MWFF 2018: Closing Night Photo Highlights

Montreal World Film Festival 2018 Award Winners

Montreal World Film Festival 2018
September 3, 2018

Red Carpet Closing Night

Award Ceremony

  
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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.

MWFF 2017: Awards

41ST WORLD FILM FESTIVAL, MONTREAL 2017

Monday, September 4, 2017

AWARDS

FEATURE FILMS

World Competition

Grand Prix of the Americas (Best Film):

AND SUDDENLY THE DAWN / Y DE PRONTO EL AMANECER by Silvio Caiozzi (Chile)

Special Grand Prix of the Jury:

DEAR ETRANGER / OSANAGO WARERA NI UMARE by Yukiko Mishima (Japan) 

Best Director:

Maciej Sobieszczanski for the film RECONCILIATION / ZGODA (Poland)

Best Actress:

Irena Kovacevic in the film THE BASICS OF KILLING / DRUŽINICA by Jan Cvitkovic (Slovenia / Serbia)

Best Actor:

Karel Roden in the film A PROMINENT PATIENT / MASARYK by Julius Ševcík (Czech Republic/Slovakia)

Best Screenplay:

Hosein Namazi for the screenplay of his film APPENDIX (Iran)

Best Artistic Contribution (ex-aequo):

- THE HIDDEN SWORD by Xu Haofeng (China)
- ANNA KARENINA. VRONSKY’S STORY / ANNA KARENINA. ISTORIYA VRONSKOGO by Karen Shakhnazarov (Russia)

Visual Innovation Award for Transmitting the Oral Traditions:

SAYAKBAY - HOMER OF 20TH CENTURY by Ernest Abdyjaparov (Kyrgyzstan)

ZENITHS FOR THE BEST FIRST FICTION FEATURE FILMS

First Films World Competition

Golden Zenith:

THE RETURN / DOLAONDA by Chul Heo (South Korea)

Silver Zenith: 

SWEET PARENTS by David Bly (Canada / USA)

Bronze Zenith: 

THE LOST ELEPHANTS / LES ÉLÉPHANTS PERDUS by Claude Andrieux (France)

SHORT FILMS

  

1st prize:

THE LAST CHURCH BELLS / POSLEDENITE KAMBANI by Nicola Popovski (Macedonia)

Jury Award:

THE CLOWN / LE CLOWN by Maxime Genois (Canada)

Special Mentions: 

UCHEBNIK by David Csicskár (Hungary)

WOLF / VARG by Erik Andersson et Frida Kempff (Sweden)

Special Prize of Laughter:

THIS IS ED!! by Bob Hiltermann (USA)

  

CHINESE FILM FESTIVAL

1st Prize:  THE AMBER by Chen Peng'ao (China)

2nd Prize:  THE BLOOD HOUND by Jianhua Liu (China)

3rd Prize:  ACROSS THE RIVER by Zhang Yueling (China)

AWARDS OF THE 48TH STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL, MONTREAL 2017

(Held under the auspices and in collaboration with MWFF 2017)

Awards granted on Sunday, September 3, 2017

NATIONAL COMPETITION (CANADA)

Norman McLaren Award (Best Film):

LAND by Samiramis Kia (York University, Toronto)

  

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

1st Prize - Best Film of International Competition

ELENE by Sezen Kayhan (Koç University, Istanbul,Turkey)

BEST FILMS BY CATEGORIES:

Fiction Film:

THE BABYSITTER by Heli Hardy

(The Steve Tisch School of film and Television, University of Tel Aviv, Israel)

Special Mention:

NINE KNOTS / NUEVE NUDOS by Lorena Colmenares

(University of the Andes, Bogota, Colombia)

  

Animation Film:

WISHING BOX by Wenli (Lizzie) Zhang

(Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, USA)

Documentary Film:

OPEN DOORS by Pavel Marcano (Universidad del Cine, Buenos Aires, Argentina)

  

Experimental Film:

NIPENTHES by Jon Simvonis (AMC Metropolitan College, Athens, Greece)

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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)

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.