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Chicago International Film Festival

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    Gold Hugo

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    Best Documentary Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Zahor (Remember)

      Fabienne Rousso-Lenoir(director)
    • Winner

      Seven Crows a Secret

      6.0 (10)
      John Forrest(director)

    Best Experimental Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Village Trilogy

      Laura Taler(director)

    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ridicule

      7.3 (8.4K)
      Patrice Leconte

    Best Student Animated Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Quest

      7.1 (832)
      Tyron Montgomery(director)

    Best Student Documentary Short

    • Winner

      Memoiren einer frustrierten Hedonistin

      Claas Danielsen(director)

    Children's Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Peter and the Wolf

      6.3 (275)
      George Daugherty
      David Ka Lik Wong
      Christine Losecaat
      Linda Jones Clough
      Adrian Workman

    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]

      Dem deutschen Volke

      8.7 (25)
      Wolfram Hissen(director)
      Jörg Daniel Hissen(director)
    • [object Object]

      Forgotten Silver

      7.4 (6.5K)
      Peter Jackson(director)
    • [object Object]

      Helicopter String Quartet

      7.0 (37)
      Frank Scheffer(director)
    • [object Object]

      Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie

      7.8 (3.7K)
      Peter Kuran(director)
    • [object Object]

      Elie Wiesel Goes Home

      7.3 (40)
      Judit Elek(director)

    Best Feature

    • [object Object]

      Autumn Sun

      7.3 (526)
      Eduardo Mignogna(director)
    • [object Object]

      Bitter Sugar

      7.0 (652)
      Leon Ichaso(director)
    • [object Object]

      The Dress

      6.9 (2.2K)
      Alex van Warmerdam(director)
    • [object Object]

      A Hot Roof

      7.2 (125)
      Min-Yong Lee(director)
    • [object Object]

      Johns

      6.3 (1.9K)
      Scott Silver(director)
    • [object Object]

      Lilies

      7.4 (3K)
      John Greyson(director)
    • [object Object]

      Little Sister

      6.8 (2.7K)
      Robert Jan Westdijk(director)
    • [object Object]

      Hommes, femmes, mode d'emploi

      6.1 (776)
      Claude Lelouch(director)
    • [object Object]

      Beim nächsten Kuß knall ich ihn nieder

      6.9 (23)
      Hans-Christoph Blumenberg(director)
    • [object Object]

      Other Voices, Other Rooms

      6.1 (197)
      David Rocksavage(director)
    • [object Object]

      Unhook the Stars

      6.5 (2.5K)
      Nick Cassavetes(director)

    Best Short Film

    • The Adventures of Handyman

      6.8 (13)
      Martin Murphy(director)

    • Jules

      Abigail Steinberg(director)
    • [object Object]

      Little Surprises

      7.3 (129)
      Jeff Goldblum(director)
    • [object Object]

      Monkey Love

      6.1 (13)
      Jim Keeshen(director)

    • Bakom mahognybordet

      6.9 (25)
      Johannes Stjärne Nilsson(director)

    • Of Skin and Metal: Body Piercing

      Olga Schubart(director)

    • I'm Your Man

      6.6 (25)
      Roslyn Schwartz(director)

    • Combination Skin

      6.0 (18)
      Anthony Hodgson(director)

    • Dah Dit Dah

      N.G. Bristow(director)
    • [object Object]

      Garage Sale

      7.6 (45)
      Jeff Fisher(director)
    • [object Object]

      Hand in Hand

      5.6 (19)
      Lasse Persson(director)
    • [object Object]

      Pig!

      6.9 (35)
      Francine McDougall(director)
    • [object Object]

      Twilight of the Gods

      7.4 (261)
      Stewart Main(director)
    • [object Object]

      35 Aside

      7.5 (206)
      Damien O'Donnell(director)

    Silver Hugo

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    Best Actor

    • Christopher Eccleston
      Winner
      • Christopher Eccleston
      • Jude

    Best Actress

    • Shabana Azmi
      Winner
      • Shabana Azmi
      • Fire

    Best Documentary Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Baka

      8.0 (11)
      Thierry Knauff(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie

      7.8 (3.7K)
      Peter Kuran(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Shinjuku Boys

      7.2 (274)
      Kim Longinotto(director)
      Jano Williams(director)

    Best Ensemble Acting

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Twelfth Night

      7.1 (6.7K)
      Trevor Nunn(director)

    Best Experimental Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Monkey Love

      6.1 (13)
      Jim Keeshen(director)
    • Winner

      Reconstruction

      8.6 (44)
      Laurence Green(director)

    Best First Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      La seconda volta

      6.9 (653)
      Mimmo Calopresti(director)

    Best Narrative Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Surprise!

