2005 Chicago Film Festival Awards
2005 Chicago Film Festival: Oct. 6-20, 2005
INTERNATIONAL FILM COMPETITION
Gold Hugo – Best Film: Mój Nikifor / My Nikifor (Poland), directed by Krzysztof Krauze
Silver Hugo – Special Jury Prize: Moartea Domnului Lazarescu / The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Romania), directed by Cristi Puiu
Silver Hugo Award – Best Actor: Roman Gancarczyk of Mój Nikifor / My Nikifor (Poland)
Silver Hugo Award – Best Actress: Inka Friedrich and Nadja Uhl of Sommer Vorm Balkon / Summer In Berlin (Germany)
Gold Hugo – Lifetime Achievement Award: Manoel de Oliveira
Career Achievement Award: Susan Sarandon, Shirley MacLaine, Terrence Howard
NEW DIRECTORS COMPETITION
FIPRESCI Prize: La Moustache (France), directed by Emmanuel Carrere
SHORT FILM COMPETITION
Gold Hugo for Best Short Film: One Minute Past Midnight (United Kingdom), directed by Celia Galan Julve
Gold Hugo for Best Student Film: Chicle (United States), directed by Josh Hyde
Gold Hugo for Best Animated Film: Clara (Australia), directed by Van Sowerwine
Silver Hugo: Ry Russo-Young's Marion (United States) for Experimental Short Film and Lizzi Akana's Marvelous, Keen Loony Bin (United States) for Student Animated Film
Gold Plaque for Narrative Short Films: Kitchen (France), directed by Alice Winocour, and The Raftman's Razor (United States), directed by Keith Bearden
Gold Plaque for Experimental Short Film: Spacer (Canada) directed by Guy Roland
Gold Plaque for Animated Short Film: The Legend of the Scarecrow (Spain), directed by Marco Besas
Silver Plaques for Narrative Short Films: Divorce Lemonade (United States), directed by Justin Hayward, and Jesus Children of America (United States), directed by Spike Lee
DOCUFEST COMPETITION
Gold Hugo for Best Documentary Feature: The Boys of Baraka (United States), directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady.
Aquafina Pure Vision Award: The Boys of Baraka as Best Documentary Feature.
Silver Hugo for Best Documentary Feature: The Devil's Miner (United States/Germany), directed by Kief Davidson and Richard Ladkani
CHICAGO AWARD (for local filmmakers): Lemmings, an animated short film by Ron Fleischer
TERRA NOVA SILVER IMAGES GENERATIONS AWARD: Mrs. Henderson Presents (United Kingdom), directed by Stephen Frears, and My Grandmother's House/ La Casa de mi abuela (Spain), directed by Adan Aliaga
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD
Winner: North Country (USA)
Rounding out the top ten audience favorites are: The Boys of Baraka (USA), Border Cafe (Iran), After Innocence (USA), Mrs. Henderson Presents (United Kingdom), The Devil's Miner (USA), Transamerica (USA), October 17, 1961 (France), Fateless (Hungary), How to Eat Your Watermelon In White Company (And Enjoy It) (USA).
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