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60th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

3–11 July 2026 · Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic

118 films across 7 sections · 14 prizes

  • Opened with The Match
  • Closed with The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

Crystal Globe Competition

Fruit Gathering

Grand Prix – Crystal Globe:, – Aung Phyoe

The prizes

Crystal Globe Competition

Fruit Gathering Grand Prix – Crystal Globe:, – Aung Phyoe

Special Jury Prize

The Guest – Mads Mengel

Best Director Award

The Guest Mads Mengel –

Best Actress Award

A Happy Family Anna Schinz –

Best Actor Award

Pipes Ghassan Saad –

Awards for films in the Proxima Competition

PROXIMA Grand Prix

Lover, Not a Fighter – Martina Buchelová

PROXIMA Special Jury Mention

Incinerator – Shuntaro Uchida

Special Mention

33 Steps – Anna Domček, Šimon Domček

Proxima Best Director Award

A Whole Person Almost Efthimis Kosemund-Sanidis

Právo Audience Award

Bára – Diary of a Rockstar – Helena Třeštíková

Non-statutory awards

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

The Lion at My Back – Tonia Mishiali

Europa Cinemas Label Award

3 Weeks After (3 nedelje posle) – Miroslav Terzić

Only Beautiful Things to Look At FIPRESCI Award for Crystal Globe Competition:, (Prameň) – Ivan Ostrochovský

FIPRESCI Award for PROXIMA Competition

Petty Thieves (Zlodějíčci) – Mate Ugrin

Other awards

Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema: Crystal Globe

Dustin Hoffman

Juliette Binoche, French actress

Robert Richardson, American cinematographer

'Festival President's Award:

Maggie Gyllenhaal, American actress and filmmaker

Jeffrey Wright, American actor

Jesse Eisenberg, American actor, playwright, and filmmaker

Magda Vášáryová, former Slovak actress and diplomat

Crystal Globe 12

  • 3 Weeks After
    3 Weeks AfterMiroslav Terzić
  • Behind the Rain
    Behind the RainValeria Sarmiento
  • Black Money for White Nights
    Black Money for White NightsPetar Valchanov, Kristina Grozeva
  • Chica Checa
    Chica ChecaŠimon Holý
  • Five Years, Four Months
    Five Years, Four MonthsEsteban Hoyos García, Juan Miguel Gelacio Ramírez
  • Fruit Gathering
    Fruit GatheringAung Phyoe
  • The Guest
    The GuestMads Mengel
  • A Happy Family
    A Happy FamilyJan-Eric Mack
  • Hijamat
    HijamatNader Saeivar
  • The Lion at My Back
    The Lion at My BackTonia Mishiali
  • Only Beautiful Things to Look At
    Only Beautiful Things to Look AtIvan Ostrochovský
  • Pipes
    PipesKarim Kassem

Proxima Competition 12

  • 33 Steps
    33 StepsAnna Domček, Šimon Domček
  • Against Nature
    Against NatureAxel Bertha
  • Lover, Not a Fighter
    Lover, Not a FighterMartina Buchelová
  • Truck Driver
    Truck DriverFrancisco Marise
  • A Whole Person Almost
    A Whole Person AlmostEfthimis Kosemund-Sanidis
  • Homo Sive Natura
    Homo Sive NaturaGiovanni C. Lorusso
  • The Ink-Stained Hand and the Missing Thumb
    The Ink-Stained Hand and the Missing ThumbYashasvi Juyal
  • My Friend the Porn Star
    My Friend the Porn StarRosa Friedrich
  • Paris Paris
    Paris ParisIsabelle Tollenaere
  • Rain Catcher
    Rain CatcherMichele Fiascaris
  • Incinerator
    IncineratorShuntaro Uchida
  • Petty Thieves
    Petty ThievesMate Ugrin

Special Screenings 15

  • Bára – Diary of a Rockstar
    Bára – Diary of a RockstarHelena Třeštíková
  • City of Fathers
    City of FathersZdeněk Tyc
  • The Cursed Warrior
    The Cursed WarriorVojtěch Frič, Tomáš Dianiška
  • Filter
    FilterDavid Semler
  • A Pint of Ink
    A Pint of InkEster Geislerová
  • If Pigeons Turned to Gold
    If Pigeons Turned to GoldPepa Lubojacki
  • The Friend’s House Is Here
    The Friend’s House Is HereMaryam Ataei, Hossein Keshavarz
  • Learning to Breathe Underwater
    Learning to Breathe UnderwaterRebekah Fortune
  • Everything As It Should Be
    Everything As It Should BeBohdan Karásek
  • Morten
    MortenIvan Pavljutskov
  • Robert Richardson: The White Devil
    Robert Richardson: The White DevilJana Hojdová
  • The Story of Documentary Film – 1980s
    The Story of Documentary Film – 1980sMark Cousins
  • To Die to Live
    To Die to LiveYuliia Hontaruk
  • Gregorius, the Chosen One
    Gregorius, the Chosen OneTomasz Mielnik
  • A Report for Minerva 2
    A Report for Minerva 2Miroslav Krobot, Lubomír Smékal

