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JURY

Carole Bouquet, actrice (France) president
Claude Baigni�res, film critic (France)
Jos� Luis Borau, producer, director and script-writer (Spain)
Fernand Dansereau, producer, director and script-writer (Canada)
Shekhar Kapur, director (India)
Armin Mueller-Stahl, actor (Germany)
Desmond Ryan, film critic (U.S.A.)

AWARDS: Feature films:

Grand prix of the Americas / Best film:
"Once Were Warriors" by Lee Tamahori (New Zealand)

Special grand prix of the jury:
"Canci�n de cuna" by Jos� Luis Garci (Spain)

Best director:
"Canci�n de cuna" by Jos� Luis Garci (Spain)

Best artistic contribution for photography:
"Kabloonak" by Claude Massot (Canada-France), photography by Jacques Loiseleux and Fran�ois Protat

Best actresses:
Rena Owen in the film "Once Were Warriors" by Lee Tamahori (New Zealand)
Helena Bergstrom in the film "The Last Dance" by Colin Nutley (Sweden)

Best actor:
Alan Rickman in the film "Mesmer" by Roger Spottiswoode (Great Britain-Canada-Germany)

Best screenplay:
"The Sum of Us" by Kevin Dowling (Australia), screenplay by David Stevens

AWARDS: Short films:

1st prize:
"Scratch Ticket" by John Fawcett (Canada)

2nd prize:
"Au bord du lac" by Patrick Bokanowski (France)

OTHER AWARDS:

Air Canada people's choice award:
"Once Were Warriors" by Lee Tamahori (New Zealand)

Best Canadian film award:
"Le Vent du Wyoming" by Andr� Forcier (Canada)

Montreal Award for the best first fiction film:
"Everynight, Everynight" by Alkinos Tsilimidos (Australia)

International critics' award (FIPRESCI):
"Le Vent du Wyoming" by Andr� Forcier (Canada) (competition)
"The Troubles We've Seen" (Veill�es d'armes - Histoire du journalisme en temps de guerre) by Marcel Ophuls (France) (out of competition)

Ecumenical jury award:
"Once Were Warriors" by Lee Tamahori (New Zealand)

Special mention of the ecumenical jury:
"Canci�n de cuna" by Jos� Luis Garci (Spain)