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Karlovy Vary

The main award of the festival, the Crystal Globe, went to Mýrin (Jar City) an Icelandic-German coproduction directed by Baltasar Kormákur. The Ecumenical Jury awarded the Russian film Prostye vešči (Simple Things) by Aleksej Popogrebskij which also won the FIPRESCI Prize.

Link: Festival 2007 website

Awards of the Ecumenical jury
Awards of the Ecumenical jury
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Karlovy Vary 2007
Prostye vešči
Simple Things
Aleksej Popogrebskij
Russia
2006

"Simple Things" is set against a backdrop of contemporary Russia, about a man’s struggle to choose between what is right and what is convenient. Living through the conflicts, temptations, difficulties and blunders within his family and professional life, he finally makes a decision.

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