The top prize of the Grand Prix des Americas went to the Belgian film Hasta la Vista (Come as You Are) by Geoffrey Enthoven. The film is a light comedic look at three disabled men who take a road trip to Spain to seek out a brothel that specializes in catering to their disabilities. The film also won the Public Award as the most popular film of the festival and received a Special Mention by the Ecumenical Jury.
A Special Grand Prix of the jury was awarded to Masato Harada's Chronicle of My Mother. The Best Director award went to German filmmaker Brigitte Maria Bertele for Der Brand (The Fire).
Fatehmeh Motamed-Arya won the Best Actress award for her role in the Iranian film Here Without Me. Best Actor, however, was a tie between Borys Szyc for Rafael Lewandowski's Kret (The Mole) and Danny Huston for Eran Riklis' Playoff.
Legendary actress Catherine Deneuve was given a tribute and a Lifetime Achievement Award. Honourary Awards were also given to Canadian singer/actress Ginette Reno and producer/distributor Victor Loewy.
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AWARDS OF THE WORLD FILM FESTIVAL – MONTRÉAL 2011
JURY
President : VICENTE ARANDA, director (Spain)
KATHARINA MARIE SCHUBERT, actress (Germany)
LAURENT HEYNEMANN, director (France)
LI QUINKUAN, director (China)
DINO GENTILI, script-writer and director (Italy)
BERNARD SEGUIN-POIRIER, painter and sculptor (Canada)
CARMEN GAGNON, representing the general public (Canada)
FEATURE FILMS
Grand prix des Americas:
(COME AS YOU ARE) HASTA LA VISTA by Geoffrey Enthoven (Belgium)
Special Grand Prix of the jury :
CHRONICLE OF MY MOTHER by Masato Harada (Japan)
Best Director:
DER BRAND (THE FIRE) by Brigitte Maria Bertele (Germany)
Best Actress :
FATEHMEH MOTAMED-ARYA for the film HERE WITHOUT ME by Bahram Tavakoli (Iran)
Best Actor ex-aequo:
BORYS SZYC for the film KRET (THE MOLE) by Rafael Lewandowski (Poland)
DANNY HUSTON for the film PLAYOFF by Eran Riklis (Israel-France)
Best Screenplay:
L'ART D'AIMER (THE ART OF LOVE) by Emmanuel Mouret, screenplay by Emmanuel Mouret (France)
Best Artistic Contribution :
TATANKA by Giuseppe Gagliardi (Italy)
Innovation Award:
LIFE BACK THEN by Takahisa Zeze (Japan)
SHORT FILMS :
1st prize :
DANS LE CADRE (IN THE FRAME) by Philippe Lasry (France)
Jury Award:
NADIE TIENE LA CULPA (IT'S NOBODY'S FAULT) by Esteban Crespo (Spain)
ZENITHS FOR THE BEST FIRST FICTION FEATURE FILMS 2011
Members of the jury of the First Fiction Films :
Francine Brucher (Switzerland)
Atahualpa Lichy (Venezuela)
Milos Stehlik (U.S.A.)
Golden Zenith for the Best First Fiction Feature films :
IN OUR NAME by Brian Welsh (United Kingdom)
Silver Zenith for the First Fiction Feature Film :
NORDZEE, TEXAS by Bavo Defurne (Belgium)
Bronze Zenith for the First Fiction Feature Film :
AQUI ENTRE NOS (BETWEEN US) by Patricia Martinez de Velasco (Mexique)
Special mention of the First Feature Film Jury:
UN BAISER PAPILLON (A BUTTERFLY KISS) by Karine Silla Perez (France)
PUBLIC AWARDS
The public was invited to vote for the most popular films in different categories:
Public Awards for the most popular film of the Festival:
COME AS YOU ARE (HASTA LA VISTA) by Geoffrey Enthoven (Belgium)
Cinemathèque québécoise Public Award for the most popular Canadian Feature Film:
COTEAU ROUGE d'André Forcier (Canada)
Glauber Rocha Award for the Best Latin American Film :
EL DEDO (THE FINGER) by Sergio Teubal (Argentina/Mexico)
Award for Best documentary :
NICKY'S FAMILY (NICKYHO RODINA) by Matej Minac (Slovakia/Czech Republic)
BITTER TASTE OF FREEDOM by Marina Goldovskaya (Sweden/Russia)
Award for Best Canadian Short Film :
OVERCAST by Velislav Kazakov (Canada)
FIPRESCI PRIZE (FIPRESCI Prize for a film in the World Competition):
BLACK THURSDAY (CZARNY CZWARTEK) by Antoni Krauze (Poland)
FIPRESCI PRIZE (FIPRESCI Prize for a film in the First Films Competition):
NORDZEE, TEXAS by Bavo Defurne (Belgium)
ECUMENICAL PRIZES
DAVID by Joel Fendelman (U.S.A.)
Special mention of the Ecumenical jury :
COME AS YOU ARE (HASTA LA VISTA) by Geoffrey Enthoven (Belgium)
OTHER AWARDS
Special Awards for their exceptional contribution to the cinematographic art :
CATHERINE DENEUVE (France)
GINETTE RENO (Canada)
VICTOR LOEWY (Canada)
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