Montreal World Film Festival Awards 2007
August 28th, 2007 by Andre Soares
31st Montreal World Film Festival Awards - 2007 Grand Prix of the Americas
The 31st Montreal World Film Festival (Montreal Festival des Films du Monde) was held between Aug. 23-Sept. 3, 2007.
The winners at the 31st Montreal World Film Festival (Montreal Festival des Films du Monde) will be announced on Sept. 3, 2007.
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), JérÁ´me Paillard (France), Jorge Sanchez Sosa (Mexico)
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