Various prizes were awarded during the KVIFF Eastern Promises program at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF), with a total value of €110,000. The Slovak project Lover Not a Fighter by Martina Buchelová and the Czech project Antonie by Rozálie Kohoutová each received two awards. Amedspor, directed by Rezan Yesilbas, received the Visual Post-production Award for its depiction of sports and politics in Turkey. Lover, Not a Fighter received the Sound Post-production Award for its fresh look at young love. Barbora Chalupová's Virtual Girlfriends won the Works in Progress Award, and Dávid Csicskár's Klára Is Here received the MIDPOINT & KVIFF Development Award. Antonie also won the Eurimages Co-production Development Award and the Rotterdam Lab Award.

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