Karlovy Vary 2004

	"My Stepbrother Frankenstein" (Moj svodnyj brat Frankenstejn) by Valery Todorovsky

"The life of a prosperous Moscow family is shattered when the husband learns that he has a grown up son from a short encounter with a woman he even cannot remember...": Valery Todorovsky's film "My Stepbrother Frankenstein" is the winner of the Critics Prize at this major event which offers a meeting point between Eastern and Western European cinematographies.
Details of the prize

Reports:

East is East. Yves Thoraval focuses on non Western films screened in the festival.

Champions: The Two Poles of the Central European Hyperbole. According to Jan Foll, Marek Najbrt's feature debut follows the tradition of the great Czech films of the sixties.

Napola: When the Winner Looses. Martin Thomas Dahlström reviews the German film by Dennis Gansel, which reminds him of the Swedish film Evil.

The Riverside: Daily Routine in Northern Iraq. Alin Tasciyan reviews the Iranian film by Ali Reza Amini.

Symmetry: There is no Good without Evil. Mariola Wiktor reviews Konrad Niewolski’s film.

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