AWARDS

For the close of the Paris Film Festival, an auditorium holding 3,800 welcomed the many personalities attending the award ceremony and the final world premiere screening of Alexandre Arcady's Là bas, mon pays. The masters of ceremony were the festival president Daniel Toscan du Plantier and Line Renaud.

The Short Film Award went to La part d'ombre by Yvon Marciano, who alternates between feature and short films. The Press Prize went to Ed Radke's The Dream Catcher, already well honored at numerous other festivals. The Audience Prize went to Amy by Nadia Tass, the story of a young deaf and dumb girl.

The official competition jury headed by Faye Dunaway gave a Special Mention to Karin Julsrud's Bloody Angels, while Best Actor went to Billy Crudup in Jesus' Son and Best Actress to Zhou Xun for her role in Suzhou River.

The Special Jury Prize went to André le magnifique, and the festivals Grand Prize winner was Suzhou River by Lou Ye, another film raking in the prizes on the year 2000 festival circuit.