Hoffman, Gyllenhaal Honored at 60th Karlovy Vary Festival
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- Dustin Hoffman received the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema at the 60th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival opening ceremony, becoming visibly emotional after watching a showreel of roles from "Tootsie," "Rain Man," and "Kramer vs. Kramer."
- Hoffman, who turns 89 in early August, quoted Robert Redford's advice from their "All the President's Men" collaboration — that filmmakers are too busy "building the body" of work to think about it — and said acting was the first time he felt "lost in time" and "alive."
- Hoffman will present a special screening of Mike Nichols's 1967 "The Graduate" at the festival and release his memoir "Look at Me" on Nov. 10 through Simon & Schuster's Simon Six imprint.
- Maggie Gyllenhaal received the festival's President's Award at the same ceremony, recalling how a semester abroad in Prague — and a screening of Miloš Forman's "Loves of a Blonde" — were early catalysts for her eventual directing career.
- Gyllenhaal, who has directed only two films — "The Bride" and "The Lost Daughter" — told the audience "it took me a while to realize that was the better job for me," and noted she had previously won best actress at Karlovy Vary in 2006 for "Sherrybaby."
- The Karlovy Vary opening ceremony featured live renditions of film hits from the last six decades including Céline Dion's "My Heart Will Go On," followed by a screening of Juan Cabral and Santiago Franco's "The Match"; the 60th edition runs July 3–11.
Why it matters: The 60th-edition Karlovy Vary festival used its opening night to anchor its prestige around two Hollywood names at career inflection points — Hoffman days before his 89th birthday and a November memoir rollout, and Gyllenhaal publicly reaffirming her pivot from acting to directing after just two films behind the camera.
