39th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival explained

The 39th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival took place from 2 to 10 July 2004. The Crystal Globe was won by A Children's Story, an Italian drama film directed by Andrea and Antonio Frazzi. The second prize, the Special Jury Prize was won by Here, a Croatian drama film directed by Zrinko Ogresta.

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) - A Children's Story by Andrea and Antonio Frazzi (Italy)
Special Jury Prize - Here (Tu) by Zrinko Ogresta (Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Best Director Award - Xavier Bermúdez for León and Olvido (Spain)
Best Actress Award (ex aequo) - Karen-Lise Mynster for her role in Aftermath (Denmark) and Marta Larralde for her role in León and Olvido (Spain)
Best Actor Award - Max Riemelt for his role in Before the Fall (Germany)

Other statutory awards that were conferred at the festival:

Best documentary film (over 30 min.) - (I do not regret anything) by Theodora Remundová (Czech Republic)^[3]
Best documentary film (under 30 min.) - Wedding of Silence by Pavel Medvedev (Russia)^[4]
- Special Jury Prize - Days Under by Jiska Rickels (Netherlands)^[5]
Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema - Harvey Keitel (USA), Miroslav Ondříček (Czech Republic), Roman Polanski (Poland, France)
Award of the Town of Karlovy Vary - Jacqueline Bisset (USA)
Award of the Karlovy Vary District - Jiří Bartoška
Ecumenical Jury Prize for Extraordinary Contributions - Eva Zaoralová
Právo Audience Award - The Story of the Weeping Camel by Byambasuren Davaa and Luigi Falorni (Germany, Mongolia)

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

FIPRESCI International Critics Award: My Step Brother Frankenstein by Valery Todorovsky (Russia)^[6]
FICC - The Don Quixote Prize: The Riverside by Alireza Amini (Iran)^[7]
- Special Mention: Aftermath by Paprika Steen (Denmark)
Ecumenical Jury Award: Cavedweller by Lisa Cholodenko (USA)
Philip Morris Film Award: Witnesses by Vinko Brešan (Croatia)
Czech TV Award - Independent Camera: Dandelion by Mark Milgard (USA)