      7.2 (251)
      Veit Helmer(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Abductees

      6.8 (99)
      Paul Vester(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Peter and the Wolf

      6.3 (275)
      George Daugherty(director)

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Adosados

      5.8 (134)
      Mario Camus(director)

    Best Short Film

    • Winner

      Personal Belongings

      8.9 (16)
      Steven Bognar(director)

    Best Student Live Action Short Film 15 Minutes and Over

    • Winner

      Cornerboys

      Marni Banack

    Best Student Narrative Short

    • Winner

      The Money Shot

      3.9 (21)
      Matthew Mailer(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Love Child

      6.5 (168)
      Patrick Sisam(director)

    Best Supporting Actor

    • Michael Moriarty in The 4400 (2004)
      Winner
      • Michael Moriarty
      • Broken Silence

    Experimental

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Melvyn's Pencils

      Antoinette O'Grady
      Susannah Gent
      Derek Inglis
      David Falconer Rea

    Gold Plaque

    Edit

    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Plague Fighters

      8.2 (26)
      Ric Esther Bienstock
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ms. Conceptions

      9.2 (16)
      Ric Esther Bienstock

    Best Documentary Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Haiti. Uden titel

      7.3 (64)
      Jørgen Leth(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Calling the Ghosts: A Story About Rape, War and Women

      7.9 (68)
      Mandy Jacobson(director)

    Best Experimental Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Eastern Promise

      6.4 (9)
      Gerald Conn(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Las partes de mí que te aman son seres vacíos

      5.8 (18)
      Mercedes Gaspar(director)

    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Manneken Pis

      7.2 (705)
      Frank Van Passel

    Best International Student Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Guardian Angel

      Ed Fraiman

    Best Narrative Short Film

    • Winner

      Billy Badmouth

      Aasaf Ainapore(director)
    • Winner

      Pieces of the Moon

      Kirkham Jackson(director)
    • Winner

      15th February

      6.4 (5)
      Tim Webb(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Was She There

      Annie Griffin(director)
    • Winner

      Going Home

      Stephen Eckelberry(director)
    • Winner

      The Cuckoo

      Gerald Thompson(director)

    Best Special Effects

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Utilizer

      6.1 (16)
      Craig Barron

    Best Student Live Action - Under 15 Minutes

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Broken Arrow: Zlamana Strzala

      John Dower(writer/director)
      Joanna Strzelecka(producer)
      Andre Osmundsen(director of photography)
      Eli Bø(production designer)
      Polish National Film School

    Best Student Narrative Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Child's Play

      Luis Dantas(director)
    • Winner

      Acquiring a Taste for Raffaella

      6.0 (10)
      Sandra Lepore(director)

    Children's Program

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Chess Kids

      7.4 (28)
      Lynn Hamrick(Producer/Director)
      Lynn Hamrick Productions

    Feature Length Telefilm

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Golden Will: The Silken Laumann Story

      6.2 (46)
      Carol Reynolds(executive producer)
      Carol Reynolds Productions

    Humanities

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      El pueblo mexicano que camina

      7.2 (10)

    Short Subject Experimental

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Black Kites

      6.7 (61)
      Jo Andres

    Unknown

    • Winner

      In Your Shoes

      7.5 (16)
      Christoph Röhl
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Utilizer

      6.1 (16)
      Krystyna Demkowicz
      Craig Barron

    Silver Plaque

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    Best Animated Student Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Genre

      7.3 (1.7K)
      Don Hertzfeldt

    Best Documentary - Arts/Humanities

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Tickle in the Heart

      8.2 (83)
      Eddie Rosenstein

    Best Documentary Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Time Is on My Side

