MWFF 2015 Awards

AWARDS OF THE MONTREAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL MONTRÉAL 2015

Monday September 7, 2015

Jury

President : Dany Laferrière, writer (Canada)

Luis Urquiza, filmmaker (Mexico)

Gerardo Salcedo, festival programmer (Mexico)

Peter Rainer, writer & film critic (United States)

Ventura Pons, filmmaker, (Spain)

Tea Falco, actress (Italy)

Feature Films

Grand Prize of the Americas:

Mad Love, director Philippe Ramos (France)

Special Grand Jury Award:

Misafir (The Visitor/La Visiteuse), director Mehmet Eryilmaz (Turkey)

Two Films-Tie for Best Director:

2 Nights Till Morning, director Mikko Kuparinen (Finland / Lithuania) 

Dosieto Petrov (Petrov File / Le Dossier Petrov), director Georgi Balabanov (Bulgaria / Germany)

Best Actress:

Malin Buska for The Girl King, director Mika Kaurismäki (Canada / Finland /Germany / Sweden)

Best Actor:

Wolfram Berger for Rider Jack, director This Lüscher (Switzerland)

Best Screenplay:

Letnie Przesilenie (Summer Solstice / Solstice d’été), director Michal Rogalski (Poland/ Germany)

Best Artistic contribution:

Seven Days, director Xing Jian (China)

Innovation Award:

Un Instante En La Habana (Havana Moment), director Guillermo Ivàn Duenas (USA / Cuba / Mexico/ Colombia)

Short Films 

1st Prize :
La Voce (La voix), director David Uloth (Canada)

Jury Award:
Honeysuckle, director Lucy Lumsden (United Kingdom)

Zenith awards for best first fiction feature

Jury members for First Fiction Films:
Pierre Henri Deleau
Donald Ranvaud 
Antoine Zeind

Golden Zenith for the Best First Fiction Feature Film:

Chuyi (The Funeral / Les funérailles), director Qi Wang (China)

Silver Zenith for the First Fiction Feature Film:

Para Minha Amada Morta (To My Beloved / À Ma Bien Aimée), director Ali Muritiba (Brazil))

Bronze Zenith for the First Fiction Feature Film:

La Linea Delgada Amarilla (The Thin Yellow Line), director Celso Garcia (Mexico)

Special Mentions of the First Feature Film Jury:

Asman Aldynda (Under Heaven), director Dalmira Tilepbergen (Kyrgyzstan)
Rosa Chumbe, director Jonatan Relayze Chiang (Peru)

Public Awards

The Public was invited to vote for the most popular films presented during the 2015 Montreal World film festival

Public Awards for the most popular film of the Festival:
Chucks, directors Sabine Hiebler and Gerhard Ertl, from the Cornelia Travnicek novel (Austria)

Public Award for the most popular Canadian film of the Festival:

The Girl King, director Mika Kaurismäki (Canada / Finland /Germany / Sweden)

Glauber Rocha Award for the Best Latin American:

La Delgada Linea Amarilla (The Thin Yellow Line), director Celso Garcia (Mexico)

Awards for Best Documentary:

TIE Marzia, Ystäväni (Marzia My Friend / Marzia Mon Amie), director Kirsi Mattila (Finland)
Playing Lecuona, director Pavel Giroud (Spain-Colombia)

Best Canadian Short Film:

La Voce (The Voice / La Voix), director David Uloth (Canada)

FIPRESCI PRIZE (INTERNATIONALE FILM CRITICS), WORLD compétition:

Misafir (The Visitor / La Visiteuse), director Mehmet Eryilmaz (Turkey)

FIPRESCI PRIZE (INTERNATIONALE FILM CRITICS), First Feature:

Rosa Chumbe, director Jonatan Relayze Chiang (Peru)

Ecumenical Jury Prize:

L’orchestre de minuit, director Jérôme Cohen Olivar (Morroco)

Ecumenical Jury Mentions:

Doroga Na Berlin (On The Road To Berlin), director Sergei Popov (Russia)
Un Instante En La Habana, director Guillermo Ivàn Duenas (USA, Cuba, Mexico, Colombia)

OTHER AWARDS:

A special grand prize of the Americas is awarded to producer Lord Puttnam for his exceptional contribution to the world of cinema.