| Opening film | Superheroes by Paolo Genovese |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Three Thousand Years of Longing by George Miller |
| Location | Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Crystal Globe: Summer with Hope by Sadaf Foroughi |
| No. of films | 170 |
| Festival date | July 1–9, 2022 |
| Website | www |
The 56th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival took place from July 1 to 9, 2022, in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. [1]
A total of 170 films were presented at the festival, including twenty-seven world premieres, three international and three European premieres. [2] Canadian-Iranian co-produced film Summer with Hope won the Crystal Globe. [3] The festival paid tributes to Czech actors Eva Zaoralová, Bolek Polívka and composer Zdeněk Liška. [4]
The following were appointed as the juries at the 56th edition: [5]
Crystal Globe Jury
Proxima Jury
| The Ecumenical Jury
Europa Cinemas Label Jury
| FIPRESCI Jury
|
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| America | Ofir Raul Graizer | Israel, Germany, Czech Republic | |
| Borders of Love | Hranice lásky | Tomasz Wiński | Czech Republic, Poland |
| A Far Shore | Tooi tokoro | Masaaki Kudo | Japan |
| Fucking Bornholm | Anna Kazejak-Dawid | Poland | |
| The Ordinaries | Sophie Linnenbaum | Germany | |
| A Provincial Hospital | Edna provintsialna bolnitsa | Ilian Metev, Ivan Chertov, Zlatina Teneva | Bulgaria, Germany |
| A Room of My Own | Chemi otakhi | Ioseb "Soso" Bliadze | Georgia, Germany |
| Silence 6–9 | Isihia 6–9 | Christos Passalis | Greece |
| Summer with Hope | Tabestan Ba Omid | Sadaf Foroughi | Canada, Iran |
| Vesper | Kristina Buožytė, Bruno Samper | Lithuania, France, Belgium | |
| The Word | Slovo | Beata Parkanová | Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Poland |
| You Have to Come and See It | Tenéis que venir a verla | Jonás Trueba | Spain |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| And Then There Was Love... | A pak přišla láska... | Šimon Holý | Czech Republic |
| Another Spring | Još jedno proleće | Mladen Kovačević | Serbia, France, Qatar |
| Art Talent Show | Zkouška umění | Tomáš Bojar, Adéla Komrzý | Czech Republic |
| Fools | Głupcy | Tomasz Wasilewski | Poland, Romania, Germany |
| Horseplay | Los Agitadores | Marco Berger | Argentina |
| In Broad Daylight | Au grand jour | Emmanuel Tardif | Canada |
| Like a Fish on the Moon | Balaye aseman zire ab | Dornaz Hajiha | Iran |
| La Pietà | La piedad | Eduardo Casanova | Spain, Argentina |
| Ramona | Andrea Bagney | Spain | |
| Tinnitus | Gregorio Graziosi | Brazil | |
| The Uncle | Stric | David Kapac, Andrija Mardešić | Croatia, Serbia |
| Zoo Lock Down | Andreas Horvath | Austria | |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| BANGER. | Adam Sedlák | Czech Republic | |
| Big Opening | Velká premiéra | Miroslav Krobot | Czech Republic |
| June Zero | Jake Paltrow | United States, Israel | |
| The Killing of a Journalist | Matt Sarnecki | Denmark, United States, Czech Republic | |
| Like an Island | L'îlot | Tizian Büchi | Switzerland |
| My Father, the Prince | Mein Vater, der Fürst | Lukas Sturm, Lila Schwarzenberg | Austria, Czech Republic |
| PSH Neverending Story | PSH Nekonečný příběh | Štěpán FOK Vodrážka | Czech Republic |
| Rubikon | Magdalena Lauritsch | Austria | |
| You Won't Be Alone | Goran Stolevski | Australia, United Kingdom, Serbia | |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Little Love Package | Gastón Solnicki | Austria, Argentina | |
| Aftersun | Charlotte Wells | United Kingdom, United States | |
| Axiom | Jöns Jönsson | Germany | |
| Beautiful Beings | Berdreymi | Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson | Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, Czech Republic |
| The Blue Caftan | Le bleu du caftan | Maryam Touzani | Morocco, France, Belgium, Denmark |
| The Box | La caja | Lorenzo Vigas | Mexico, United States |
