Koen Mortier (b. 1965) made his first short film Ana Temnei in 1996 and won a series of awards for it, including the Gold Award at the Worldfest in Houston in 1997. His second short A Hard Day's Work was screened at over thirty international festivals, and won prizes in Brussels, Sarajevo and St. Petersburg, among others. In 1998 Mortier began working within his own production company CZAR.BE, a division of the Amsterdam-based company of the same name; under his own name and that of Lionel Goldstein, he made a number of commercials, winning various national and international prizes, including three Palmes d'Or at Cannes (2002, 2003, 2004). September 2002 saw the launch of the company CCCP, focusing on feature and documentary films, thanks to which he was able to make his feature debut Ex Drummer. This year the film won the Tiger Award at the Rotterdam IFF.
MFF Karlovy Vary
