FFM 40 concludes with Awards and Cash prizes...and a sad note of a jury friend passing away RIP Donald Ranvaud

AWARDS OF THE 40th WORLD FILM FESTIVAL,  MONTREAL 2016 September 5

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 by Rajko Grlic (Croatia, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Macedonia)

Special Grand Prix of the jury:
50,000$ - HAUS OHNE DACH / HOUSE WITHOUT ROOF by Soleen Yusef (Germany, Kurdistan)

Best Director:
EVERYBODY HAPPY by Nic Balthazar (Belgium, Netherlands)

Best Actress:
Hannah Hoekstra for the film DE HELLEVEEG / THE FURY by André van Duren (Netherlands)

Best Actor:
Willem Dafoe for the film MY HINDU FRIEND by Hector Babenco (Brazil)

Best Screenplay:
RÜZGARDA SALINAN NILÜFER / SWAYING WATERLILY by Seren Yüce (Turkey)

Best Artistic Contribution:
TATARA SAMURAI by Yoshinari Nishikori (Japan)

Innovation Award:
EMBRASSE-MOI COMME TU M’AIMES by André Forcier (Canada)

SHORT FILMS:

1st prize:
5,000$-THE SESSION by Morgane Becerril (USA, France, Italy)

Jury Award:
5,000$- SILENCE by Dejan Mrkic (Australia)

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 by Bakyt Mukul and Dastan Zhapar uulu (Kyrgyzstan)

Silver Zenith for the First Fiction Feature Film: 
40,000$ - EHO / ECHO by Dren Zherka (Germany, Kosovo)

Bronze Zenith for the First Fiction Feature Film (ex-aequo): 
10,000$ - IF YOU WERE HERE by Yu Lan (China)

10,000$ - DUE EURO L’ORA / TWO EUROS PER HOUR by Andrea D’Ambrosio (Italy)

SPECIAL CHINESE FILM FESTIVAL

1st Prize:
60,000$ -YE KONG QUE / THE NIGHT PEACOCK by Dai Sijie (China, France)

2nd Prize:
30,000$ - WHEN LARRY MET MARY by Wen Zhang (China)

DOCUMENTARIES OF THE WORLD

Best Documentary Award (ex-aequo):

15,000$ - KEN SAN by Yuichi Hibi (Japan)

15,000$ - ALBERT ET ALMA EN SEIZE TEMPS / ALBERT AND ALMA IN 16 STRINGS by Philippe Frenette-Roy (Canada)

CANADIAN CINEMA

1st Prize: 60,000$
EMBRASSE-MOI COMME TU M’AIMES by André Forcier (Canada)

2nd Prize: 30,000$
MÁS ALLÁ DE LO QUE QUEDA / BEYOND WHAT REMAINS by Peter Tharos and Bassel Martin (Canada)

GLAUBER ROCHA AWARD FOR THE BEST FILM FROM LATIN AMERICA:

 MIGAS DE PAN / BREADCRUMBS by Manane Rodríguez (Spain, Uruguay)