      8.4 (16)
      Jacques Holender(director)
    • Winner

      Ruth Orkin: Frames of Life

      6.6 (21)
      Mary Engel(director)
    • Winner

      Honest Vision: A Portrait of Todd Webb

      Huey Long(director)
    • Winner

      Rats in the Ranks

      8.2 (168)
      Bob Connolly(director)
      Robin Anderson(director)

    Best Experimental Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Birdhouse

      Rich Zim(director)
    • Winner

      Moving Day

      David F. Nesenoff(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Scant Sanity

      5.6 (43)
      John Weldon(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Saint Inspector

      6.6 (171)
      Mike Booth(director)

    Best Narrative Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      O Tamaiti

      7.9 (34)
      Sima Urale(director)

    Best Student Narrative Short

    • Winner

      Jesus of Judson

      6.4 (11)
      Jacob Vaughan(director)

    Best Student Narrative Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Will Work for Food

      5.4 (20)
      Joshua Butler(director)

    Best Student Narrative Short Film 15 Minutes and Over

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Covenant

      5.1 (12)
      Jason Wulfsohn

    Computer Imagery, Special Effects

    • Winner

      Chip Connection

      Michael Stelzer

    Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      My Father's Garden

      8.2 (13)
      Miranda Smith

    Certificate of Merit

    Edit

    Best Experimental Short Film

    • Winner

      The Hole

      Stephen Galvin(director)
    • Winner

      Clocks

      6.5 (13)
      Kirsten Winter(director)
    • Winner

      Jules

      Abigail Steinberg(director)

    Best Narrative Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Skin

      6.5 (190)
      Vincent O'Connell(director)

    Best Student Documentary Short

    • Winner

      Just for the Ride

      9.0 (7)
      Amanda Micheli(director)
    • Winner

      Martyrs and Saints

      Simeon Hutner(director)
    • Winner

      Anti-Sisyphus

      Dominik Wessely(director)

    • First Year

      Trac Vu(director)

    Best Student Narrative Short

    • Winner

      Short Change

      8.6 (11)
      Jon Andrews(director)
    • Winner

      A Stiff Drink

      Eirene Houston(director)
    • Winner

      Flowers for Charlie

      Mark Haller-Wade(director)
    • Winner

      A Good Place to Be

      Ayelet Bargur(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Black Sun

      8.2 (7)
      Amanda Jane(director)
    • Winner

      Broken Heart

      7.3 (12)
      Matt McConaghy(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      First Love, Second Planet

      7.5 (11)
      David Munro(director)

    Best Student Narrative Short Film

    • Winner

      A Garden for Rio

      6.2 (23)
      Lance Mungia(director)

    Documentary Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Cazadores de utopías

      7.5 (34)
      David Blaustein(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Hommage à noir

      7.3 (26)
      Ralf Schmerberg(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story

      7.3 (453)
      Susan Warms Dryfoos(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Never Give Up: The 20th Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper

      6.5 (22)
      Terry Sanders(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Los años Arruza

      7.6 (11)
      Emilio Maillé(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Annigoni: Portrait of an Artist

      8.4 (19)
      Stephen Peter Smith(director)
    • Winner

      Branches '93

      Christian de Rezendes(director)
    • Winner

      Come as You Are

      7.8 (9)
      Brad McGann(director)
      Emma-Kate Croghan(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Never Again, Forever

      8.6 (22)
      Danae Elon(director)
      Pierre Chainet(director)

    Special Achievement: Direction

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Golden Will: The Silken Laumann Story

      6.2 (46)
      Eric Till(director)
      Carol Reynolds Productions
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Chicken from Outer Space

      7.6 (976)
      John Dilworth
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      In Harm's Way

      Jan Krawitz

    Special Jury Prize

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    Special Jury Award

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sling Blade

      8.0 (103K)
      Billy Bob Thornton(director)

    Audience Choice Award

    Edit

    Audience Choice Award

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Vaska Easoff

      6.6 (223)
      Péter Gothár(director)

    Short Film Awards

    Edit

    Best Documentary Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Calling the Ghosts: A Story About Rape, War and Women

      7.9 (68)
      Susanne Rostock

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    Event date

    October 10, 1996 - October 27, 1996

    Event location

    Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Event links

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