AWARDS - 2001 MONTREAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL
JURY :
Emmanuelle Béart, actress (France)
Rakhstan Bani-Etemad, director (Iran)
Jaime Humberto Hermosillo, director (Mexico)
Zsolt Kézdi-Kovàcs, director (Hungary)
Jeanine Meerapfel, director (Germany)
Pascale Montpetit, actress (Canada)
Juanjo Puigcorbé, actor (Espagne)
Feature films:
Grand Prix of the Americas (Best films):
BARAN by Majid Majidi (Iran)
TORZOK (ABANDONED) by Arpad Sopsits (Hungary)
Special Grand Prix of the Jury:
EL HIJO DE LA NOVIA (THE SON OF THE BRIDE) by Juan José Campanella (Argentina/Spain)
Best Director:
DAS EXPERIMENT (THE EXPERIMENT) by Oliver Hirschbiegel (Germany)
Best Artistic Contribution:
LAVOURA ARCAICA (TO THE LEFT OF THE FATHER) by Luiz Fernando Carvalho (Brazil)
Prix d’interprétation féminine:
SANDRINE KIBERLAIN, NICOLE GARCIA, MATHILDE SEIGNER for the film “BETTY FISHER AND OTHER STORIES” by Claude Miller (France/Canada)
Prix d’interprétation masculine:
ROBERT STADLOBER for the film ”ENGEL & JOE” by Vanessa Joop (Germany)
Best screenplay:
MARIAGE by Catherine Martin (Canada)
On the occasion of the presentation of his new film KAH-CHAN – BIG MAMA, Mr. KON ICHIKAWA receives a LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD from the Jury and the Festival
Short films:
1st Prize:
STILL LIFE by Sima Urale (New Zealand)
2nd Prize:
KLEINE FISCHE (LITTLE FISH) by Holger Ernst (Germany)