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Montréal World Film Festival: 2000

Grand Prix des Amériques

Date:	25 August - 4 September
Jury:	Abbas Kiarostami (Iran) (head of jury); Maria de Medeiros (Portugal); Michèle Laroque (France); Rena Owen (New Zealand); Roger D. Landry (Canada); Francisco J. Lombardi (Peru)


Winners:
	Goût des autres, Le (2000) - Agnès Jaoui Innocence (2000) - Paul Cox (I)
Other In-Competition Films:
	Ali Zaoua, prince de la rue (2000) - Nabil Ayouch Aventuras de Dios, Las (2000) - Eliseo Subiela Booye kafoor, atre yas (2000) - Bahman Farmanara Combat d'amour en songe (2000) - Raoul Ruiz Coronación (2000) - Silvio Caiozzi Day the Ponies Come Back, The (2000) - Jerry Schatzberg Handvoll Gras, Eine (2000) - Roland Suso Richter Hochelaga (2000) - Michel Jetté Invention de l'amour, L' (2000) - Claude Demers (II) Karafuru (2000) - Shun Nakahara Koudak va sarbaz (2000) - Seyyed Reza Mir-Karimi Maelström (2000) - Denis Villeneuve Mehanizam (2000) - Djordje Milosavljevic Merci pour le chocolat (2000) - Claude Chabrol Peixe-Lua (2000) - José Álvaro Morais Piao liang ma ma (2000) - Zhou Sun Polizistin, Die (2000) (TV) - Andreas Dresen Protection (2000) - Bruce Spangler Qui non è il paradiso (2000) - Gianluca Maria Tavarelli Sade (2000) - Benoît Jacquot Via degli angeli, La (1999) - Pupi Avati You Can Count on Me (2000) - Kenneth Lonergan

Special Grand Prize of the Jury


Winner:
	Booye kafoor, atre yas (2000) - Bahman Farmanara

Best Director


Winner:
	Coronación (2000) - Silvio Caiozzi

Best Actress


Winners:
	Merci pour le chocolat (2000) - Isabelle Huppert Piao liang ma ma (2000) - Li Gong

Best Actor


Winner:
	You Can Count on Me (2000) - Mark Ruffalo

Best Screenplay


Winner:
	Via degli angeli, La (1999) - Pupi Avati; Antonio Avati

Best Artistic Contribution


Winner:
	Maelström (2000) - André Turpin - For the cinematography.

First Prize (Short Films)


Winner:
	Unguento para manos agrietadas (2000) - Cezary Jaworski
Other In-Competition Films:
	Abe's Manhood (2000) - Aubrey Nealon Animal (1999) - Miguel Díez Lasangre Body Rhythm (2000) - Wayne Traudt Boy Who Saw the Iceberg, The (2000) - Paul Driessen (I) Bully Dance (2000) - Janet Perlman From the Big Bang to Tuesday Morning (2000) - Claude Cloutier Ganz normaler Tag, Ein (2000) - Till Noever Hindsight (2000) - Susan Shipton Stop (2000/II) - Boris Mojsovski Tagebuch (2000) - Vuk Jevremovic Tant qu'il y aura des pommes (2000) - Manolo Otero Triedro (2000) - Werther Germondari; Maria Laura Spagnoli Ultima questione, L' (2000) - Corrado Franco Walking on the Wild Side (2000) - Dominique Abel (I); Fiona Gordon (II)

Second Prize (Short Films)


Winner:
	Animal (1999) - Miguel Díez Lasangre

Grand Prix Special des Amériques


Awarded to:
	Li Gong - For exceptional contribution to the cinematographic art. Daisy Granados; Adolfo Llauradó - For exceptional contribution to the cinematographic art. Om Puri - For exceptional contribution to the cinematographic art. Francesco Rosi - For exceptional contribution to the cinematographic art. Kaneto Shindô - For exceptional contribution to the cinematographic art.

Montréal First Film Prize


Winner:
	Dakhtaran-e khorshid (2000) - Maryam Shahriar

First Film Special Distinction


Winner:
	Stand-by (2000) - Roch Stéphanik

People's Choice Award


Winner:
	Innocence (2000) - Paul Cox (I)

Best Canadian Film


Winner:
	Maelström (2000) - Denis Villeneuve

FIPRESCI Prize

Jury:

Ronald Bergan (UK) (head of jury); Elie Castiel (Canada); Magda Mihailescu (Romania); Dorothea Schmitt-Holstein (Germany); Sergio Wolf (Argentina)


Winner:
	Combat d'amour en songe (2000) - Raoul Ruiz - For brilliantly exploring the range of narrative possibilities of the cinema and celebrating and demonstrating the art of storytelling through the ages.

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

Jury:

Michel-M. Campbell (Canada); Frank Frost (III) (USA); Andrew J.R. Johnston (Canada); Paula Matabane (USA); Nicolas Silhol (France); Pradip Thomas (India)


Winner:
	Ali Zaoua, prince de la rue (2000) - Nabil Ayouch

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention


Winner:
	You Can Count on Me (2000) - Kenneth Lonergan