The main prize of the 59th Karlovy Vary Film Festival has been awarded: Slovakian director Miro Remo accepted the crystal globe for his documentary film with the translated title "Lieber in der Wildnis verrückt werden". It is about two twin brothers who live in seclusion on a farm with animals in the Czech Bohemian Forest near the Bavarian border. The main prize is endowed with 25,000 US dollars, the equivalent of just under 21,400 euros.
The visit of Hollywood star Michael Douglas had already caused a stir at the start of the festival. The 80-year-old presented a restored version of the classic film "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", which he co-produced. Douglas accepted a crystal globe as a replacement for an award he had already received in 1998 - back then in the form of a typical Karlovy Vary wafer.
