2006 Shanghai Film Festival Awards
2006 Shanghai International Film Festival was held between June 17-25, 2006.
Chris Kraus' German drama Vier minuten / Four Minutes won the Best Film Award at the 2006 Shanghai Film Festival. The Jury Grand Prize went to Chinese filmmaker Qi Jian's The Forest Ranger, while the Best Director Award was given to Fabienne Godet for the French psychological drama Sauf le respect que je vous dois / Burnt Out.
Best Actor was Sauf le respect que je vous dois star Olivier Gourmet, who plays a man whose life crumbles following a co-worker's suicide. Best Actress honors went to Els Dottermans as a woman who loves her son too much in the Belgian drama Dennis van Rita / Love Belongs to Everyone.
BEST FILM
VIER MINUTEN / FOUR MINUTES (Germany) by Chris Kraus
JURY GRAND PRIX
THE FOREST RANGER (China) by Qi Jian
BEST DIRECTOR
Fabienne Godet for SAUF LE RESPECT QUE JE VOUS DOIS / BURNT OUT (France)
BEST ACTOR
Olivier Gourmet for SAUF LE RESPECT QUE JE VOUS DOIS / BURNT OUT (France)
BEST ACTRESS
Els Dottermans for DENNIS VAN RITA / LOVE BELONGS TO EVERYONE (Belgium)
BEST SCREENPLAY
Hugo van Laere for DENNIS VAN RITA / LOVE BELONGS TO EVERYONE (Belgium)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Fabio Cianchetti for THE LAND (Italy)
BEST MUSIC
Karl Jenkins for RIVER QUEEN (New Zealand)
ASIAN NEW TALENT – BEST FILM
LIVING IN FEAR by Chuyên Bui Thac
ASIAN NEW TALENT – BEST DIRECTOR
Wanma Caidan for Lhing vjags kyi ma ni rdo vbum
PRESS PRIZE – BEST FILM
THE FOREST RANGER (China) by Qi Jian
PRESS PRIZE – EXPLORING SPIRIT AWARD
LE PARFUM DE LA DAME EN NOIR – Bruno Podalydès
PRESS PRIZE – BEST VISUAL EFFECT
THE MUSIC BOX- Yi Fei Chen
Outstanding Contribution to Chinese Cinema
Ang Lee
Special Artistic Achievement Award
Catherine Deneuve
Jury: Luc Besson (France) (head of jury); Xiaogang Feng (China) (vice-head of jury); Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón (Spain); Diana Bracho (Mexico); Duncan Kenworthy (UK); Kyung-Taek Kwak (Korea); Stanley Kwan (Hong Kong/China); Gabriele Salvatores (Italy); Jinglei Xu (China)
Asian New Talent Jury: Zhuangzhuang Tian; Marian Bhalotra; Joon-ho Bong; Kaizo Hayashi; Cheuk-to Li
Shanghai International Film Festival Site
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