38th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival explained

The 38th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival took place from 4 to 12 July 2003. The Crystal Globe was won by Facing Windows, an Italian drama film directed by Ferzan Özpetek. The second prize, the Special Jury Prize was won by Babusya, a Croatian drama film directed by Lidiya Bobrova.

Juries

The following people formed the juries of the festival: ^[1]

Main competition

Documentaries

The following feature films and people received the official selection awards:^[2]

Crystal Globe (Grand Prix) - Facing Windows (La Finestra di fronte) by Ferzan Özpetek (Italy, UK, Turkey, Portugal)
Special Jury Prize - Babusya (Babusja) by Lidiya Bobrova (Russia, France)
Best Director Award - Ferzan Özpetek for Facing Windows (La Finestra di fronte) (Italy, UK, Turkey, Portugal)
Best Actress Award (ex aequo) - Sylvie Testud for her role in Fear and Trembling (Stupeur et Tremblements) (France, Japan) & Giovanna Mezzogiorno for her role in Facing Windows (La Finestra di fronte) (Italy, UK, Turkey, Portugal)
Best Actor Award - Björn Kjellman for his role in Old, New, Borrowed and Blue (Se til venstre, der er en svensker) (Denmark)
Special Jury Mention - Fear and Trembling (Stupeur et Tremblements) by Alain Corneau (France, Japan) & A Rózsa énekei by Andor Szilágyi (Hungary)

Other statutory awards that were conferred at the festival:

Best documentary film (over 30 min.) - Jesus, You Know (Jesus, Du weisst) by Ulrich Seidl (Austria)^[3]
- Special Jury Mention - Documentarist (Vaveragrogh) by Harutyun Khachatryan (Armenia)^[4]
Best documentary film (under 30 min.) - The Zone (Zonen) by Esaisas Baitel (Sweden)^[5]
- Special Jury Mention - My Body (Kroppen min) by Margreth Olin (Norway)^[6] & Portrait (Portret) by Sergei Loznitsa (Russia)^[7]
Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema - Stephen Frears (UK), Jiří Menzel (Czech Republic), Morgan Freeman (USA)
Award of the Town of Karlovy Vary - The Coast Guard (Haeanseon) Kim Ki-duk (South Korea)
Audience Award - Buddy by Lars Gudmestad (Norway)

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

FIPRESCI International Critics Award: The Coast Guard (Haeanseon) Kim Ki-duk (South Korea)^[8]
FICC - The Don Quixote Prize: Babusya (Babusja) by Lidiya Bobrova (Russia, France)
Ecumenical Jury Award: Babusya (Babusja) by Lidiya Bobrova (Russia, France)
Philip Morris Film Award: Roads to Koktebel (Koktebel) by Boris Khlebnikov & Aleksey Popogrebskiy (Russia) & Edi by Piotr Trzaskalski (Poland)
NETPAC Award: The Coast Guard (Haeanseon) Kim Ki-duk (South Korea)