44th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival


The 44th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival took place from 3 to 11 July 2009. The Crystal Globe was won by Angel at Sea, a Belgian-Canadian drama film directed by Frédéric Dumont. The second prize, the Special Jury Prize was won by Twenty, an Iranian drama film directed by Abdolreza Kahani.

Juries

The following people formed the juries of the festival:

Main competition
  • Claudie Ossard, Grand Jury President
  • Maria Bonnevie
  • Sergey Dvortsevoy
  • Niki Karimi
  • Rodrigo Plá
  • Kenneth Turan
  • Ivan Zachariáš


Documentaries
  • György Báron, Chairman
  • David Courier
  • Tiziana Finzi
  • Vít Janeček
  • Jiska Rickels


East of the West
  • Bojidar Manov, Chairman
  • Birgit Beumers
  • Maria Procházková
  • Jānis Putniņš
  • Michael Wellner-Pospíšil

Official selection awards

The following feature films and people received the official selection awards:
Other statutory awards that were conferred at the festival:
The following non-statutory awards were conferred at the festival: