51st Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

The 51st Karlovy Vary International Film Festival took place from 1 to 9 July 2016. The Crystal Globe was won by It's Not the Time of My Life, a Hungarian drama film directed by Szabolcs Hajdu. The second prize, the Special Jury Prize was won by Zoology, a Russian drama film directed by Ivan I. Tverdovskiy.

Juries

The following people formed the juries of the festival:

Main competition

Maurizio Braucci
Eve Gabereau
Martha Issová
George Ovashvili
Jay Van Hoy

Documentaries

Sigrid Jonsson Dyekjær
Hana Kulhánková
Laurent Bécue-Renard

East of the West

Carmen Gray
Tolga Karaçelik
Mikuláš Novotný
Agnieszka Smoczyńska
Yoshi Yatabe

Official selection awards

The following feature films and people received the official selection awards:

Crystal Globe - It's Not the Time of My Life by Szabolcs Hajdu
Special Jury Prize - Zoology by Ivan I. Tverdovskiy
Best Director Award - Damjan Kozole for Nightlife
Best Actress Award - Zuzana Mauréry for her role in The Teacher
Best Actor Award - Szabolcs Hajdu for his role in It's Not the Time of My Life
Special Jury Mention - By the Rails by Cătălin Mitulescu & The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street by Jan Němec
Other statutory awards

Other statutory awards that were conferred at the festival:

Best documentary film - LoveTrue by Alma Har'el
* Special Mention - Ama-San by Cláudia Varejão
East of the West Award - House of Others by Rusudan Glurjidze
* Special Jury Prize - The Days That Confused by Triin Ruumet
Forum of Independents Award - Tangerine by Sean Baker
Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema - Willem Dafoe
Festival President's Award - Jean Reno & Charlie Kaufman
Festival President's Award for Contribution to Czech Cinematography -Jiřina Bohdalová
Právo Audience Award - Captain Fantastic by Matt Ross
Non-statutory awards

The following non-statutory awards were conferred at the festival:

FIPRESCI International Critics Award: Original Bliss by Sven Taddicken
Ecumenical Jury Award: The Confessions by Roberto Andò
FEDEORA Award : Collector by Alexei Krasovskiy
Europa Cinemas Label: Original Bliss by Sven Taddicken

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51st Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Juries

Official selection awards

Other statutory awards

Non-statutory awards