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JURY

Jacqueline Bisset, actress (U.S.A.) President of the Jury
Luiz Carlos Barreto, producer (Brazil)
Shyam B�n�gal, filmmaker (India)
Sergei Bodrov, filmmaker (Russia)
Claude Fournier, scriptwriter, filmmaker, producer (Canada)
Giovanna Gagliardo, scriptwriter (Italy)
Gerardo Herrero, producer and director (Spain)
Michael Wilmington, film critic (U.S.A.)

AWARDS: Feature films:

Grand Prix of the Americas (best film):
THE CHILDREN OF HEAVEN (Bachehaye Aseman) by Majid Majidi (Iran)

Special Grand Prix of the Jury:
HOMER - PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS AN OLD MAN by Fabio Carpi (Italy/France)

Best Director:
PAJARICO by Carlos Saura (Spain)
TOKYO LULLABY (Tokyo Yakyoku) by Juni Ichikawa (Japan)

Best Actress:
FRANCES O'CONNOR in the film KISS OR KILL by Bill Bennett (Australia)

Best Actor:
SAM ROCKWELL in the film LAWN DOGS by John Duigan (Great Britain)

Best screenplay:
HOMER - PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS AN OLD MAN by Fabio Carpi, screenplay by Fabio Carpi, Italy/France

Best artistic contribution:
AN AMBIGUOUS REPORT ABOUT THE END OF THE WORLD (Nejasna Zprava o Konci Sveta) for the photography of Jan Duris (dir. by Juraj Jakubisko, Czech Republic)

KISS OR KILL for the sound by WAYNE PASHLEY (directed by Bill Bennett, Australia)

AWARDS: Short films:

1st prize:
SIGNING OFF by Robert Sarkies (New Zealand)

2nd prize:
SITTING IN LIMBO by Jordan Susman (U.S.A.)

Jury Award for animation film:
WHEN THE DUST SETTLES by Louise Johnson (Canada)

Special mention in the short category:
ADIOS MAMA by Ariel Gordon

OTHER AWARDS:

Special grand prix of the Americas:
TONY GATLIF for his trilogy on the Gypsies: "LES PRINCES" (1982), "LATCHO DROM" (1993) and "GADJO DILO" (1997).

A Career Excellence Award has been awarded during the Festival to ROD STEIGER for his exceptional contribution to the cinematographic art.

Prix du public Air Canada:
CHILDREN OF HEAVEN (Bachehaye Aseman) by Majid Majidi (Iran)

The 2nd most popular film was MARIUS AND JEANNETTE by Robert Gu�diguian (France)

The 3rd most popular film was LAWN DOGS by John Duigan (Great Britain)

The public was invited to vote for the most popular film among the feature films presented during the 1997 Montreal World Film Festival.

FedEx Award for the Best Canadian feature film:
LA CONCIERGERIE by Michel Poulette (Canada)

The 2nd most popular film among the Canadian films was LE SI�GE DE L'�ME by Olivier Asselin (Canada).

Laboratoires Titra Bruxelles will offer the winner of this award a free laser subtitling in a European language of his choice.

T�l�film Canada Award for the Best Canadian feature film:
LA CONCIERGERIE by Michel Poulette (Canada)

Montreal Award for the Best First Feature film:
ROMANI KRIS by Bence Gy�ngy�ssy (Germany / Hungary)

International Press Award (FIPRESCI):
NEL PROFONDO PAESE STRANIERO (Homer - Portrait of the Artist as an Old Man) by Fabio Carpi (Italy/France)

Mention to:
CHILDREN OF HEAVEN (Bachehaye Aseman) by Majid Majidi (Iran)

Special mention to the short film:
DOLPHINS ARE MAMMALS by Vladimir Paskaljevic (Yugoslavia)

Ecumenical Jury Prize:
CHILDREN OF HEAVEN (Bachehaye Aseman) by Majid Majidi (Iran)

special mention to the short film:
WHEN THE DUST SETTLES by Louise Johnson (Canada).