The 59th Karlovy Vary IFF starts in just 8 days, on July 4th, 2025. KVIFF Will Honor Stellan Skarsgård, Vicky Krieps, Dakota Johnson and Peter Sarsgaard.
Stellan Skarsgård to Receive the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema at KVIFF
Swedish film and theater actor Stellan Skarsgård, recipient of a Golden Globe award, will return to Karlovy Vary for the 59th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where he will be presented the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema.
Skarsgård will personally present his new film Sentimental Value, which won the Grand Prix at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
Actress Vicky Krieps to Receive KVIFF President’s Award
At the opening ceremony of the 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, the KVIFF President’s Award will be presented to actress Vicky Krieps, winner of a European Film Award for Best Actress for the biopic Corsage, a performance for which she was similarly recognized at Cannes in the Un Certain Regard section.
On the occasion of honoring Vicky Krieps, KVIFF will be showing the film Love Me Tender.
Actress Dakota Johnson to Receive KVIFF President’s Award
American actress Dakota Johnson will be on hand at the 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival to receive the KVIFF President’s Award and to present her two latest films –the romantic comedy full of provocative chaos Splitsville (2025, dir. Michael Angelo Covino), which she also produced under her TeaTime Pictures banner, and the comedy Materialists, an exploration of a somewhat toxic relationship triangle by one of today’s most lauded directors, Celine Song and co-stars Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans. Dakota Johnson will receive the KVIFF President’s Award before the screening of Materialists on July 6 at 10.30pm in the Grand Hall of the Hotel Thermal.
KVIFF President’s Award to Be Presented to American Actor Peter Sarsgaard
The 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival will present the KVIFF President’s Award to American actor Peter Sarsgaard, winner of a number of awards such as the Volpi Cup from the Venice Film Festival, plus a nomination for an Emmy® and one for a Golden Globe.
Peter Sarsgaard will receive the KVIFF President’s Award at the opening ceremony of KVIFF 59. In his honor, the festival will screen the journalism drama Shattered Glass (2003).
