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Montréal World Film Festival: 2003

Grand Prix des Amériques

Date:	27 August - 7 September
Jury:	Jan Troell (Sweden) (co-head of jury); Andrzej Zulawski (Poland) (co-head of jury); Alessandro D'Alatri (Italy); Rock Demers (Canada); Julie Depardieu (France); Luis Gasca (Spain) (author); Mike Goodridge (USA) (critic)


Winner:
	Kordon (2002) - Goran Markovic (I)
Other In-Competition Films:
	Abar Aranye (2003) - Goutam Ghose Ashura no gotoku (2003) - Yoshimitsu Morita Binecuvântata fii, închisoare (2002) - Nicolae Margineanu Coeur des hommes, Le (2003) - Marc Esposito Colère des dieux, La (2003) - Idrissa Ouedraogo Gaz Bar Blues (2003) - Louis Bélanger (II) Gun, from 6 to 7:30 p.m., The (2003) - Vladimir Alenikov Intermittenze del cuore, Le (2003) - Fabio Carpi Ira Madiyama (2003) - Prasanna Vithanage Jericho Mansions (2003) - Alberto Sciamma Kako los son (2002) - Antonio Mitriceski Karsilasma (2002) - Ömer Kavur Milchwald (2003) - Christoph Hochhäusler Planta 4ª (2003) - Antonio Mercero Polaquito, El (2003) - Juan Carlos Desanzo Posto dell'anima, Il (2003) - Riccardo Milani Profesionalac (2003) - Dusan Kovacevic Ruoma de shi qi sui (2002) - Jiarui Zhang

Special Grand Prize of the Jury


Winner:
	Gaz Bar Blues (2003) - Louis Bélanger (II)

Best Director


Winner:
	Planta 4ª (2003) - Antonio Mercero

Best Actress


Winner:
	Polaquito, El (2003) - Marina Glezer

Best Actor


Winner:
	Posto dell'anima, Il (2003) - Silvio Orlando

Best Screenplay


Winner:
	Profesionalac (2003) - Dusan Kovacevic

Best Artistic Contribution


Winner:
	Binecuvântata fii, închisoare (2002) - Nicolae Margineanu

First Prize (Short Films)


Winner:
	Vie et mort d'un instant d'ennui (2003) - Patrick Bossard
Other In-Competition Films:
	2D or not 2D (2003) - Paul Driessen (I) Aya baran miayad? (2003) - Majid Dehghani Basilisk Stare (2003) - Michael Kamieniak Bleu comme un coup de feu (2003) - Masoud Raouf Bodyblow (2003) - Sonya Supple-Gildea Brusco despertar (2003) - Ernesto Godoy Dienst (2003) - Jochen Freidank In Bed with My Books (2003) - Michael Bergmann (II) Islet (2003) - Nicolas Brault Song of Wreckage (2003) - Ryan Redford Underground (2003) - Aimee Lagos; Kristin Dehnert Waiting for the Light (2002) - Federico Bruno (I)

Jury Prize (Short Films)


Winner:
	In Bed with My Books (2003) - Michael Bergmann (II)

Grand Prix Special des Amériques


Awarded to:
	Erland Josephson Denise Robert Martin Scorsese

Montréal First Film Prize


Winner:
	J'ai toujours voulu être une sainte (2003) - Geneviève Mersch

First Film Special Distinction


Winners:
	Dogs in the Basement (2003) - Leslie Shearing Moving Malcolm (2003) - Benjamin Ratner

Golden Zenith

Best Film from Asia


Winner:
	Watashi no guranpa (2003) - Yoichi Higashi

Best Film from Africa


Winners:
	Kotbia, El (2002) - Nawfel Saheb-Ettaba Soleil assassiné, Le (2003) - Abdelkrim Bahloul

Best Film from Europe


Winner:
	Kopps (2003) - Josef Fares

Best Film from Oceania


Winner:
	Alexandra's Project (2003) - Rolf de Heer

Best Film from Canada


Winner:
	Delicate Art of Parking, The (2003) - Trent Carlson

Best Film from the US


Winner:
	Die, Mommie, Die! (2003) - Mark Rucker

Best Film from Latin America


Winner:
	Cleopatra (2003/I) - Eduardo Mignogna

Best Documentary


Winner:
	Sexe de rue (2003) - Richard Boutet

FIPRESCI Prize

Jury:

Grégory Valens (France) (head of jury); Esin Küçüktepepinar (Turkey); Rafael Valle Munoz (Chile); Norman Wilner (Canada)


Winners:
	Profesionalac (2003) - Dusan Kovacevic - For its skill in conveying personal and political reawakenings with wit, dark humor and ingenious construction. Vie et mort d'un instant d'ennui (2003) - Patrick Bossard - For a short film in competition. - For its self-aware charm and its clever tweaking of art-house clichés.

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

Jury:

Jos Horemans (Belgium) (head of jury); Gordon Matties (Canada); Marjorie Suchocki (USA); Lise Garneau (Canada); Jan Epstein (Australia); Hans Hodel (Switzerland)


Winner:
	Gaz Bar Blues (2003) - Louis Bélanger (II)

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention


Winner:
	Binecuvântata fii, închisoare (2002) - Nicolae Margineanu