Awards for 2010 Festival du nouveau cinéma

Although Saturday, October 23 wasn't yet the last day of the 39th Festival du nouveau cinéma, they held their closing gala screening of Curling by Denis Côté along with the awards ceremony and the closing party. The top prize Louve d'Or went to Año Bisiesto (Leap Year) by Michael Rowe, which won the Camera d’Or (best first feature) at the Cannes Film Festival in May. The Canadian film Oliver Sherman by Ryan Redford won the Grand Prix Focus - Cinémathèque québécoise awarded to the best feature from the Focus section, which also comes with a prize of $1,500 in cash and $3,500 in services.

Two prizes were shared. The Best Actress Award was a tie between Avtandil Tetradze in Susa, and Sibel Kekilli for Die Fremde (When We Leave). The Grand Prix for short film was also a tie, between Sophie Lavoie by Anne Emond, and Jonathan et Gabrielle by Louis-Philippe Eno.

Next year's 40th Festival du nouveau cinéma will take place from October 12-23, 2011.

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list of awards for the 39th Festival du nouveau cinéma:

LOUVE D'OR - Best Feature Film from the international selection, with prize of $ 15 000 
Año Bisiesto (Leap Year), Michael Rowe (Mexico, 2010)
 

Best Actress Award - Best Performance by an actor or actress in all the films in the International Selection
Tie : Avtandil Tetradze for Susa, by Rusudan Pirveli (Georgia, 2010) ; and Sibel Kekilli for Die Fremde (When We Leave), by Feo Aladag, (Germany, 2010) 

 

Special Jury Mention
Littlerock, Mike Ott (USA, 2010)

The feature film jury was composed of Suzan Ayscough, Claude Demers, Marc-Andre Grondin, Bashar and Karine Vanasse Shbib.

 

Prix de l'innovation Daniel Langlois
Le Quattro Volte (The Four Times), Michelangelo Frammartino (Italy / Germany / Switzerland, 2010)

The jury was composed of Suzan Ayscough, Claude Demers, Marc-Andre Grondin, Bashar and Karine Vanasse Shbib.

 

Grand Prix Focus - Cinémathèque québécoise ($ 1,500 in cash and $ 3,500 in services) - awarded to the best feature from the Focus section
Oliver Sherman, Ryan Redford (Canada, 2010)

The jury was composed of Marit Kapla, Loïc Magneron and Paul Richer

 

Loup argenté, award for Best Short Film
Divers in the Rain, Olga Pärn and Priit Pärn (Estonia, 2009)

The jury was composed by Dominique Dugas, Gaële and Stephanie Morissette

Grand Prix Focus Short Film ($ 5,000 in cash provided by CTV's Bravo! FACT - Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent)

Tie: Sophie Lavoie, Anne Emond (Quebec / Canada, 2010); Jonathan et Gabrielle, Louis-Philippe Eno (Quebec / Canada, 2010)

The jury was composed by Dominique Dugas, Gaële and Stephanie Morissette

 

Prix de l'AQCC - best film of the International Selection
Jo pour Jonathan, Maxime Giroux (Quebec / Canada, 2010)

The jury was composed of Nicolas Krief, Daniel Root and Mathieu Séguin-Tétreault

 

Temps Ø Audience Award
Confessions, Tetsuya Nakashima (Japan, 2010)