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:
Grand Jury Štěpán Hulík (Czech Republic) Annemarie Jacir (Palestine) Sergei Loznitsa (Ukraine) Angeliki Papoulia (Greece) Charles Tesson (France)
FIPRESCI Jury Hugo Emmerzael (Netherlands) Viktor Palák (Czech Republic) Ana Sturm (Slovenia)
Europa Cinemas Label Jury Maarten Alexandra (Belgium) Carinzia Camilleri (Malta) Éva Demeter (Hungary) Denis Samardžić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
East of the West Denis Ivanov (Ukraine) Juho Kuosmanen (Finland) Tomáš Pavlíček (Czech Republic) Ioanna Stais (Greece) Dagnė Vildžiūnaite (Lithuania)
The Ecumenical Jury Alyda Faber (Canada) Martin Horálek (Czech Republic) Peter Sheehan (Australia)
Documentary Films Andreas Horvath (Austria) Aline Schmid (Switzerland) Gastón Solnicki (Argentina)
FEDEORA Jury Maja Bogojević (Montenegro) Pavlina Jeleva (Bulgaria) Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi (Italy)
Official selection In competition English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)The August VirginLa virgen de agostoJonás TruebaSpainThe Father BashtataKristina Grozeva, Petar ValchanovBulgaria, GreeceHalf-SisterPolsestra Damjan Kozole Slovenia, North Macedonia, Serbia La Belle Indifference Küçük şeyler Kıvanç Sezer TurkeyLara Jan-Ole Gerster GermanyLet There Be LightNech je svetlo Marko Škop Slovakia, Czech Republic The Man of the Future El hombre del futuro Felipe Ríos Chile, ArgentinaMonsoon 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 BelgiumTo 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 Richard Lowenstein Australia Old-Timers Staříci Martin Dušek, Ondřej Provazník Czech Republic, SlovakiaThe 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 ArabiaMamonga Stefan Malešević Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro My Thoughts Are Silent Moi dumki tikhi Antonio Lukich UkraineNova 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 RepublicZizotek 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 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 Todd Douglas Miller United StatesDafne Federico Bondi ItalyDie Kinder der Toten Kelly Copper, Pavol Liška AustriaA 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, FranceIn Fabric Peter Strickland United KingdomIntroduzione all'oscuro Gastón Solnicki Argentina, AustriaKoko-di Koko-da Johannes Nyholm Sweden, DenmarkLillian Andreas Horvath Austria The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea To thávma tis thálassas ton Sargassón Syllas Tzoumerkas Greece, Germany, Netherlands, SwedenMonos 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 HerzegovinaTlamess Ala Eddine Slim Tunisia, FranceTommaso 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, SlovakiaHappy End Jan Saska Czech Republic Hide N Seek Schovka Barbora Halířová Czech RepublicJan 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, PolandMiss Hanoi Zdeněk Viktora Czech Republic, Slovakia Off Sides Letní hokejRozálie 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 Natalie Cubides-Brady United KingdomGet 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, ColombiaKid 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 Maryam Touzani Morocco, France, SerbiaAmazing Grace Alan Elliott, Sydney Pollack United StatesThe Champion Il Campione Leonardo D'Agostini Italy The Cordillera of Dreams La Cordillera de los sueños Patricio Guzmán Chile, FranceThe Dead Don't Die Jim Jarmusch United States, SwedenDiego 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 JapanLight of My Life Casey Affleck United StatesMid90s Jonah Hill United States Oleg Oļegs Juris Kursietis Latvia, Belgium, Lithuania, France Our Time Nuestro tiempo Carlos Reygadas Mexico, France, Germany, Denmark, SwedenPapicha Mounia Meddour France, Algeria, Belgium, Qatar Parasite Gisaengchung Bong Joon-ho South KoreaRojo 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 FranceWhat 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, SwedenYesterday Danny Boyle United Kingdom
Imagina English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)Communion Los Angeles Adam R. Levine, Peter Bo Rappmund United States The Glamorous Boys of Tang Tang chao chi li nan Su Hui-Yu TaiwanThe 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, GermanyInterbeing Martina Hoogland Ivanow Sweden Just Don't Think I'll Scream Ne croyez surtout pas que je hurle Frank Beauvais FranceMemento Stella Takashi Makino Japan, Hong Kong Meteorite Meteorito Mauricio Sáenz Mexico Pareidolia Nan Wang NetherlandsPwdre Ser: the rot of stars Charlotte Pryce United StatesWalled Unwalled Lawrence Abu Hamdan GermanyWater and Clearing Siegfried A. Fruhauf Austriatx-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 SpainAlien Ridley Scott United States, United KingdomThe Fog John Carpenter United StatesThe Lodge Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala United States, United KingdomThe Matrix The Wachowskis United StatesFirst Blood Ted Kotcheff United StatesYou Might Be the Killer Brett Simmons United States
Out of the Past English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)The Barnabáš Kos CasePrípad Barnabáš Kos Peter Solan Czechoslovakia Be Prepared! Buď připraven! Svatopluk Innemann Czechoslovakia The Cremator Spalovač mrtvol Juraj Herz CzechoslovakiaDetour Edgar G. Ulmer United StatesHusbands John Cassavetes United StatesMemory: The Origins of Alien Alexandre O. Philippe United StatesThe Other Side of the Wind Orson Welles United States, France, IranPaths of Glory Stanley Kubrick United StatesSátántangó Béla Tarr Hungary, Switzerland, GermanyWhat 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 Jacek Lusiński PolandDon'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, BelgiumWonderstruck Todd Haynes United States
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