The Montreal World Film Festival

Jury

President : JIRI MENZEL, director (Czech Republic)

CAROLINE DHAVERNAS, actress (Canada)

MICHAEL KUTZA, festival director (USA)

PEDRO OLEA, director, scriptwriter, producer (Spain)

DAI SIJIE, director and writer (China - France)

All winners are interviewed and will be posted on this site.

FEATURE FILMS

Grand prix des Americas:

LIFE FEELS GOOD (CHCE SIEZ ZYC) by Maciej Pieprzyca (Poland)

Special Grand Prix of the jury:

A THOUSAND TIMES GOODNIGHT by Erik Poppe (Norway)

Best Director:

HET VONNIS (THE VERDICT) by Jan Verheyen (Belgium)

Best Actress :

JÖRDIS TRIEBEL for the film WESTEN (WEST) by Christian Schwochow (Germany)

Best Actors :

MARCEL SABOURIN for the film ANOTHER HOUSE by Mathieu Roy (Canada)

PETER PLAUGBORG for the film THE MIRACLE (MIRAKLET) by Simon Staho (Danemark)

Best Screenplay:

IVAN SON OF AMIR by Maksim Panfilov, screeplay by Maksim Panfilov & Andrei Osipov (Russie)

Best Artistic Contribution :

ASK THIS OF RIKYU by Mitsutoshi Tanaka (Japan)

LANDES by François-Xavier Vives (France)

Innovation Award:

FEED ME by Yazhou Yang & Bo Yang (China)

SHORT FILMS :

1^st prize:

HELP! by Jean Marboeuf (France)

Jury Award:

WOLSMELK (WOLF’S MILK) by Hans Vercauter (Belgique)

ZENITHS FOR THE BEST FIRST FICTION FEATURE FILMS 2012

Members of the jury of the First Fiction Films:

Pierre-Henri Deleau (France)

Wieland Speck (Germany)

Raymond Zhou (China)

Golden Zenith for the Best First Fiction Feature film:

THE LONG WAY HOME (EVE DÖNÜS SARKAMIS 1915) by Alphan Eseli (Turkey)

Silver Zenith for the First Fiction Feature Film : 

PUERTO PADRE by Gustavo Fallas (Costa Rica / Mexico)

Bronze Zenith for the First Fiction Feature Film : 

FINSTERWORLD by Frauke Finsterwalder (Germany)

PUBLIC AWARDS

The public was invited to vote for the most popular films in different categories:

Public Awards for the most popular film of the Festival:

LIFE FEELS GOOD (CHCE SIEZ ZYC) by Maciej Pieprzyca (Poland)

Public Award for the most popular Canadian Feature Film:

L’AUTRE MAISON (ANOTHER HOUSE) by Mathieu Roy (Canada)

Glauber Rocha Award for the Best Latin American Film:

LA DISTANCIA MAS LARGA (THE LONGEST DISTANCE) by Claudia Pinto Emperador (Venezuela / Spain)

Award for Best documentary:

WAGNERWAHN (THE WAGNER FILES) by Ralf Pleger (Germany)

Award for Best Canadian Short Film:

30-LOVE de Richard Stark (Canada)

FIPRESCI PRIZE (FIPRESCI Prize for a film in the World Competition):

WESTEN (WEST) by Christian Schwochow (Germany)

FIPRESCI PRIZE (FIPRESCI Prize for a film in the First Films Competition):

THE LONG WAY HOME (EVE DÖNÜS SARKAMIS 1915) by Alphan Eseli (Turkey)

ECUMENICAL PRIZES

LIFE FEELS GOOD (CHCE SIEZ ZYC) by Maciej Pieprzyca (Pologne)

Special mention of the Ecumenical jury:

A THOUSAND TIMES GOODNIGHT by Erik Poppe (Norway)

THE FERRY by Shi Wei (China)