The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

JURY

Président : VICENTE ARANDA, director (Spain)
KATHARINA MARIE SCHUBERT, actress (Germany)
LAURENT HEYNEMANN, director (France)
LI QUINKUAN, director (China)
DINO GENTILI, script-writer and director (Italy)
BERNARD SEGUIN-POIRIER, painter and sculptor (Canada)
CARMEN GAGNON, representing the general public (Canada)

FEATURE FILMS

Grand prix des Americas:
(COME AS YOU ARE) HASTA LA VISTA by Geoffrey Enthoven (Belgium)

Special Grand Prix of the jury :
CHRONICLE OF MY MOTHER by Masato Harada (Japan)

Best Director:
DER BRAND (THE FIRE) by Brigitte Maria Bertele (Germany)

Best Actress :
FATEHMEH MOTAMED-ARYA for the film HERE WITHOUT ME by Bahram Tavakoli (Iran)

Best Actor ex-aequo:
BORYS SZYC for the film KRET (THE MOLE) by Rafael Lewandowski (Poland)
DANNY HUSTON for the film PLAYOFF by Eran Riklis (Israel-France)

Best Screenplay:
L’ART D’AIMER (THE ART OF LOVE) by Emmanuel Mouret, screenplay by Emmanuel
Mouret (France)

Best Artistic Contribution :
TATANKA by Giuseppe Gagliardi (Italy)

Innovation Award:
LIFE BACK THEN by Takahisa Zeze (Japan)

SHORT FILMS :

1st prize :
DANS LE CADRE (IN THE FRAME) by Philippe Lasry (France)

Jury Award:
NADIE TIENE LA CULPA (IT’S NOBODY’S FAULT) by Esteban Crespo (Spain)

ZENITHS FOR THE BEST FIRST FICTION FEATURE FILMS 2011

Members of the jury of the First Fiction Films :
Francine Brucher (Switzerland)
Atahualpa Lichy (Venezuela)
Milos Stehlik (U.S.A.)

Golden Zenith for the Best First Fiction Feature films :
IN OUR NAME by Brian Welsh (United Kingdom)

Silver Zenith for the First Fiction Feature Film :
NORDZEE, TEXAS by Bavo Defurne (Belgium)

Bronze Zenith for the First Fiction Feature Film :
AQUI ENTRE NOS (BETWEEN US) by Patricia Martinez de Velasco (Mexique)

Special mention of the First Feature Film Jury:
UN BAISER PAPILLON (A BUTTERFLY KISS) by Karine Silla Perez (France)

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:
COME AS YOU ARE (HASTA LA VISTA) by Geoffrey Enthoven (Belgium)

Cinemathèque québécoise Public Award for the most popular Canadian Feature Film:
COTEAU ROUGE d’André Forcier (Canada)

Glauber Rocha Award for the Best Latin American Film :
EL DEDO (THE FINGER) by Sergio Teubal (Argentina/Mexico)

Award for Best documentary :
NICKY’S FAMILY (NICKYHO RODINA) by Matej Minac (Slovakia/Czech Republic)
BITTER TASTE OF FREEDOM by Marina Goldovskaya (Sweden/Russia)

Award for Best Canadian Short Film :
OVERCAST by Velislav Kazakov (Canada)

FIPRESCI PRIZE (FIPRESCI Prize for a film in the World Competition):
BLACK THURSDAY (CZARNY CZWARTEK) by Antoni Krauze (Poland)
FIPRESCI PRIZE (FIPRESCI Prize for a film in the First Films Competition):
NORDZEE, TEXAS by Bavo Defurne (Belgium)

ECUMENICAL PRIZES
DAVID by Joel Fendelman (U.S.A.)
Special mention of the Ecumenical jury :
COME AS YOU ARE (HASTA LA VISTA) by Geoffrey Enthoven (Belgium)

OTHER AWARDS
Special Awards for their exceptional contribution to the cinematographic art :
CATHERINE DENEUVE (France)
GINETTE RENO (Canada)
VICTOR LOEWY (Canada)