Montreal World Film Festival Awards 2006
30th Montreal World Film Festival Awards – 2006 Grand Prix of the Americas
The 30th Montreal World Film Festival (Montreal Festival des Films du Monde) was held between Aug. 24-Sept. 4, 2006.
The winners at the 30th Montreal World Film Festival (Montreal Festival des Films du Monde) were announced on Sept. 4, 2006.
Eiji Okuda’s Nagai Sanpo / A Long Walk, a Japanese drama about an old man (veteran Ken Ogata) who goes out for a long stroll with a mysterious little girl, and Carlos Diegues‘ O Maior Amor do Mundo / The Greatest Love of All, the story of a dying Brazilian man (José Wilker) searching for the identity of his biological mother, shared the Grand Prix of the Americas at the Montreal World Film Festival, which came to a close yesterday. Nagai Sanpo also won the International Film Critics’ FIPRESCI prize and the Ecumenical Prize.
The Special Jury Prize went to Yang Yazhou’s Chinese drama Snow in the Wind, about a country girl so in love with the movies that she marries a film projectionist. Hans Peter Moland was chosen Best Director for the Norwegian drama GymnaslÁ¦rer Pedersen / Comrade Pedersen, which revolves around Marxism, romance, and sex. Edin Hadzimahovic received the Best Screenplay Award for Warchild, a German/Slovenian drama about the Bosnian war directed by Christian Wagner.
The Best Actor was Filip Peeters for his performance as an innocent man sent to prison in Morocco in the Midnight Express-like De Hel van Tanger / Hell in Tangier, while the Best Actress was Ni Ping for Snow in the Wind.
Honorary awards were given to actors Bruno Ganz, Rémy Girard, and Bulle Ogier.
FEATURE FILMS
Grand prix of the Americas:
NAGAI SANPO / A LONG WALK by Eiji Okuda (Japan)
O MAIOR AMOR DO MUNDO / THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL by Carlos Diegues (Brazil)
Special Jury Prize:
SNOW IN THE WIND by Yang Yazhou (China)
Best Director:
Hans Peter Moland for GYMNASLAERER PEDERSEN / COMRADE PEDERSEN (Norway)
Best Actor:
Filip Peeters for DE HEL VAN TANGER / HELL IN TANGIER by Frank Van Mechelen (Belgium / Spain)
Best Actress:
Ni Ping for SNOW IN THE WIND by Yang Yazhou (China)
Best Screenplay:
Edin Hadzimahovic for WARCHILD by Christian Wagner (Germany / Slovenia)
Best Artistic contribution:
Guy Dufaux for LES FILLES DU BOTANISTE / THE CHINESE BOTANIST’S DAUGHTERS by Dai Sijie (France / Canada)
Innovation Award:
RUIDO by César Rodriguez (Puerto Rico)
Special awards for their exceptional contribution to the cinematographic art:
Bruno Ganz
Rémy Girard
Bulle Ogier
FIPRESCI (International Film Critics) Prize:
NAGAI SANPO / A LONG WALK by Eiji Okuda (Japan)
Ecumenical Prize:
NAGAI SANPO / A LONG WALK by Eiji Okuda (Japan)
SHORT FILMS
First Prize:
RÉVOLUTION by Xavier Diskeuve (Belgium)
Special Jury Award:
CHECKPOINT by Ben Phelps (Australia)
ZENITHS FOR BEST FIRST FEATURE FILM
Golden Zenith:
MÁS QUE A NADA EN EL MUNDO / MORE THAN ANYTHING IN THE WORLD by Andrés León Becker et Javier Solar (Mexico)
Silver Zenith:
QUÉ TANT LEJOS / HOW MUCH FURTHER? by Tania Hermida (Ecuador)
Bronze Zenith:
OMARET YACOUBIAN / THE YACOUBIAN BUILDING by Marwan Hamed (Egypt)
AUDIENCE AWARDS
Audience Award for Best Film:
LES FILLES DU BOTANISTE / THE CHINESE BOTANIST’S DAUGHTERS by Dai Sijie (France / Canada)
Audience Award for Best Canadian Film:
LES FILLES DU BOTANISTE / THE CHINESE BOTANIST’S DAUGHTERS by Dai Sijie (France / Canada)
Glauber Rocha Award for the Best Latin American Film:
MARIPOSA NEGRA by Francisco Lombardi (Peru / Spain)
Best Documentary Film:
L’ART DE VIEILLIR / THE ART OF AGING by Jean-Luc Raynaud (France)
Best Canadian Short Film:
JACK & JACQUES by Marie-Hélène Copti (Canada)
Grand Prix of the Americas Jury: Canadian director Marc-André Forcier, American actress Kathy Bates, Danish producer Vibeke Windelov, Argentinian actor Federico Luppi, and French screenwriter Guillaume Laurant
First Fiction Film Jury: Shaz Bennet (U.S.A.), Serge Dussault (Canada), Paul Gratton (Canada)
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