Tuesday, September 04, 2018

MWFF 2018: Awards


42ND MONTREAL'S WORLD FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS

Monday, September 3, 2018

WORLD COMPETITON
FEATURE FILMS

Grand Prize of the Americas (Best Film):
CURTIZ by Tamas Yvan Topolánszky, Hungary

Special Grand Prix of the Jury (ex-aequo):

SAMURAI'S PROMISE / CHIRITSUBAKI by Daisaku Kimura, Japan

THE ETRUSCAN SMILE by Mihal Brezis, Oded  Binnun, Switzerland - Germany - United States – United Kingdom

Best Director:
Attila Szász for ETERNAL WINTER / ÖRÖK TÉL by Attila Szász, Hungary

Best Actress:
Maya Szopa in STRANGERS OF PATIENCE / STRANNIKI TERPENIYA by Vladimir Alenikov, Russia

Best Actor:
Hiroshi Tachi in LIFE IN OVERTIME / OWATTA HITO by Hideo Nakata, Japan

Best Screenplay (ex-aequo):
Jianv Han, Wei Zhong and Muye Wen for DYING TO SURVIVEbyMuye Wen, China
Mirko Locatelli and Giuditta Tarantelli for ISABELLEbyMirko Locatelli, Italy – France

Best Artistic Contribution:
THE LORD EAGLE / TOYON KYYL by Eduard Novikov, Russia

Innovation Award:
MOCKING OF CHRIST / RUGANJE SO HRISTOS by Jani Bojadzi, Republic of Macedonia

WORLD COMPETITON
SHORT FILMS
  
1st prize
Vagabonds by Amartei Armar, Ghana

Jury Award
All My Guardian Angels / Todos mis padres by Bernabé Rico, Spain

FIRST FICTION FILMS COMPETITION

Golden Zenith
THE GAZELLE'S DANCE / EL BAILE DE LA GACELA  by Iván Porras Meléndez, Costa Rica – Mexico

Silver Zenith
KILL ME TODAY, TOMORROW I`M SICK! by Joachim Schroeder and Tobias Streck, Germany

Bronze Zenith
HAVE YOUR NAME CARVED by Lei Xu, China

Special mention for quality
JIM SHOE by Peter Sutton, United States
  
CHINESE FILM FESTIVAL

1st Prize
DESTINIESby Zhang Pu, China

2nd Prize
FATHER TO SON / VAN PAO TE by Ya-Chuan Hsiao, Taiwan

3rd Prize
SNOW FALL / XUE ZANG by Gao Chenggang, China

DOCUMENTARIES OF THE WORLD

1st Prize
DYING TO TELL / MORIR PARA CONTAR by Hernán Zin, Spain

2nd Prize
ICELANDER by Nils Oliveto, Canada

3rd Prize
FAHAVALO, MADAGASCAR 1947 / FAHAVALO by Marie Clémence Andriamonta Paes, France - Madagascar - Belgium - Cape Verde - Qatar

For more information on the festival visit the Montreal World Film Festival's website.




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