Jury
Pierre-Henri Deleau, film festival director, producer, France
Claude Gagnon, director, Canada
Goran Markovic, director, Serbia
Donald Ranvaud, producer, UK / Italy
Eliseo Subiela, director, Argentina
FEATURE FILMS
Grand Prize of the Americas (Best Film):
USTAV REPUBLIKE HRVATSKE / THE CONSTITUTION by Rajko Grlic (Croatia, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Macedonia)
Special Grand Prix of the jury:
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:
THE SESSION by Morgane Becerril (USA, France, Italy)
Jury Award:
SILENCE by Dejan Mrkic (Australia, Croatia, UK)
ZENITHS FOR THE BEST FIRST FICTION FEATURE FILMS 2016
First Films World Competition
Jury Members:
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:
ATANYM KEREEZI / A FATHER’S WILL by Bakyt Mukul and Dastan Zhapar uulu (Kyrgyzstan)
Silver Zenith for the First Fiction Feature Film:
EHO / ECHO by Dren Zherka (Germany, Kosovo)
Bronze Zenith for the First Fiction Feature Film (ex-aequo):
IF YOU WERE HERE by Yu Lan (China)
DUE EURO L’ORA / TWO EUROS PER HOUR by Andrea D’Ambrosio (Italy)
SPECIAL CHINESE FILM FESTIVAL
1st Prize:
YE KONG QUE / THE NIGHT PEACOCK by Dai Sijie (China, France)
2nd Prize:
WHEN LARRY MET MARY by Wen Zhang (China)
DOCUMENTARIES OF THE WORLD
Best Documentary Award (ex-aequo):
KEN SAN by Yuichi Hibi (Japan)
ALBERT ET ALMA EN SEIZE TEMPS / ALBERT AND ALMA IN 16 STRINGS by Philippe Frenette-Roy (Canada)
CANADIAN CINEMA
1st Prize:
EMBRASSE-MOI COMME TU M’AIMES by André Forcier (Canada)
2nd Prize:
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:
FRAGMENTOS DE AMOR / FRAGMENTS OF LOVE by Fernando Vallejo (Puerto Rico, Colombia).
