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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)


Winner:
	Rang-e khoda (1999) - Majid Majidi
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


Winners:
	Fuori dal mondo (1999) - Giuseppe Piccioni Minus Man, The (1999) - Hampton Fancher

Best Director


Winner:
	Post Mortem (1999) - Louis Bélanger (II)

Best Actress


Winner:
	Vulkan, Der (1999) - Nina Hoss

Best Actor


Winner:
	Poppoya (1999) - Ken Takakura

Best Screenplay


Winner:
	Ma petite entreprise (1999) - Pierre Jolivet; Simon Michaël

Best Artistic Contribution


Winner:
	Goya en Burdeos (1999) - Carlos Saura

First Prize (Short Films)


Winner:
	Just in Time (1999/I) - Kirsten Winter
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)


Winner:
	Village of Idiots (1999) - Eugene Fedorenko; Rose Newlove

Grand Prix Special des Amériques


Awarded to:
	Walt Disney - For exceptional contribution to the cinematographic art. - The award was received by his daughter Diane Disney. Richard Dreyfuss (actor) - For exceptional contribution to the cinematographic art. John Dunning (I) (producer); André Link (producer) - For exceptional contribution to the cinematographic art. Mihalis Kakogiannis - For exceptional contribution to the cinematographic art.

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


Winner:
	Del olvido al no me acuerdo (1999) - Juan Carlos Rulfo

First Film Special Distinction


Winners:
	Convoyeurs attendent, Les (1999) - Benoît Mariage Torowisko (1999) - Urszula Urbaniak

People's Choice Award


Winner:
	Nashan naren nagou (1999) - Jianqi Huo

Best Canadian Film


Winner:
	Souvenirs intimes (1999) - Jean Beaudin

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)


Winner:
	Village of Idiots (1999) - Eugene Fedorenko; Rose Newlove

FIPRESCI Prize - Special Distinction


Winner:
	Post Mortem (1999) - Louis Bélanger (II)

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)


Winner:
	Goya en Burdeos (1999) - Carlos Saura