JURY
President : KATHY BATES, actress (USA)
MARC-ANDRÉ FORCIER, director (Canada)
MICHEL GAGNON, representing the general public (Canada)
GUILLAUME LAURANT, writer (France)
DAN PITA, ditector (Romania)
VIBEKE WINDELØV, producer (Danemark)
Grand Prix of the Americas: ex-aequo
NAGAI SANPO (A LONG WALK) by Eiji Okuda (Japan)
O MAIOR AMOR DO MUNDO (THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL) by Carlos Diegues (Brazil)
Grand Prize, Special Jury Awards :
SNOW IN THE WIND by Yang Yazhou (China)
Best Director :
GYMNASLAERER PEDERSEN (COMRADE PEDERSEN) by Hans Peter Moland (Norway)
Best Artistic Contribution :
Guy Dufaux for
LES FILLES DU BOTANISTE CHINOIS (THE CHINESE BOTANIST'S DAUGHTERS) by Dai Sijie (France/Canada)
Best Actress :
NI PING for the film
SNOW IN THE WIND by Yang Yazhou (China)
Best Actor :
FILIP PEETERS for the film
DEL HEL VAN TANGER (HELL IN TANGER) by Frank Van Mechelen (Belgium/Spain)
Best Screenplay :
WARCHILD by Christian Wagner (script by Edin Hadzimahovic (Germany/Slovenia)
Innovation Award :
RUIDO by César Rodriguez (Porto Rico)
SHORT FILMS :
1st Prize :
RÉVOLUTION by Xavier Diskeuve (Belgium)
Jury Award :
CHECKPOINT by Ben Phelps (Australia)
ZENITHS FOR THE BEST FIRST FICTION FEATURE 2006
Members of the jury:
Shaz Bennet (U.S.A.)
Serge Dussault (Canada)
Paul Gratton (Canada)
Golden Zenith for Best First Fiction Feature Film:
MÁS QUE A NADA EN EL MUNDO (MORE THAN ANYTHING IN THE WORLD) by Andrés León Becker and Javier Solar (Mexico)
Silver Zenith for First Fiction Feature Film:
QUÉ TANT LEJOS (HOW MUCH FURTHER ?) by Tania Hermida (Ecuador)
Bronze Zenith for First Fiction Feature Film:
OMARET YACOUBIAN (THE YACOUBIAN BUILDING) by Marwan Hamed (Egypt)
People's Choice Award:
The public was invited to vote for the most popular film among the feature films presented during the 2006 Montreal World Film Festival.
LES FILLES DU BOTANISTE CHINOIS (THE CHINESE BOTANIST'S DAUGHTERS) by Dai Sijie (France/Canada)
Award for the most popular Canadian film:
LES FILLES DU BOTANISTE CHINOIS (THE CHINESE BOTANIST'S DAUGHTERS) by Dai Sijie (France/Canada)
Glauber Rocha Award for Best Latin American Film :
MARIPOSA NEGRA (BLACK BUTTERFLY) by Francisco Lombardi (Peru/Spain)
Award for Best Documentary Film :
L’ART DE VIEILLIR (THE ART OF AGING) by Jean-Luc Raynaud (France)
Award for Best Canadian Short Film:
JACK ET JACQUES by Marie-Hélène Copti (Canada)
FIPRESCI PRIZE (INTERNATIONAL FILM CRITICS)
NAGAI SANPO (A LONG WALK) by Eiji Okuda (Japan)
ECUMENICAL PRIZE
NAGAI SANPO (A LONG WALK) by Eiji Okuda (Japan)
OTHER PRIZES
A special Awards for their exceptional contribution
to the cinematographic art :
BRUNO GANZ
RÉMY GIRARD
BULLE OGIER
