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Chicago International Film Festival

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    Gold Hugo

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    Best Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Twinkle

      6.3 (162)
      Joji Matsuoka(director)
    • [object Object]

      Alice in Wondertown

      6.2 (148)
      Daniel Díaz Torres(director)
    • [object Object]

      Bhaji on the Beach

      6.4 (1.3K)
      Gurinder Chadha(director)
    • [object Object]

      El caso María Soledad

      5.7 (94)
      Héctor Olivera(director)
    • [object Object]

      Child Murders

      6.5 (148)
      Ildikó Szabó(director)
    • [object Object]

      Domenica

      6.0 (33)
      Peter Kern(director)
    • [object Object]

      Gorilla Bathes at Noon

      5.6 (257)
      Dusan Makavejev(director)
    • [object Object]

      Au nom du Christ

      6.1 (222)
      Roger Gnoan M'Bala(director)
    • [object Object]

      The Inheritance or Fuckoffguysgoodday

      7.6 (2.8K)
      Vera Chytilová(director)
    • [object Object]

      Just Friends

      6.2 (83)
      Marc-Henri Wajnberg(director)
    • [object Object]

      Naked

      7.7 (47K)
      Mike Leigh(director)
    • [object Object]

      The Seventh Horse of the Sun

      7.9 (1.1K)
      Shyam Benegal(director)
    • [object Object]

      Vagas Para Moças de Fino Trato

      6.2 (80)
      Paulo Thiago(director)
    • [object Object]

      Ko zaprem oci

      6.5 (94)
      Franci Slak(director)
    • [object Object]

      Woman Sesame Oil Maker

      7.3 (433)
      Fei Xie
    • [object Object]

      The Blue Kite

      7.5 (3.4K)
      Zhuangzhuang Tian

    Best History/Biography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ishi: The Last Yahi

      8.1 (127)
      Jed Riffe(director/producer)

    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Door

      Josie Keys(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Journey

      Christopher Tuckfield(director)
    • [object Object]

      P(l)ain Truth

      5.4 (49)
      Ilppo Pohjola(director)
    • [object Object]

      The Clean-Up

      Jane Weinstock(director)

    • Me voy a escapar

      7.4 (8)
      Juan Carlos de Llaca(director)
    • [object Object]

      The Debt

      6.8 (190)
      Bruno de Almeida(director)

    • Lola Posse

      Benoît Cohen(director)
    • [object Object]

      Os Moradores da Rua Humboldt

      5.4 (16)
      Luciano Moura(director)

    • In Uncle Robert's Footsteps

      Myles Connell(director)
    • [object Object]

      Little Black Panther

      Koina Freeman(director)

    Silver Hugo

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    Best Actor

    • HL Mencken (played by Colm Meaney) influenced national reporting on the Scopes Monkey Trial more than any other writer.
      Winner
      • Colm Meaney
      • The Snapper
      Tied with Roberto Sosa for Lolo (1993).
    • Roberto Sosa 2019
      Winner
      • Roberto Sosa
      • Lolo
      Tied with Colm Meaney for The Snapper (1993).

    Best Actress

    • Siqin Gaowa in The Postmodern Life of My Aunt (2006)
      Winner
      • Siqin Gaowa
      • Woman Sesame Oil Maker

    Best Director

    • Zhuangzhuang Tian
      Winner
      • Zhuangzhuang Tian(director)
      • The Blue Kite

    Best Documentary Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl

      8.0 (3.1K)
      Dimitri de Clercq(producer)
      Jacques de Clercq(producer)
      Hans-Jürgen Panitz(producer)
      Omega Film GmbH
      Nomad Films

    Best First Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Clean, Shaven

      7.0 (6.3K)
      Lodge Kerrigan(director)

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Le sexe des étoiles

      6.3 (250)
      Paule Baillargeon(director)

    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Buzz

      7.0 (51)
      Eoin Clarke(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Village

      7.5 (612)
      Mark Baker(director)
    • Winner

      Good Looks

      5.8 (16)
      David Yates(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Good Wife of Tokyo

      7.6 (17)
      Claire Hunt(director)
      Kim Longinotto(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Little Wolf

      7.1 (38)
      An Vrombaut(director)

    Best Student Film

    • Winner

      Park Tragedy

      5.2 (6)
      Kevin Burget

    Documentary: Social/Political

    • Winner

      Histoires autour de la folie

      Paule Muxel

    Gold Plaque

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    Best Short - Humor/Satire

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dober Man

      7.2 (9)
      Tim Southam

    Best Short Film

    • Winner

      Shooting to Stardom

      Kieron J. Walsh(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Palace Cafe

      7.0 (9)
      Andrew Lancaster(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Waiters

      7.9 (78)
      Ken Webb(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Screen Play

      7.3 (235)
      Barry Purves(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Variation on the Key 2 Life

      Stephen Williams(director)
    • Winner

      Save My Lost Nigga Soul

      7.7 (40)
      Clement Virgo(director)

    Silver Plaque

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    Art Documentaries

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Ditvoorst Domains

      6.5 (31)
      Thom Hoffman

    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Bullethead

      5.6 (18)
      David Munro(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Smart Alek

      7.2 (53)
      Andrew Kotting(director)
    • Winner

      Just Desserts

      7.4 (16)
      Monica Pellizzari(director)
    • Winner

      The Passion of Rita Camilleri

      Valerie Buhagiar(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Pool Days

      6.7 (370)
      Brian Sloan(director)

    Certificate of Merit

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    Animated Film

    • Winner

      Give AIDS the Freeze

      5.2 (12)
      Cathy Joritz

    Best Direction, Dramatic Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Street Justice

      Episode: 

      Parenthood

      7.0 (257)
      David Winning

    Best Short Film

    • Winner

      Hoffen auf bessere Zeiten

      Jonas Raeber(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Strange Case of Balthazar Hyppolite

      Ethan Spigland(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Begin, and Cease

      Peter M. Kershaw(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      I Was a Teenage Serial Killer

      5.5 (419)
      Sarah Jacobson(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Donuts, People and Their Dreams

      Michael P. O'Hara(director)

    Short Film - Animation

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      4 movimiento: destrucción

      Eduardo Soto-Falcon

    Short Subject Film For Children

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kid

      5.2 (7)
      Ron Pereira
      Don L. Henderson
      Fran Massimino

    Television Production Documentary - History/Biography

    • Winner

      The Sharp End: Witnesses of Vietnam

      Greg Swanborough(director)
      Robert Reynolds(producer)
      Max Lloyd(executive producer)
      Notion Picture Company

    Special Jury Prize

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    Special Jury Award

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Three Colors: Blue

      7.8 (116K)
      Krzysztof Kieslowski(director)

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    Event date

    October 7, 1993 - October 24, 1993

    Event location

    Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Event links

    • http://www.chicagofilmfestival.com/
    • http://www.fipresci.org/

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