MWFF 2016: Awards

2016 MONTREAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS

Monday September 5, 2016

AWARDS OF THE 40th WORLD FILM FESTIVAL,  MONTREAL 2016

Jury

Pierre-Henri Deleau, film festival director, producer, France
Claude Gagnon, director, Canada
Goran Markovic, director, Serbia
Donald Ranvaud, producer, Italy / UK
Eliseo Subiela, director, Argentina

FEATURE FILMS

Grand Prize of the Americas (Best Film):
$100,000 - USTAV REPUBLIKE HRVATSKE / THE CONSTITUTION, director Rajko Grlic (Croatia, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Macedonia)

Special Grand Prix of the jury:
$50,000 - HAUS OHNE DACH / HOUSE WITHOUT ROOF, director Soleen Yusef (Germany, Kurdistan)

Best Director:
EVERYBODY HAPPY, director Nic Balthazar (Belgium, Netherlands)

Best Actress:
Hannah Hoekstra for the film DE HELLEVEEG / THE FURY, director André van Duren (Netherlands)

Best Actor:
Willem Dafoe for the film MY HINDU FRIEND, director Hector Babenco (Brazil)

Best Screenplay:
RÜZGARDA SALINA NILÜFER / SWAYING WATERLILY, director Seren Yüce (Turkey)

Best Artistic Contribution:
TATARA SAMURAI, director Yoshinari Nishikori (Japan)

Innovation Award:
EMBRASSE-MOI COMME TU M’AIMES, director André Forcier (Canada)

SHORT FILMS:

1st prize:

$5,000 - THE SESSION, director Morgane Becerril (USA, France, Italy)

Jury Award:
$5,000 - SILENCE, director Dejan Mrkic (Australia, Croatia, UK)

ZENITHS FOR THE BEST FIRST FICTION FEATURE FILMS 2016:

Members of the jury of the First Fiction Films:

Maurie Alioff, film critic, writer, Canada
Mariangiola Castrovilli, journaliste, Italy
Pierre-Henri Deleau, film festival director, producer, France

Golden Zenith for the Best First Fiction Feature film:
$50,000 - ATANYM KEREEZI / A FATHER’S WILL, directors Bakyt Mukul and Dastan Zhapar uulu (Kyrgyzstan)

Silver Zenith for the First Fiction Feature Film: 
$40,000 - EHO / ECHO, director Dren Zherka (Germany, Kosovo)

Bronze Zenith for the First Fiction Feature Film (ex-aequo): 
$10,000 - IF YOU WERE HERE, director Yu Lan (China)

$10,000 - DUE EURO L’ORA / TWO EUROS PER HOUR, director Andrea D’Ambrosio (Italy)

SPECIAL CHINESE FILM FESTIVAL

1st Prize:
$60,000 - YE KONG QUE / THE NIGHT PEACOCK, director Dai Sijie (China, France)

2nd Prize:
$30,000 - WHEN LARRY MET MARY, director Wen Zhang (China)

DOCUMENTARIES OF THE WORLD

Best Documentary Award:

$15,000 - KEN SAN by Yuichi Hibi (Japan)

$15,000 - ALBERT ET ALMA EN SEIZE TEMPS / ALBERT AND ALMA IN 16 STRINGS, director Philippe Frenette-Roy (Canada)

CANADIAN CINEMA

1st Prize:

$60,000 - EMBRASSE-MOI COMME TU M’AIMES, director André Forcier (Canada)

2nd Prize:

30,000$ - MÁS ALLÁ DE LO QUE QUEDA / BEYOND WHAT REMAINS, directors Peter Tharos and Bassel Martin (Canada)

GLAUBER ROCHA AWARD FOR THE BEST FILM FROM LATIN AMERICA:

MIGAS DE PAN / BREADCRUMBS, director Manane Rodríguez (Spain, Uruguay)