Fernando Lavanderos’ latest project has earned critical acclaim in Czechoslovakia.
The 39-year-old Chilean filmmaker’s Las cosas como son has won the Independent Camera Award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
The 2012 Spanish-language drama/thriller centers on an antisocial man who rents rooms to foreigners and lives vicariously through them. But when a 23-year-old Nordic girl arrives one day and brings meaning to his life, he tries to woo her. But just when he thinks he’s been successful at winning her love, he discovers that she’s hiding something, awakening his worst fears.
Las cosas como son had previously won the Latin American competition at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival.
During the film festival, John Travolta, Oliver Stone and Theodor Pištěk received the Crystal Globe Award for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema.
Here’s a look at the full list of 2013 Karlovy Vary winners:
GRAND PRIX CRYSTAL GLOBE
Le grand cahier / A nagy füzet
Directed by: János Szász
Hungary, Germany, Austria, France, 2013
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
A Field in England
Directed by: Ben Wheatley
United Kingdom, 2013
BEST DIRECTOR AWARD
Jan Hřebejk
Honeymoon / Líbánky
Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, 2013
BEST ACTRESS AWARD
Amy Morton
Bluebird
Directed by: Lance Edmands
USA, Sweden, 2012
Louisa Krause Bluebird Directed by: Lance Edmands USA, Sweden, 2012
Emily Meade Bluebird Directed by: Lance Edmands USA, Sweden, 2012
Margo Martindale Bluebird Directed by: Lance Edmands USA, Sweden, 2012
BEST ACTOR AWARD
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson
XL
Directed by: Marteinn Þórsson
Iceland, 2013
SPECIAL MENTION
Papusza
Directed by: Joanna Kos-Krauze, Krzysztof Krauze
Poland, 2013
EAST OF THE WEST – FILMS IN COMPETITION
EAST OF THE WEST AWARD
Floating Skyscrapers / Płynące wieżowce
Directed by: Tomasz Wasilewski
Poland, 2013
SPECIAL MENTION
Miracle / Zázrak
Directed by: Juraj Lehotský
Slovak Republic, Czech Republic, 2013
DOCUMENTARY FILMS IN COMPETITION
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM OVER 30 MINUTES LONG
Pipeline / Truba
Directed by: Vitaly Manskiy
Russia, Germany, Czech Republic, 2013
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM UNDER 30 MINUTES LONG
Beach Boy
Directed by: Emil Langballe
United Kingdom, 2013
SPECIAL MENTION
The Manor
Directed by: Shawney Cohen
Canada, 2013
INDEPENDENT CAMERA AWARD
Things the Way They Are / Las cosas como son
Directed by: Fernando Lavanderos
Chile, 2012
AUDIENCE AWARD
Revival
Directed by: Alice Nellis
Czech Republic, 2013
CRYSTAL GLOBE FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION TO WORLD CINEMA
Theodor Pištěk
Czech Republic
Oliver Stone USA
John Travolta USA
FESTIVAL PRESIDENT´S AWARD
Vojtěch Jasný
Czech Republic
AWARD OF INTERNATIONAL FILM CRITICS (FIPRESCI)
Shame / Styd Directed by: Yusup Razykov Russia, 2013
THE ECUMENICAL JURY AWARD
Bluebird
Directed by: Lance Edmands
USA, Sweden, 2012
Federation of Film Critics of Europe and the Mediterranean (FEDEORA)
FEDEORA AWARD
Velvet Terrorists / Zamatoví teroristi
Directed by: Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarčík, Peter Kerekes
Slovak Republic, Czech Republic, Croatia, 2013
EUROPA CINEMAS LABEL AWARD
Le grand cahier / A nagy füzet
Directed by: János Szász
Hungary, Germany, Austria, France, 2013
AWARD OF 10,000 EUROS IN SERVICES FOR THE MOST PROMISING PROJECT
Blind dates / Brma Paemnebi
Directed by: Levan Koguashvili
Georgia