Georgian filmmaker George Ovashvili’s Corn Island won the main prize
–the Crystal Globe Award - at the 49th Karlovy Vary International Film
Festival on Saturday night. The psychological drama is the story of an old
peasant who transmits the wisdom of life to his granddaughter and reflects
on the importance of harmony between man and nature. The winning film was
made in coproduction with Germany, France, the Czech Republic and
Kazakhstan.
The audience's prize went to a Czech entry - Olga Sommerova's
documentary film The Magic Voice of a Rebel, which tells the life story of
singer and dissident Marta Kubišová.
The Best Actress award went to Ella Fanning for her performance in Low
Down, a U.S. film directed by Jeff Preiss and Nahuel Perez Biscayart picked
up the Best Actor award for his role in All Yours, a Belgian-Canadian movie
directed by David Lambert.
The jury's special prize went to Hungarian film maker Goergy Palfi
for Free Fall. The main prize in the East of the West category went to Ivan
Tverdovsky’s Corrections Class, a Russian-German co-production.