1995

FEATURE FILMS

Grand Prix of the Americas / Best film:
« Georgia » by Ulu Grosbard (France-U.S.A.)

Special Grand Prix of the Jury:
« A Moslem » by Vladimir Khotinenko (Russia)

Best director:
« A Mongolian Tale » by Xie Fei (China)
« Burlesque Tragedy » by Goran Markovic (France-Bulgaria)

Best actress:
Jennifer Jason Leigh in « Georgia » by Ulu Grosbard (U.S.A.)

Best actor:
Fabrizio Bentivoglio in « Un Eroe borghese » by Michele Placido (Italy)

Best screenplay:
« Passover Fever » by Shemi Zarhin (Israel), screenplay by Shemi Zarhin

Best artistic contribution for music:
« A Mongolian Tale » by Xie Fei (China), music by Tengger

Special Grand Prix of the Americas:
Liv Ullmann for her exceptional contribution to the cinematographic art as an actress and as a filmmaker, on the occasion of the presentation of « Kristin Lavransdatter », directed by Liv Ullmann.

SHORT FILMS

1st prize:
« The End of the World in Four Seasons » by Paul Driessen (Canada)

2nd prize:
« Clocks » by Kirsten Winter (Germany)

OTHER AWARDS

Special Grand Prix of the Americas, on the occasion of the centennial of cinema, for their exceptional contribution to the cinematographic art:
to the actor:
Gérard Depardieu
to the directors:
Michelangelo Antonioni
Jean-Luc Godard
Carlos Saura
Zhang Yimou
to the Walt Disney creators:
Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston.

Air Canada People’s Choice Award:
« No te mueras sin decirme a donde vas » (Don’t Die Without Telling Me Where You’re Going » by Eliseo Subiela (Argentina)

FedEx Award for the best Canadian film:
« L’Enfant d’eau » by Robert Ménard (Canada)

Montreal awards for the best first fiction films:
« Cross my Heart and Hope to Die » (Ti Kniver i hjertet) by Marius Holst (Norway)
« Manneken Pis » by Frank Van Passel (Belgium)

International critics’ award (FIPRESCI):
For film in competition:
« Like it Never Was Before » (Pensionat Oskar) by Susanne Bier (Sweden)
For feature film out of competition:
« Manneken Pis » by Frank Van Passel (Belgium)

Ecumenical jury award:
« Deep River » by Kei Kumai (Japan)