| Butterfly Vision | Bachennya metelyka | Maksym Nakonechnyi | Ukraine, Czech Republic, Croatia, Sweden |
| Captain Volkonogov Escaped | Kapitan Volkonogov bezhal | Natalya Merkulova, Aleksey Chupov | Russia, Estonia, France |
| Close | Lukas Dhont | Belgium, France, Netherlands | |
| Corsage | Marie Kreutzer | Austria, Luxembourg, Germany, France | |
| The Dam | Le Barrage | Ali Cherri | France, Sudan, Lebanon, Germany, Serbia, Qatar |
| Decision to Leave | Heojil kyolshim | Park Chan-wook | South Korea |
| The Eight Mountains | Le otto montagne | Felix van Groeningen, Charlotte Vandermeersch | Italy, Belgium, France |
| EO | Hi-han | Jerzy Skolimowski | Poland, Italy |
| Father's Day | Kivu Ruhorahoza | Rwanda | |
| Fire of Love | Sara Dosa | United States, Canada | |
| The Five Devils | Les cinq diables | Léa Mysius | France |
| Flux Gourmet | Peter Strickland | United Kingdom, United States, Hungary | |
| Gentle | Szelíd | Anna Eszter Nemes, László Csuja | Hungary |
| Godland | Vanskabte Land / Volaða Land | Hlynur Pálmason | Denmark, Iceland, France, Sweden |
| Good Luck to You, Leo Grande | Sophie Hyde | United Kingdom | |
| Harka | Lotfy Nathan | France, Luxembourg, Tunisia, Belgium | |
| The Hole | Il buco | Michelangelo Frammartino | Italy, France, Germany |
| Joyland | Saim Sadiq | Pakistan | |
| Klondike | Maryna Er Gorbach | Ukraine, Turkey | |
| The Last Race | Poslední závod | Tomáš Hodan | Czech Republic |
| Love According to Dalva | Dalva | Emmanuelle Nicot | Belgium, France |
| A Love Song | Max Walker-Silverman | United States | |
| Lullaby | Cinco lobitos | Alauda Ruiz de Azúa | Spain |
| Mariupolis 2 | Mantas Kvedaravičius | Lithuania, France, Germany | |
| Moonage Daydream | Brett Morgen | United States | |
| Mr. Landsbergis | Sergei Loznitsa | Netherlands, Lithuania, United States | |
| Mutzenbacher | Ruth Beckermann | Austria | |
| My Love Affair with Marriage | Signe Baumane | Latvia, United States, Luxembourg | |
| Pamfir | Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk | Ukraine, France, Poland, Chile, Germany, Luxembourg | |
| The Passengers of the Night | Les passagers de la nuit | Mikhaël Hers | France |
| A Piece of Sky | Drii Winter | Michael Koch | Switzerland, Germany |
| Plan 75 | Chie Hayakawa | Japan, France, Philippines, Qatar | |
| Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush | Andreas Dresen | Germany, France | |
| Reflection | Vidblysk | Valentyn Vasyanovych | Ukraine |
| Return to Dust | Yin ru chen yan | Li Ruijun | China |
| Rodeo | Lola Quivoron | France | |
| The Silent Twins | Agnieszka Smoczyńska | Poland, United States, United Kingdom | |
| Sonne | Kurdwin Ayub | Austria | |
| Superheroes | Supereroi | Paolo Genovese | Italy |
| Taurus | Tim Sutton | United States | |
| That Kind of Summer | Un été comme ça | Denis Côté | Canada |
| Three Thousand Years of Longing | George Miller | Australia, United States | |
| Triangle of Sadness | Ruben Östlund | Sweden, Germany, France, Denmark | |
| Una Femmina: The Code of Silence | Francesco Costabile | Italy | |
| Under the Fig Trees | Taht alshajra | Erige Sehiri | Tunisia, France, Switzerland, Germany, Qatar |
| Utama | Alejandro Loayza Grisi | Bolivia, Uruguay, France | |
| War Pony | Riley Keough, Gina Gammell | United States | |
| We Met in Virtual Reality | Joe Hunting | United Kingdom | |
| The Woodcutter Story | Metsurin tarina | Mikko Myllylahti | Finland, Netherlands, Denmark, Germany |
| Working Class Heroes | Heroji radničke klase | Miloš Pušić | Serbia |
The following awards were presented at the 56th edition: [5] [6]
Grand Prix – Crystal Globe
Best Director
Best Actress
Best Actor
PROXIMA Grand Prix
PROXIMA Special Jury Prize
PROXIMA Special Jury Mention
Právo Audience Award
Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema
Festival President's Award for Contribution to Czech Cinematography
Festival President's Award
The Ecumenical Jury Award
Europa Cinemas Label Award
FIPRESCI Award for Crystal Globe Competition
FIPRESCI Award for PROXIMA Competition