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 Grand Prix des Amériques
( )  Special Grand Prize of...
( )  Best Director
( )  Best Actress
( )  Best Actor
( )  Best Screenplay
( )  Artistic Contribution
( )  First Prize (Short Films)
( )  Second Prize (Short...
( )  Grand Prix Special des...
( )  Grand Prix Special du...
( )  Montréal First Film Prize
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( )  People's Choice Award
( )  Best Canadian Film
( )  FIPRESCI Prize
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( )  Prize of the Ecumenical...
 
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Montréal World Film Festival: 1999

Grand Prix des Amériques

Date:27 August - 6 September
Jury:Bibi Andersson (Sweden) (head of jury); Percy Adlon (Germany); Charlotte Laurier (Canada); Mario Monicelli (Italy); Pat O'Connor (I) (Ireland); Stephen Rea (I) (Ireland); Fernando E. Solanas (Argentina)

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  Other In-Competition Films:
 
  • Cena, La (1998) - Ettore Scola
  • Ciudad de los prodigios, La (1999) - Mario Camus
  • Dreaming of Joseph Lees (1999) - Eric Styles
  • Fuori dal mondo (1999) - Giuseppe Piccioni
  • Goya en Burdeos (1999) - Carlos Saura
  • Közel a szerelemhez (1999) - András Salamon
  • Ma petite entreprise (1999) - Pierre Jolivet
  • Mannal daeggaji (1999) - Mun-jin Jo
  • Mansfield Park (1999) - Patricia Rozema
  • Minus Man, The (1999) - Hampton Fancher
  • Misery Harbour (1999) - Nils Gaup
  • Nashan naren nagou (1999) - Jianqi Huo
  • Návrat ztraceného ráje (1999) - Vojtech Jasny
  • Poppoya (1999) - Yasuo Furuhata
  • Post Mortem (1999) - Louis Bélanger (II)
  • Souvenirs intimes (1999) - Jean Beaudin
  • Un pont entre deux rives (1999) - Gérard Depardieu; Frédéric Auburtin
  • Vulkan, Der (1999) - Ottokar Runze

  • Special Grand Prize of the Jury

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    Best Director

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    Best Actress

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    Best Actor

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    Best Screenplay

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    Best Artistic Contribution

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    First Prize (Short Films)

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      Other In-Competition Films:
     
  • Admit One (1999) - Patrick Gillies
  • Allanamiento de morada (1998) - Mateo Gil
  • Dead on Time (1999) - James Larkin (I)
  • Inside-Out (1999) - Thomas Guard; Charles Guard (I)
  • My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts (1999) - Torill Kove
  • Móvil inmortal (1999) - José Luis Barrios Treviño
  • Old Man and the Sea, The (1999) - Aleksandr Petrov (I)
  • Oops! (1999) - Mark Bellamy (III)
  • Perriférico (1999) - Paula Markovitch
  • Tempo (1999) - Laurits Munch-Petersen
  • Truel (1999) - Tom Vaughan (I)
  • Victor, Barber (1999) - Gil Bauwens
  • Village of Idiots (1999) - Eugene Fedorenko; Rose Newlove

  • Second Prize (Short Films)

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    Grand Prix Special des Amériques

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    Grand Prix Special du Festival

      Awarded to:
     
    • Ettore Scola
      - On the occasion of the presentation of his film Cena, La (1998). This decision is taken jointly by the festival and the jury.

    Montréal First Film Prize

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    First Film Special Distinction

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    People's Choice Award

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    Best Canadian Film

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    FIPRESCI Prize

    Jury:Nina Zarkhi (Russia) (head of jury); Philip Cheah (Singapore); Horacio Bernades (Argentina); Christine Cremen (Australia); Eva Joerholt (Denmark); Vijaya Mulay (India); Necati Sönmez (Turkey); Philippe Gajan (Canada)

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    FIPRESCI Prize - Special Distinction

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    Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

    Jury:Janet Lee Clarke (Canada); Florence Desmazures (France); Hilly G. Hicks (USA); R. Ferdinand Poswick (Belgium); Carlos A. Valle (UK); Bertrand Ouellet (Canada)

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