Ong Phyo Fruit collection Won the Grand Prix — Crystal Globe, Grand Prix, at the closing ceremony of the 60th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF).
The Special Jury Prize went to Mads Mengel’s film guestStarring Tren Dyrholm (The girl with the needle, poison), Simon Benberg (Charter, Promised Land(and Josephine Park)nurse, Bulls).
The main competition jury praised Fruit collection As “a lush, contemplative portrait of work and friendship before it turns, unexpectedly and organically, into a harrowing drama of obsession and grotesque desire.” He said that too guest “It is a very funny but carefully edited drama that subtly raises questions about motherhood, filial duty and mental illness.”
Mengele also won the Best Director award for his film guestwhere the jury praised him “for giving us a seat at the table with a wonderful ensemble of actors, orchestrated with great intelligence and tonal emphasis.”
Hollywood Reporter review Guessing“Trine Dyrholm gives a searing performance in a gritty, wrong-headed Danish drama,” noted t, also highlighting: “The boldest move here may be the choice of Mengel and co-screenwriter Christian Bengtson to write something that will inevitably invite comparisons with… Festen (Celebration), arguably the most popular Danish-language film of the last thirty years, similarly revolves around a boogie gathering disrupted by angry revelations.
Meanwhile, the Best Actress award went to Anna Schenz for her role in the Swiss social drama Happy family From director Jean-Eric Mack. Ghassan Saad won the Best Actor Award for his role in the film by Lebanese director Karim Kassem tubes. and Barra – Diary of a Rock Stardirected by Helena Trestykova, won the Bravo Audience Award.
The fifth edition of Karlovy Vary’s Proxima competition, which focuses on daring works by young filmmakers and established auteurs alike, featured the film by Slovak director Martina Puchilova. A lover, not a fighter He won the Grand Prize, while the Special Jury Prize went to Japanese director Shuntaro Uchida holocaust.
The Proxima jury said: “In a world of cinema where great ambitions, especially the male kind, are overrated, this beautiful film arrives with tenderness, bringing together the everyday moments and relationships that make up the essence of life in a film that is at once familiar and innovative.” A lover, not a fighter. “The director understands what it means to be young—she embraces the Gen Z style without making it alien, a rare feat!—and this person never stops growing, change is constant, bringing wonder and loss.”
on holocaustThe jury said: “Here is a film of deceptive simplicity – its subtlety and lightness conceal layers of poetry and depth. The director beautifully adopts the perspective of an extraordinary young girl who says little, but feels everything; like a Richter scale, her face registers the unspoken tensions and tremors of everyone around her.”
The Best Director award in the Proxima Competition went to Efthymis Kosimund Sannidis Almost a complete person. A special mention goes to Proxima by Anna and Simone Domszek 33 steps.
Meanwhile, the Grand Prize of the Ecumenical Jury went to Tonia Micheli The lion is at my back. The FIPRESCI Prize for Best Film in the Crystal Globe Competition was awarded to the film Ivan Ostrochovský. Beautiful things just to look atwhile the FIPRESCI Award for Best Film in Proxima Competition went to Mate Ugrin Petty thieves.
The double anniversary edition of the festival in the Czech spa town, which also celebrated its 80th anniversary, concluded on Saturday with more star power. Juliette Binoche was honored with the KVIFF Crystal Globe Award for “Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema,” while Jeffrey Wright, who met the press on Friday, received the President’s Award.
KVIFF 2026 brought a parade of stars to the picturesque Czech spa town, including Jesse Eisenberg (Social network, Real pain), Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick and Son Travis, Maggie Gyllenhaal (Bride!, Missing daughter), Harvey Keitel (I mean the streets, Reservoir dogs), legendary cinematographer Robert Richardson and Dustin Hoffman (The graduate, rain man).
