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JURY:

Ivan Passer, director (U.S.A.) President
Louise Marleau, actress (Canada)
Pedro Crespo, film critic and writer (Spain)
Nikolai Gubenko, director (U.S.S.R.)
Toshiro Mifune, actor (Japan)
Jean-Charles Tacchella, director (France)
Bo Widerberg, director (Sweden)

AWARDS: Feature films:

Grand Prix of the Americas / Best film:
"Padre Nuestro" by Francisco Regueiro (Spain)

Special jury award:
"The Philadelphia Attraction" by Peter Gardos (Hungary)

Best actress:
Nicole Garcia in the film "Le 4e pouvoir" by Serge Leroy (France)

Best actor:
Armin Muller-Stahl in the film "Angry Harvest" by Agnieszka Holland (West Germany)

Jury awards:
"He Died With His Eyes Open � (On en meurt que deux fois) by Jacques Deray (France)
"Le Matou" by Jean Beaudin (Canada)

Special jury citation:
"Border Town" by Ling Zifeng (People's Republic of China)

AWARDS: Short films:

Montreal grand prix:
"The Big Snit" by Richard Condie (Canada)

Jury's prize
"Up" by Mike Hoover, Timothy Huntley (U.S.A.)

Special citation for technical innovation:
"Tony de Peltrie" by Pierre Lachapelle, Philippe Bergeron, Pierre Robidoux, Daniel Langlois (Canada)

OTHER AWARDS:

Special Grand Prix of the Festival:
Toshiro Mifune for his contribution to the knowledge of Japanese cinema in the Western world.

International press award for the best Canadian film out of competition:
"Pale Face" by Claude Gagnon (Canada)

Air Canada award for the most popular film of the Festival:
"Le Matou" by Jean Beaudin (Canada)