2000
AWARDS - 2000 MONTREAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL
JURY :
Abbas Kiarostami, director (Iran),
President
Maria de Medeiros, actress and
director (Portugal)
Michèle Laroque, actress
(France)
Rena Owen, actress (New
Zealand)
Roger D. Landry
(Canada)
Francisco Lombardi, director
(Pérou)
AWARDS
Feature
films:
Grand Prix of the Americas (Best films):
THE TASTE OF OTHERS (LE
GOÛT DES AUTRES) by Agnès Jaoui (France)
INNOCENCE by Paul Cox
(Australia)
Special Grand Prix of the Jury:
SMELL OF CAMPHOR, FRAGRANCE OF JASMINE by Bahman Farmanara (Iran)
Best Director:
CORONACIÒN by Silvio
Caiozzi (Chile)
Best Artistic Contribution for photography:
MAELSTRÖM by Denis
Villeneuve, photography by André Turpin
Prix d'interprétation
féminine:
GONG LI for the film
"BREAKING THE SILENCE" by Sun Zhou (China)
ISABELLE HUPPERT for the
film "NIGHTCAP" (MERCI POUR LE CHOCOLAT) by Claude
Chabrol
Prix d'interprétation
masculine:
MARK RUFFALO for the film
"YOU CAN COUNT ON ME" by Kenneth Lonergan (U.S.A.)
Best screenplay:
LA VIA DEGLI ANGELI by Pupi
Avati, screenplay by Pupi Avati and Antonio Avati
Short
films:
1st
Prize:
UNGÜENTO PARA MANOS
AGRIETADAS (UNGUENT FOR SORE HANDS) by Cezary Jaworsky
(Venezuela)
2nd
Prize:
ANIMAL by Miguel Diez
Lasangre (Spain)
Other awards
:
Special Grand Prix of the Americas
:
The following persons have
received a Grand Prix of the Americas during the Festival for their exceptional
contribution to the cinematographic art:
FRANCESCO ROSI,
director
KANETO SHINDO,
director
OM PURI,
actor
GONG LI,
actrice
DAISY GRANADOS & ADOLFO
LLORADO, actors
And a tribute to Babelsberg
Studio received by the director VOLKER
SCHLÖNDORFF.
Montreal Award for the Best first
fiction film:
"DAUGHTERS OF THE SUN" by
Mariam Shariar (Iran)
Special mention: "STAND-BY"
by Rock Stephanik (France)
Air Canada People's Choice
Award:
"INNOCENCE" by Paul Cox
(Australia)
FedEx Award for Best Canadien
film:
"MAELSTRÖM" by Denis
Villeneuve (Canada)
International Press Award
(FIPRESCI):
COMBAT D'AMOUR EN SONGE by
Raoul Ruiz (Chile-Portugal-France)
Ecumenical Award:
ALI ZAOUA by Nabil Ayouch
(France-Morocco)
	Special mention
to:
	"YOU CAN COUNT ON ME" by
Kenneth Lonergan (U.S.A.)