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JURY

Ben Kingsley, actor (Great Britain) president
Guglielmo Biraghi, film critic (Italy)
Jack Matthews, film critic (U.S.A.)
Gonzalo Herralde, director (Spain)
Michel Rebichon, film critic (France)
Eliseo Subiela, director (Argentina)
Marie Tifo, actress (Canada)

AWARDS: Feature films:

Grand Prix of the Americas / Best film:
"Betrayal" (Trahir) by Radu Mihaileanu (Romania-France)

Special grand prix of the jury:
"And the Band Played On" by Roger Spottiswoode (U.S.A.)

Best directors:
"Tout �a... pour �a!" by Claude Lelouch (France)
"La Madre muerta" by Juanma Bajo Ulloa (Spain)

Best artistic contribution:
"Kalifornia" by Dominic Sena (U.S.A.)

Best actress:
Carla Gravina in the film "Il Lungo silenzio" by Margarethe von Trotta (Italy-France)

Best actors:
Denis Mercier in "Le Sexe des �toiles" by Paule Baillargeon (Canada)
Johan Leysen in "Betrayal" (Trahir) by Radu Mihaileanu (Romania-France)

Best screenplay:
"The Heartbreak Kid" by Michael Jenkins (Australia), screenplay by Richard Barrett and Michael Jenkins.

AWARDS: Short films:

First prize:
"Quien mal anda, mal acaba" by Carlos Sans (Spain)

2nd prize:
"The Sorter" (Le Trieur) by Philippe Boon, Laurent Brandenbourger (Belgium)

OTHER AWARDS:

Montreal Award for the best first feature film:
"Betrayal" (Trahir ) by Radu Mihaileanu (Romania-France)

Special mention for first feature film:
"Anchoress" by Chris Newby (Great-Britain)

Air Canada Award for the most popular film of the Festival:
"Il Lungo silenzio" (Tle Long Silence) by Margarethe von Trotta

Best Canadian film award:
"Le Sexe des �toiles" by Paule Baillargeon (Canada)

International critics' award (FIPRESCI):
"Kalifornia" by Dominic Sena (U.S.A.) (competition)
"Consuming Sun" by John Zhang (China) (out of competition)

Special mentions:
"Blue Exile" by Erden Kiral (Turkey) (competition)
"L'Arbre, le maire et la m�diath�que" by Eric Rohmer (France) (out of competition)

Ecumenical jury award:
" Il Lungo silenzio" (The Long Silence) by Margarethe von Trotta (Italy-France)

Special mention of the ecumenical jury:
"Betrayal" (Trahir) by Radu Mihaileanu (Romania-France)