{"id":1270,"date":"2008-07-14T07:38:42","date_gmt":"2008-07-14T06:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecliffedge.com\/blog\/?p=1270"},"modified":"2015-04-10T16:13:25","modified_gmt":"2015-04-10T16:13:25","slug":"karlovy-vary-terribly-happy-night-for-festival-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecliffedge.com\/?p=1270","title":{"rendered":"KVIFF AWARDS: ‘Terribly Happy’ night for festival winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Christopher<\/a><\/p>\n

By Ray Bennett<\/p>\n

KARLOVY\u00a0\u00a0VARY, Czech Republic \u2013 “We have a saying in England,” said Christopher Lee,\u00a0” Always take a woman by the waist and a bottle by the neck.”<\/p>\n

Lee spoke as he clutched a Crystal Globe \u2013 a\u00a0trophy in the shape of a woman holding aloft a glass ball \u2013 that was awarded to him for his outstanding contribution to world cinema on Saturday night at the closing gala of the 43rd Karlovy International Film Festival.<\/p>\n

The impossibly suave and elegant 86-year-old actor said he had been to a great many film festivals but Karlovy Vary was the best by far. He praised the gathering for its focus on films that address “the heart, the mind and the soul.”<\/p>\n

\"henrik-ruben-genz<\/a>For once, many films that I liked actually won awards at a film festival.\u00a0\u00a0A modern Danish Western, “Terribly Happy” was named best film in the official competition. The film, directed by Henrik Ruben Genz (left), took home the Grand Prix Crystal Globe.<\/p>\n

A special jury prize was given to “The Photograph”, a story set in Indonesia directed by Singapore’s Nan T. Achnas while Russia’s Aleksey Uchitel (below) was named best director for his war picture “Captive”.<\/p>\n

The best film award in the major sidebar East of the West went to Kazakhstan director Sergey Dvortsevoy’s “Tulpan”, which had won the top prize in Un Certain Regard at this year’s Festival de Cannes.<\/p>\n

\"alexey-uchitel<\/a><\/p>\n

Martha Issova (below) was named best actress for her role in the Czech film “Night Owls” and co-star Jiri Madl\u00a0won for best actor.<\/p>\n

Nikita Mikhalkov’s “12,” a modern Russian version of “12 Angry Man” that was nominated for a best foreign language Oscar, won the audience award and British director James Marsh’s “Man On Wire” was named best feature documentary.<\/p>\n

\"Martha<\/a><\/p>\n

Special jury mentions went to Polish\/Czech film “The Karamazovs,” directed by Petr Zelenka, and Hungary’s “The Investigator,” directed by Attila Gigor.<\/p>\n

Actors Robert De Niro, Danny Glover, and Armin Mueller-Stahl were among those who received awards for outstanding contributions to world cinema long with Czech director Ivan Passer, who was chairman of the jury for the official competition.<\/p>\n

A version of this story appeared in The Hollywood Reporter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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