AWARDS - 1987 MONTREAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL
JURY:
Jean Beaudin, director (Canada), President
Sun Daolin, actor (People's Republic of China)
Astrid Henning-Jensen, director (Denmark)
Fulvio Lucisano, producer (Italy)
Jiri Menzel, director (Czechoslovakia)
Miguel Picazo, director (Spain)
Tadao Sato, historian and film critic (Japan)
AWARDS
Feature films:
Grand Prix of the Americas / Best film:
« The Kid Brother » by Claude Gagnon (Canada-U.S.A.-Japan)
Special Jury Award:
« Mi General » by Jaime de Arminan (Spain)
Jury Award:
« The Big Parade » by Chen Kaige (People's Republic of China)
Best actress:
Irina Kupchenko in the film « A Lonely Woman Wishes to Get Acquainted » by Vyacheslov Krishtofovich (U.S.S.R.)
Best Actor:
Leo McKern in the film « Travelling North » by Carl Schultz(Australia)
Short films:
Best Short Film:
« Shoeshine » by Tom Abrams (U.S.A.)
Jury Award:
« George and Rosemary » by Alison Snowden and David Fine (Canada)
Other awards:
Award of the Festival and the Jury:
Eric Rohmer for his work entitled « Comedies and Proverbs » on the occasion of the presentation of « My Girlfriend's Boyfriend » (L'Ami de mon amie) in Official Competition.
Air Canada Award for the most popular film of the Festival:
« Made in Argentina » by Juan José Jusid (Argentina)
O'Keefe Award for the best Canadian feature film:
« Un Zoo la Nuit » by Jean-Claude Lauzon (Canada)
Fipresci Awards:
Best film in Official Competiton
« Whooping Cough » by Peter Gardos (Hungary)
Best film out of competition:
« The Great Race » by Jerzy Domaradzki (Poland)
Ecumenical Jury Awards:
« Mosca Addio » by Mauro Bolognini (Italy)
Special mention:
« Le Grand chemin » by Jean-Loup Hubert (France)
