2007 Montreal World Film Festival Awards
2007 Montreal World Film Festival (Montreal Festival des Films du Monde): Aug. 23-Sept. 3, 2007
Ben X by Nic Balthazar (top); A Secret by Claude Miller (bottom)
FEATURE FILMS
Grand prix of the Americas (ex aequo): BEN X by Nic Balthazar (Belgium / The Netherlands) and A SECRET by Claude Miller (France)
Special Grand Prix of the jury: NOODLE by Ayelet Menahemi (Israel)
Best Director: 1 DAY (1 JOURNÉE) by Jacob Berger (Switzerland)
Best Artistic contribution: TERESA: EL CUERPO DE CRISTO by Ray Loriga (Spain)
Best Actress: ANDREA SAWAKTZKI for the film THE OTHER BOY by Volker Einrauch (Germany)
Best Actor (ex aequo): FILIPE DUARTE and TOMÁS ALMEIDA for the film A OUTRA MARGEM (THE OTHER SIDE) by Luís Filipe Rocha (Portugal / Brazil)
Best Screenplay: SAMIRA'S GARDEN by Latif Lahlou, screenplay by Latif Lahlou (Morocco)
Innovation Award: D75-TARTINA CITY by Issa Serge Coelo (Chad / France / Morocco)
SHORT FILMS
1st prize: CLEANING LADY'S DREAMS by Banu Akseki (Belgium)
Jury Award: L.H.O. by Jan Zabeil (Allemagne)
ZENITHS FOR THE BEST FIRST FICTION FEATURE FILM 2007
Golden Zenith for the Best First Fiction Feature Film: LA CAJA (THE WOODEN BOX) by Juan Carlos Falcón (Spain)
Silver Zenith for First Fiction Feature Film: MALOS HABITOS (BAD HABITS) by Simon Bross (Mexico)
Bronze Zenith for the First Fiction Feature Film: DONG SUN (BAMBOO SHOOTS) by Jian Yi (China)
Special Mention in the First Feature Film Category: WIND MAN by Khuat Akhmetov (Russia)
AUDIENCE AWARDS
Audience Award for the most popular film of the Festival: BEN X by Nic Balthazar (Belgium / The Netherlands)
Audience Award for the most popular Canadian feature film: SURVIVING MY MOTHER by Émile Gaudreault (Canada)
Glauber Rocha Award for the Best Latin American Film: PARTES USADAS (USED PARTS) by Aarón Fernandez (Mexico)
Award for Best Documentary Film: NACH DER MUSIK (A FATHER'S MUSIC) by Igor Heitzmann (Germany)
Award for Best Canadian Short Film: GILLES' LILI (LA LILI A GILLES) by David Uloth (Canada)
FIPRESCI PRIZE (INTERNATIONAL FILM CRITICS)
Feature film: SAMIRA'S GARDEN by Latif Lahlou (Morocco)
Short film: GOOD NIGHT MALIK (BONNE NUIT MALIK) by Bruno Danan (France)
ECUMENICAL PRIZE: BEN X by Nic Balthazar (Belgium / Netherlands)
Special awards for their exceptional contribution to the cinematographic art: Fernand Dansereau, Andrés Vicente Gómez, Sophie Marceau, Jon Voight
International Competition Jury: James B. Harris (president), Javier Angulo Barturen, Denise Filiatrault, Mia Maestro, Kang Soo-Yeon, Nathalie Katinakis
First Fiction Film Jury: Jacques Bensimon (Canada), Jérôme Paillard (France), Jorge Sanchez Sosa (Mexico)
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