37th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

The 37th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival took place from 4 to 13 July 2002. The Crystal Globe was won by Year of the Devil, a Czech mockumentary film directed by Petr Zelenka. The second prize, the Special Jury Prize was won by Nowhere in Africa, a German historical film directed by Caroline Link. French American film actor and director Jean-Marc Barr was the president of the jury.^[1]

Juries

The following people formed the juries of the festival:^[2]

Official selection awards

The following feature films and people received the official selection awards:^[1]

• Crystal Globe (Grand Prix) - Year of the Devil (Rok ďábla) by Petr Zelenka (Czech Republic)
• Special Jury Prize - Nowhere in Africa (Nirgendwo in Afrika) by Caroline Link (Germany)
• Best Director Award - Asghar Massombagi for Khaled (Canada)
• Best Actress Award - Ugla Egilsdóttir for her role in The Seagull's Laughter (Mávahlátur) (Iceland)
• Best Actor Award - William H. Macy for his role in Focus (USA)
• Special Jury Mention - Let's Not Cry (Gwenchana uljima) by Boung-hun Min (South Korea) & Smoking Room by Roger Gual, Julio D. Wallovits (Spain)

Other statutory awards

Other statutory awards that were conferred at the festival:^[2]

• Best documentary film (over 30 min.) - Enan no musume (en. Daughter from Yan'an) by Kaoru Ikeya (Japan)^[3]
  • Special Jury Mention - Devil's Playground by Lucy Walker (USA) & Andrey Belyy. Okhota na angela, ili Chetyre lyubvi poeta i proritsatelya (en. Hunting Down an Angel, or Four Passions of the Soothsayer Poet) by Andrey Osipov (Russia)^[4]
• Best documentary film (under 30 min.) - Obec B. (en. Village B.) by Filip Remunda (Czech Republic)^[5]
• Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema - John Boorman (UK), Vlastimil Brodský (Czech Republic), Sean Connery (UK)
• Award of the Town of Karlovy Vary - Michael York (UK)
• Audience Award - L'Auberge Espagnole by Cédric Klapisch (France, Spain)

Non-statutory awards

The following non-statutory awards were conferred at the festival:^[2]

• FIPRESCI International Critics Award: Nowhere in Africa (Nirgendwo in Afrika) by Caroline Link (Germany)^[6]
  • Special Mention: Let's Not Cry (Gwenchana uljima) by Boung-hun Min (South Korea)^[7]
• FICC - The Don Quixote Prize: Bedtime Fairy Tales for Crocodiles (Cuentos de hadas para dormir cocodrilos) by Ignacio Ortíz Cruz (Mexico)^[8]
• Ecumenical Jury Award: Cisza (en. Silence) by Michal Rosa (Poland)
  • Special Mention: Filament (Firamento) by Hitonari Tsuji (Japan)^[9]
• Philip Morris Film Award: Sisters (Syostry) by Sergei Bodrov, Jr. (Russia)
• NETPAC Award: The Coast Guard (Haeanseon) Kim Ki-duk (South Korea)

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