2006 São Paulo Film Festival Awards2006 São Paulo Film Festival Awards: November 2, 2006
Jury Awards:
Best Film / Melhor Filme: O Cheiro do Ralo / Drained, by Heitor Dhalia (Brazil)
Special Jury Prize / Prêmio Especial do Júri: El Violin / The Violin, by Francisco Vargas (Mexico), with a special mention for actor Don Angel Tavira
Best Actor / Melhor Ator: Adel Imam for Omaret yakobean / The Yacoubian Building (Egypt)
Best Actress / Melhor Atriz: Maria Lundqvist for Äideistä parhain / Mother of Mine (Finland)
Special Mention / Menção Honrosa (for its visual qualities): O Ano em que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias / The Year My Parents Went Away on Vacation, by Cao Hamburger (Brazil)
Audience Awards:
Best Foreign Narrative Feature / Melhor Longa Estrangeiro de Ficção: Rosso come il cielo / Red as the Sky, by Cristiano Bortone (Italy)
Best Foreign Documentary / Melhor Documentário Estrangeiro: An Inconvenient Truth, by Davis Guggenheim (U.S.)
Best Brazilian Medium-Length Film / Melhor Média Brasileiro: Deus e o Diabo em Cima da Muralha / God and the Devil Atop the Wall, by Tocha Alves and Daniel Lieff
Best Foreign Medium-Length Film / Melhor Média Estrangeiro: Jana Sanskriti, un théâtre en campagne / Jana Sanskriti, a Theater on the Field, by Jeanne Dosse (France)
Best Brazilian Short / Melhor Curta Brasileiro: Primeira Vez / First Time, by Fabrício Bittar
Best Foreign Short / Melhor Curta Estrangeiro: I Want to Be a Pilot, by Diego Quemada-Diez (Kenya / Mexico / Spain)
Critics' Awards:
Best International Film: Hamaca Paraguaya, by Paz Encina (Paraguay / France / Argentina / The Netherlands)
Best Brazilian Film: O Cheiro do Ralo / Drained, by Heitor Dhalia
Other Awards:
Petrobras Award for Best Brazilian Narrative Feature / Prêmio Petrobras Cultural de Difusão – Melhor Longa Brasileiro de Ficção (tie): Antonia, by Tata Amaral and O Ano em que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias / The Year My Parents Went Away on Vacation, by Cao Hamburger
Petrobras Award for Best Brazilian Documentary / Prêmio Petrobras Cultural de Difusão – Melhor Documentário Brasileiro: Fabricando Tom Zé / Manufacturing Tom Zé, by Décio Matos Jr.
Youth Award / Prêmio da Juventude: Äideistä parhain / Mother of Mine, by Klaus Harö (Finland)
Humanity Award / Prêmio Humanidade: Italian filmmaker Vittorio De Seta, director of Banditi a Orgosolo / Bandits at Orgosolo (1960) e Lettere dal Sahara / Letters from the Sahara (2006)
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