Award winners for 2010 Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal

Although the 13th Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal (RIDM) continues all day today, the Closing Night screening and Awards ceremony were held last night at the auditorium in the Grande Bibliotheque. The major awards went to Jia Zhang-Ke's I Wish I Knew which took the international Kino Pen Award, and Philippe Lesage's Ce Coeur qui bat (The Heart That Beats) which Cinémathèque québécoise Award for Best Film from Québec or Canada. Ce Coeur qui bat also won the Prix Meilleur espoir Québec/Canada for most promising filmmaker. Other films which won more than once were Cuchillo de palo by Renate Costa and Helena Treštíková's Katka.  

Chercher le courant by Nicolas Boisclair and Alexis de Gheldere received a special mention for the EcoCamera Award, but then claimed the Audience Award. It screens again later tonight at 7pm. All awards other than the Audience Award were decided by a jury of industry professionals. 

The screening was of the Oscar short-listed film Waste Land. Director Lucy Walker was unable to attend, but taped a personal greeting and introduction to the film which was shown prior to the film. After the film, the closing night party took place at the Cinémathèque québécoise.

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Complete list of award winners for the 2010 Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal

Kino Pen Award
I Wish I Knew (Director: Jia Zhang-Ke)
Two Special Mentions
La nuit, elles dansent (Directors: Isabelle Lavigne and Stéphane Thibault)
Michael Berger. A Hysteria. (Director: Thomas Fürhapter)

Prix Caméra au poing (Shooting from the Hip Award)
Cuchillo de palo (Director: Renate Costa)
Special Mention
Tehran Without Permission (Director: Sepideh Farsi)

EcoCamera Award
La Reine malade (Director: Pascal Sanchez)
Special Mention
Chercher le courant (Directors: Nicolas Boisclair and Alexis de Gheldere)

DocTape Award
Katka (Director: Helena Treštíková)
Special Mention
Disco & Atomic War (Director: Jaak Kilmi)

Image Award
The Woman With The 5 Elephants (Picture: Niels Bolbrinker and Stéphane Kuthy)
Special Mention
17 August (Picture: Maxim Efros, Alexander Gutman and Nicolay Volkov)

Editing Award
Katka (Editor: Jakub Hejna)

First Camera Award
Cuchillo de palo (Director: Renate Costa)
Special Mention
L'Homme aux serpents (Director: Eric Flandin)

Prix Meilleur espoir Québec/Canada (Québec/Canada Best Hope Award)
Ce Coeur qui bat (Director: Philippe Lesage)

Cinémathèque québécoise Award for Best Film from Québec or Canada
Ce Coeur qui bat (Director: Philippe Lesage)
Special Mention
Opération Diablo (Director: Stephanie Boyd)

Prix du public (Audience Award)
Chercher le courant (Directors: Nicolas Boisclair and Alexis de Gheldere)

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