The Best Director Award is one of main awards of the Feature Film Competition at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Since 1990, it is conferred on the best director.
Best Director Award winners
Year Director Film Original Title Nationality of Director 2026 Mads Mengel The Guest Gæsten Denmark 2025 Nathan Ambrosioni Out of Love Les enfants vont bien France 2019 Tim Mielants Patrick De Patrick Belgian 2018 Olmo Omerzu Winter Flies Všechno bude Slovenian 2017 Peter Bebjak The Line Čiara Slovak 2016 Damjan Kozole Nightlife Nočno življenje Slovenian 2015 Visar Morina Babai Kosovar 20142014 awards at the official site György Pálfi Free Fall Szabadesés Hungarian 2013 Jan Hřebejk Honeymoon Líbánky Czech 2012 Rafaël Ouellet Camion Canadian 2011 Pascal Rabaté Holidays by the Sea Ni à vendre ni à louer French 2010 Rajko Grlić Just Between Us Neka ostane medju nama Croatian 2009 Andreas Dresen Whisky mit Wodka German 2008 Alexey Uchitel Captive Plennyj Russian 2007 Bård Breien The Art of Negative Thinking Kunsten å tenke negativt Norwegian 2006 Joachim Trier Reprise Norwegian 2005 Krzysztof Krauze My Nikifor Mój Nikifor Polish 2004 Xavier Bermúdez León and Olvido León y Olvido Spanish 2003 Ferzan Ozpetek Facing Windows La finestra di fronte Turkish 2002 Asghar Massombagi Khaled Iranian 2001 Ibolya Fekete Chico Hungarian 2000 Vinko Brešan Marshal Tito's Spirit Maršal Croatian 1999 Aleksandr Rogozhkin Checkpoint Blokpost Russian 1998 Charles Binamé Streetheart Le coeur au poing Canadian 1997 Martine Dugowson Shadow Play Portraits chinois French 1996 Péter Gothár Vaska Easoff Hagyjállógva Vászka Hungarian 1995 Lars von Trier The Kingdom Riget Danish 1994 Timur Bekmambetov, Gennadij Kajumov Peshavar Waltz Peshavarskiy vals Russian 1992 Not conferred 1990 Janusz Kijowski State of Fear Stan strachu Polish
References
External links The official festival site / History