Chicago Film Festival Awards 2007
by Andre Soares
2007 Chicago Film Festival Awards - Gold Hugo
2007 Chicago International Film Festival: October 4–17, 2007.
Carlos Reygadas’s Silent Night revolves around a case of adultery in a Mennonite community in northern Mexico. Earlier this year, Silent Night shared the Jury Prize (third place) at the Cannes Film Festival.
INTERNATIONAL FILM COMPETITION
The Gold Hugo — Best Film:
Silent Light (Mexico), directed by Carlos Reygadas
The Silver Hugo — Special Jury Prize:
Tuya’s Marriage (China), directed by Wang Quanan
The Silver Hugo for Direction:
You, The Living (Sweden)
Silver Hugo Award — Best Actress:
Yu Nan for Tuya’s Marriage (China)
Silver Hugo Award — Best Actor:
Sam Riley for Control (UK)
The Silver Hugo Award for Best Screenplay:
Matt Greenhalgh for Control (UK)
Plaques:
Chico Teixeira for Alice’s House (Brazil)
NEW DIRECTORS COMPETITION
The Gold Hugo:
In Memory of Myself (Italy), directed by Saverio Costanzo
The Silver Hugo:
Not By Chance (Brazil), directed by Philippe Barcinski
SHORT FILM COMPETITION
The Gold Hugo for Best Short Film:
Hesitation (France/UK), directed by Virginia Gilbert.
The Silver Hugo for Best Narrative Short Film:
Partus (Denmark), directed by Mikkel Munch-Falls, and Stuck (Scotland) directed by Graham Drysdale.
The Gold Plaque for Best Narrative Short Film:
27,000 Days (U.S.), directed by Naveen Singhi.
The Silver Plaque for Best Narrative Short Film:
Train Town (U.S., directed by Keith Bearden
The Silver Hugo for Animated Short Film:
Everything Will Be Ok (U.S.), directed by Don Hertzfeld, and For the Love of God (United Kingdom), directed by Joe Tucker
The Gold Plaque for Animated Short Film:
Yours Truly (United Kingdom), directed by Osbert Parker
The Silver Plaque for Animated Short Film:
Sleeping Betty (Canada), directed by Claude Cloutier
The Gold Plaque for Experimental Film:
The Delaware Project (Canada), directed by Melanie Shatzky and Brian M. Cassidy
The Gold Hugo for Best Documentary Short:
The Ladies (U.S.), directed by Christina Voros
DOCUFEST COMPETITION
The Gold Hugo for Best Documentary:
Taxi to the Dark Side (U.S.), directed by Alex Gibney
The Silver Hugo:
Chicago 10 (U.S.), directed by Brett Morgen
The Gold Plaque in Direction:
America the Beautiful (U.S.), directed by Darryl Roberts
The Gold Plaque in Photography:
4 Elements (Netherlands), directed by Jiska Rickels
The Special Jury Prize (Silver Plaque):
Operation Filmmaker (U.S.), directed by Nina Davenport, and A Walk into the Sea (U.S.), directed by Esther Robinson
CHICAGO AWARD
Presented to a Chicago or Illinois artist for the best feature film, short film, or documentary
Winners: Terra Incognita (Director: Maria Finitzo, US), Street Thief (US), directed by Malik Bader
SPECIAL TRIBUTES
Lifetime Achievement Award: Roger Ebert
Career Achievement Award: John Cusack, Jeffrey Wright
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD
Control (UK) - Director Anton Corbijn
Lovesickness (Puerto Rico) - Directors Carlitos Ruiz Ruiz and Mariem Perez Riera
Spirit of the Marathon (U.S.) - Director Jon Dunham
Main Competition Jury: Rudi Dolezal, Mike Goodridge, Udo Kier, Jiri Menzel, Claude Nouchi, Maryse Sistach
New Directors Jury: Phillip Bergson, Elizabeth Donius, Ron Falzone, Bill Stamets
Docufest Competition Jury: Clayton Brown, Peter Gilbert, Lisa Nesselson
Chicago International Film Festival Site
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Israeli Film Academy’s 2007 Ophir Awards
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Sarajevo Film Festival 2007 Awards
Montreal World Film Festival 2007 Awards
Norway’s Film Awards - 2007 Amandas
Locarno Film Festival 2007 Awards
Indian National Film Awards 2007
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