Horizons 48

  • All of a Sudden
    All of a SuddenRyusuke Hamaguchi
  • Animol
    AnimolAshley Walters
  • A Man of His Time
    A Man of His TimeEmmanuel Marre
  • The Beloved
    The BelovedRodrigo Sorogoyen
  • Ben'Imana
    Ben'ImanaMarie Clémentine Dusabejambo
  • Bitter Christmas
    Bitter ChristmasPedro Almodóvar
  • Cantona
    CantonaDavid Tryhorn, Ben Nicholas
  • Coward
    CowardLukas Dhont
  • Dao
    DaoAlain Gomis
  • The Dreamed Adventure
    The Dreamed AdventureValeska Grisebach
  • Elephants in the Fog
    Elephants in the FogAbinash Bikram Shah
  • Everybody Digs Bill Evans
    Everybody Digs Bill EvansGrant Gee
  • Everytime
    EverytimeSandra Wollner
  • Fatherland
    FatherlandPaweł Pawlikowski
  • Filipiñana
    FilipiñanaRafael Manuel
  • Fjord
    FjordCristian Mungiu
  • Flies
    FliesFernando Eimbcke
  • Forest High
    Forest HighManon Coubia
  • Forever Your Maternal Animal
    Forever Your Maternal AnimalValentina Maurel
  • Gentle Monster
    Gentle MonsterMarie Kreutzer
  • The History of Concrete
    The History of ConcreteJohn Wilson
  • Hold onto Me
    Hold onto MeMyrsini Aristidou
  • The Holy Boy
    The Holy BoyPaolo Strippoli
  • How to Divorce During the War
    How to Divorce During the WarAndrius Blaževičius
  • La Gradiva
    La GradivaMarine Atlan
  • La Perra
    La PerraDominga Sotomayor
  • The Last First: Winter K2
    The Last First: Winter K2Amir Bar-Lev
  • Light Pillar
    Light PillarZao Xu
  • The Man I Love
    The Man I LoveIra Sachs
  • The Match
    The MatchJuan Cabral, Santiago FrancoOpening film
  • The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
    The Only Living Pickpocket in New YorkNoah SeganClosing film
  • Papaya
    PapayaPriscilla Kellen
  • Paper Tiger
    Paper TigerJames Gray
  • Queen at Sea
    Queen at SeaLance Hammer
  • Rehearsals for a Revolution
    Rehearsals for a RevolutionPegah Ahangarani
  • Rose
    RoseMarkus Schleinzer
  • A Sad and Beautiful World
    A Sad and Beautiful WorldCyril Aris
  • Shame and Money
    Shame and MoneyVisar Morina
  • Silent Friend
    Silent FriendIldikó Enyedi
  • The Souffleur
    The SouffleurGastón Solnicki
  • The Station
    The StationSara Ishaq
  • Strange River
    Strange RiverJaume Claret Muxart
  • Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest
    Two Mountains Weighing Down My ChestViv Li
  • The Unknown
    The UnknownArthur Harari
  • Viva Carmen
    Viva CarmenSebastien Laundenbach
  • A Woman's Life
    A Woman's LifeCharline Bourgeois-Tacquet
  • Yellow Letters
    Yellow Lettersİlker Çatak
  • Yesterday the Eye Didn't Sleep
    Yesterday the Eye Didn't SleepRakan Mayasi

Imagina 19

  • Black Seas
    Black SeasErin Weisgerber
  • Diorama of Venice
    Diorama of VeniceNicolas Piret
  • Disappearance
    DisappearanceSohrab Hura
  • Two Pids
    Two PidsJohn Smith
  • Double Freedom
    Double FreedomLisandro Alonso
  • Stallion and a Crystal Ball
    Stallion and a Crystal BallChristian Avilés
  • El León
    El LeónDiana Bustamante
  • Tycoon
    TycoonCharlotte Zhang
  • My Wife Cries
    My Wife CriesAngela Schanelec
  • Last night I stayed within myself and this morning I decided to live here
    Last night I stayed within myself and this morning I decided to live hereFé Baan
  • Exvotos
    ExvotosAlejandro Aguilar Escamilla
  • The Recce
    The RecceDaniel Mann
  • Olivia
    OliviaSofía Petersen
  • Because I Have To
    Because I Have ToJakub Kučera
  • Rojo Žalia Blau
    Rojo Žalia BlauViktoria Schmid
  • Levers
    LeversRhayne Vermette
  • Roses of Nevada
    Roses of NevadaMark Jenkin
  • With a Kind Regard
    With a Kind RegardPavel Mozhar
  • Volklore
    VolkloreViktorie Štěpánová

Out of the Past – KVIFF 60/80 4

  • Birds, Orphans and Fools
    Birds, Orphans and FoolsJuraj Jakubisko
  • Blood on the Land
    Blood on the LandVasilis Georgiadis
  • Captain Thunderbolt
    Captain ThunderboltCecil Holmes
  • A Matter of Life and Death
    A Matter of Life and DeathMichael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

Tributes 8

  • Basquiat
    BasquiatJulian Schnabel
  • The Bride!
    The Bride!Maggie Gyllenhaal
  • Certified Copy
    Certified Copydata-sort-value="Kiarostami"| Abbas Kiarostami
  • The Double
    The DoubleRichard Ayoade
  • The Graduate
    The GraduateMike Nichols
  • Mean Streets
    Mean StreetsMartin Scorsese
  • The Order
    The OrderJustin Kurzel
  • Three Colours: Blue
    Three Colours: BlueKrzysztof Kieślowski