31st Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

03.07.1996 to 13.07.1996
Karlovy Vary

Awards

Prisoner of the Mountains
Directed by:
1996

The Prize of the jury is awarded to "Kavkavskij plennik" for the personal commitment, the courage and artistic qualities by means of which the film is defending human and moral values against violence, war and murder in our contemporary society related especially to the present Caucasion conflict.

A Couch in New York
Directed by:
1996

The jury awards a Commendation to Un divan à New York for the ironic and humorous approach to an apparently conventional love story which invites us to reconsider modern concepts and images of human beings.

Young Men Discovering the World
Directed by:
1996

The jury awards a Commendation to the film for the sincere attempt of a young generation of East European filmmakers expressing their fears and feelings about the absurdity of the war in former Yugoslavia and about their future in the wolrd.