Crystal Globe

Jan Švankmajer with the Crystal Globe

Crystal Globe is the main award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, first given in the Czech Republic city of Karlovy Vary in 1948.

In the international film competition, IFFKV presents the following awards:

• Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema
• Grand Prix - Crystal Globe for best feature film
• Special Jury Prize
• Best Director Award
• Best Actress Award
• Best Actor Award
• East of the West Award
• Audience Award
• Non-statutory awards
• Best documentary film in the category for films lasting 30 minutes or less
• Best documentary film in the category for films above 30 minutes in length

Crystal Globe Winners - Grand Prix

Year	Film	Original Title	Director	Country
2016	It's Not the Time of My Life	Ernelláék Farkaséknál	Szabolcs Hajdu	Hungary
2015	Bob and the Trees	Bob and the Trees	Diego Ongaro	USA, France
2014	Corn Island	Simindis kundzuli	Giorgi Ovashvili	Georgia
2013	The Notebook	A nagy füzet	János Szász	Hungary
2012	The Almost Man	Mer eller mindre mann	Martin Lund	Norway
2011	Restoration	Boker tov adon fidelman	Yossi Madmoni	Israel
2010	The Mosquito Net	La mosquitera	Agustí Vila	Spain
2009	Angel at Sea	Un ange à la mer	Frédéric Dumont	Belgium
2008	Terribly Happy	Frygtelig lykkelig	Henrik Ruben Genz	Denmark
2007	Jar City	Mýrin	Baltasar Kormákur	Iceland
2006	Sherrybaby		Laurie Collyer	USA
2005	My Nikifor	Mój Nikifor	Krzysztof Krauze	Poland
2004	A Children's Story	Certi bambini	Andrea Frazzi, Antonio Frazzi	Italy
2003	Facing Windows	La Finestra di fronte	Ferzan Özpetek	Italy, UK, Turkey, Portugal
2002	Year of the Devil	Rok ďábla	Petr Zelenka	Czech Republic
2001	Amélie	Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain	Jean-Pierre Jeunet	France
2000	Me You Them	Eu Tu Eles	Andrucha Waddington	Brazil
1999	Yana's Friends	Hachaverim shel Yana	Arik Kaplun	Israel
1998	Streetheart	Le coeur au poing	Charles Binamé	Canada
1997	My Life in Pink	Ma vie en rose	Alain Berliner	Belgium, France, UK
1996	Prisoner of the Mountains	Kavkazskiy plennik	Sergei Bodrov	Russia, Kazakhstan
1995	The Ride	Jízda	Jan Svěrák	Czech Republic
1994	My Soul Brother	Mi hermano del alma	Mariano Barroso	Spain
1992	Krapatchouk		Enrique Gabriel	Spain, Belgium, France
1990	no award given
1988	Hibiscus Town	Fu rong zhen	Xie Jin	China
1986	A Street to Die		Bill Bennett	Australia
1984	Lev Tolstoy		Sergei Gerasimov	USSR, Czechoslovakia
1982	Mexico in Flames	Krasnye kolokola, film pervyy - Meksika v ogne	Sergei Bondarchuk	Mexico, USSR, Italy
1980	The Fiancee	Die Verlobte	Günter Reisch, Günther Rücker	East Germany
1978	Shadows of a Hot Summer	Stíny horkého léta	František Vláčil	Czechoslovakia
	White Bim Black Ear	Belyy Bim - Chyornoe ukho	Stanislav Rostotsky	USSR
1976	La Cantata de Chile		Humberto Solás	Cuba
1974	A Lover's Romance	Romans o vlyublyonnykh	Andrei Konchalovsky	USSR
1972	Taming of the Fire	Ukroshcheniye ognya	Daniil Khrabrovitsky	USSR
1970	Kes		Ken Loach	UK
1968	Capricious Summer	Rozmarné léto	Jiří Menzel	Czechoslovakia
1966	not awarded
1964	Accused	Obžalovaný	Ján Kadár, Elmar Klos	Czechoslovakia
1962	Nine Days of One Year	9 dney odnogo goda	Mikhail Romm	USSR
1960	Seryozha		Georgi Daneliya, Igor Talankin	USSR
1958	And Quiet Flows the Don	Tikhiy Don	Sergei Gerasimov	USSR
	Step Brothers	Ibo kyoudai	Miyoji Ieki	Japan
1957	Jagte Raho		Sombhu Mitra, Amit Mitra	India
1956	If All the Guys in the World	Si tous les gars du monde	Christian-Jaque	France
1954	Salt of the Earth		Herbert J. Biberman	USA
	True Friends	Vernye druz'ya	Mikhail Kalatozov	USSR
1952	The Unforgettable Year 1919	Nezabyvaemyy god 1919	Mikheil Chiaureli	USSR
1951	Cavalier of the Golden Star	Kavalier zolotoj zvezdy	Yuli Raizman	USSR
1950	The Fall of Berlin	Padeniye Berlina	Mikheil Chiaureli	USSR
1949	The Battle of Stalingrad 1	Stalingradskaya bitva I	Vladimir Petrov	USSR
1948	The Last Stage	Ostatni etap	Wanda Jakubowska	Poland
1947	no official awards

External links

• The official festival site includes more information about the award winners