Coixet | United Kingdom, United States |
| The Myth of Fingerprints | The Myth of Fingerprints | Bart Freundlich | United States |
| Pavarotti | Pavarotti | Ron Howard | United States |
| The Sleepers | Bez vědomí | Ivan Zachariáš | Czech Republic |
| Spider-Man: Far From Home | Spider-Man: Far From Home | Jon Watts | United States |

### Tribute to Youssef Chahine

This segment was presented as a tribute to Egyptian filmmaker Youssef Chahine.
| English title | Original title | Year | Production countrie(s) |
| Alexandria... Why? | Eskanderija... lih? | 1978 | Egypt |
| The Blazing Sun | Siraa fil wadi | 1954 | Egypt |
| Cairo Station | Bab el-Hadid | 1958 | Egypt |
| Daddy Amin | Baba Amin | 1950 | Egypt |
| Dawn of a New Day | Fagr yom gedid | 1964 | Egypt, USSR |
| The Devil of the Desert | Shaytan al-sahraa | 1954 | Egypt |
| Farewell My Love | Wadda't hubbak | 1957 | Egypt |
| My One and Only Love | Enta habibi | 1957 | Egypt |
| The Return of the Prodigal Son | Awdat al-ibn al dal | 1976 | Egypt, Algeria |
| Saladin | Al-Naser Salah al-Din | 1963 | Egypt |
| The Sixth Day | Al-yom al-sadis | 1986 | Egypt, France |

## Awards

The following awards were presented at the 54th edition:

### Official selection awards

Grand Prix – Crystal Globe
    The Father by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov
Special Jury Prize
    Lara by Jan-Ole Gerster
Best Director
    Tim Mielants for Patrick
Best Actress
    Corinna Harfouch for Lara
Best Actor
    Milan Ondrík for Let There Be Light
Special Jury Mention
    The August Virgin by Jonás Trueba
    Antonia Giesen for The Man of the Future

### Other statutory awards

East of the West Grand Prix
    The Bull by Boris Akopov
East of the West Special Jury Prize
    My Thoughts Are Silent by Antonio Lukich
Grand Prix for Best Documentary Film
    Immortal by Ksenia Okhapkina
Documentary Special Jury Prize
    Confucian Dream by Mijie Li
Právo Audience Award
    Jiří Suchý: Tackling Life with Ease by Olga Sommerová
Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema
    Julianne Moore (United States)
    Patricia Clarkson (United States)
Festival President's Award for Contribution to Czech Cinematography
    Vladimír Smutný (Czech Republic)

### Non-statutory awards

Award of International Film Critics (FIPRESCI)
    The August Virgin by Jonás Trueba
The Ecumenical Jury Award
    Lara by Jan-Ole Gerster
Ecumenical Jury Commendation
    Let There Be Light by Marko Škop
FEDEORA Award
    Passed by Censor by Serhat Karaaslan
FEDEORA Jury Special Mention
    Aga's House by Lendita Zeqiraj
Europa Cinemas Label Award
    Scandinavian Silence by Martti Helde