AWARDS OF THE MONTREAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL MONTRÉAL 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)

Features

Grand Prize of the Americas: Mad Love from Philippe Ramos (France)

Video interview with Diane Rouxel for Fou d'Amour

Special Grand Jury Award: Misafir (The Visitor/La Visiteuse) from Mehmet Eryilmaz (Turkey)

Interview withthe director

2 films-Tie for Best director: 2 nights til morning de Mikko Kuparinen (Finland / Luthania) etDosieto Petrov (Petrov File / Le Dossier Petrov) from Georgi Balabanov (Bulgaria / Germany)

Interviews with the team of Petrov Files  en français and in  english

Best Actress: Malin Buska for The Girl King de Mika Kaurismäki (Canada / Finland /Germany / Switzerland)

  interview with Malin Buska

Best Actor: Wolfram Berger for Rider Jack de This Lüscher (Switzerland)

Best Screenplay: Letnie Przesilenie (Summer Solstice / Solstice d’été) from Michal Rogalski(Poland/ Germany)

Interview with screenplay writer and producer

Best Artistic contribution: Seven Days de Xing Jian (China)

Interview withthe director

Innovation Award : Un Instante En La Habana (Havana Moment) from Guillermo Ivàn Duenas (USA / Cuba / Mexico/ Colombia)

The team reacts on screen 

Short Films :

1st Prize : La Voce (La voix) from David Uloth (Canada)

Jury Award: Honeysuckle from Lucy Lumsden (United Kingdom)

Zenith awards for best first fiction feature

Jury members for First Fiction Films: Pierre Henri Deleau and Antoine Zeind

Golden Zenith for the Best First Fiction Feature Film: Chuyi (The Funeral / Les funérailles) from Qi Wang (China)

Silver Zenith for the First Fiction Feature Film: Para Minha Amada Morta (To My Beloved / À Ma Bien Aimée) from Ali Muritiba (Brazil))

Bronze Zenith for the First Fiction Feature Film: La Linea Delgada Amarilla (The Thin Yellow Line) from Celso Garcia (Mexico)

Special Mentions of the First Feature Film Jury: Asman Aldynda (Under Heaven) from DalmiraTilepbergen (Kyrgyzstan) and Rosa Chumbe from Jonatan Relayze Chiang (Peru)

Dalmira Tilepbergen with Bruno Chatelin  and Consul of Kyrgyzstan in Montreal

Public Awards

The Public was invited to vote for the most popular films in different categories of films presented during the 2015 Montreal World film festival

Audience Award for Chucks by Sabine Hiebler and Gerhard Ertl from Cornelia Travnicek(s book (Autriche)

Interview de l'équipe en anglais Interview de l auteur de Chucks

Public Awards for the most popular film of the Festival  : The Girl King from Mika Kaurismäki (Canada / Finland /Germany / Switzerland)

 Glauber Rocha Award for the Best Latin American: La Delgada Linea Amarilla (The Thin Yellow Line) from Celso Garcia (Mexico)

Award for Best Documentary: TIE  Marzia, Ystäväni(Marzia My Friend / Marzia Mon Amie) from Kirsi Mattila (Finland) et  Playing Lecuona de Pavel Giroud (Spain- Colombia)

Best Canadian Short Film  : La Voce (The Voice / La Voix) from David Uloth (Canada)

FIPRESCI PRIZE (INTERNATIONALE FILM CRITICS), WORLD compétition  : Misafir (The Visitor / La Visiteuse) from Mehmet Eryilmaz (Turkey)

FIPRESCI PRIZE (INTERNATIONALE FILM CRITICS), First Feature : Rosa Chumbe from Jonatan Relayze Chiang (Peru)

Ecumenical Jury Prize : L’orchestre de minuit de Jérôme Cohen Olivar (Morroco)

Ecumenical Jury Mentions

Un Instante En La Habana by Guillermo Ivàn Duenas (USA, Cuba, Mexico, Colombia) and Dorogo Na Berlin (On The Road To Berlin) de Sergei Popov (Russie)

OTHER AWARDS

A special grand prize of the Americas is awarded to producer Lord Puttnam for his exceptional contribution to the world of cinema.