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Chicago International Film Festival

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    Gold Hugo

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    Best Animated Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      When the Day Breaks

      6.8 (1.4K)
      Amanda Forbis
      Wendy Tilby

    Best Documentary

    • Winner

      American Hollow

      7.5 (496)
      Rory Kennedy
    • [object Object]

      Belfast, Maine

      8.1 (352)
      Frederick Wiseman(director)
    • [object Object]

      Creature

      6.5 (114)
      Parris Patton(director)
    • [object Object]

      Herr Zwilling und Frau Zuckermann

      8.1 (157)
      Volker Koepp(director)
    • [object Object]

      My Best Fiend

      7.8 (13K)
      Werner Herzog(director)
    • [object Object]

      Public Enemy

      6.1 (113)
      Jens Meurer(director)
    • [object Object]

      Punitive Damage

      7.1 (91)
      Annie Goldson(director)

    Best Film

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      Winner

      La maladie de Sachs

      7.2 (843)
      Michel Deville

    Best Short Narrative - 15 Minutes and Over

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      Winner

      Acide animé

      7.0 (90)
      Guillaume Bréaud

    Best Feature

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      Barak

      6.4 (136)
      Valeriy Ogorodnikov(director)
    • [object Object]

      Burlesk King

      5.6 (221)
      Mel Chionglo(director)
    • [object Object]

      The Grandfather

      7.3 (2.2K)
      José Luis Garci(director)

    • Kazoku shinema

      6.8 (30)
      Cheol-su Park(director)
    • [object Object]

      Love Will Tear Us Apart

      6.1 (225)
      Nelson Lik-wai Yu(director)
    • [object Object]

      Mansfield Park

      7.0 (27K)
      Patricia Rozema(director)
    • [object Object]

      Ma petite entreprise

      6.4 (824)
      Pierre Jolivet(director)
    • [object Object]

      Night Shapes

      7.3 (751)
      Andreas Dresen(director)
    • [object Object]

      Nothing

      7.2 (161)
      Dorota Kedzierzawska(director)
    • [object Object]

      The Personals

      7.1 (705)
      Kuo-Fu Chen(director)
    • [object Object]

      Post Mortem

      7.2 (514)
      Louis Bélanger(director)
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      Sexo, pudor y lágrimas

      6.5 (3.2K)
      Antonio Serrano(director)
    • [object Object]

      The Third Page

      7.3 (4.8K)
      Zeki Demirkubuz(director)
    • [object Object]

      El Medina

      6.7 (316)
      Yousry Nasrallah(director)

    Best International Feature

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      See You in Hell, My Darling

      6.1 (484)
      Nikos Nikolaidis(director)
      Nikos Nikolaidis

    Best Short Film

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      Sunlight

      6.5 (7)
      Genevieve Anderson(director)
    • [object Object]

      Darwin's Evolutionary Stakes

      4.6 (23)
      Andrew Horne(director)
    • [object Object]

      Amassa Que Elas Gostam

      5.9 (53)
      Fernando Coster(director)
    • [object Object]

      Little Dark Poet

      6.2 (111)
      Mike Booth(director)
    • [object Object]

      Les tiqueurs

      Philippe Locquet(director)
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      X2000

      5.7 (999)
      François Ozon(director)

    • Alias

      5.8 (101)
      Marina de Van(director)
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      Slim Pickings

      6.8 (150)
      Anthony Lucas(director)

    • Sunset in Venice

      Spiro Taraviras(director)

    • Los Angels

      Jessica Sanders(director)

    • Big Wheel

      Jeff Taupier(director)

    • From Morning on I Waited Yesterday

      6.5 (14)
      Wiebke von Carolsfeld(director)

    • Threaded

      Mark Forstmann(director)

    • Fin de juego

      Manuel de Alba(director)
    • [object Object]

      Patterns

      6.5 (45)
      Kirsten Sheridan(director)
    • [object Object]

      To Build a Better Mousetrap

      6.9 (29)
      Christopher Leone(director)

    • So-Nyun-Ghi

      7.1 (10)
      Pil-sung Yim(director)
    • [object Object]

      Relievio

      Michael Glumicich(director)
    • [object Object]

      Guy's Dog

      7.7 (27)
      Rory Bresnihan(director)

    • Idölle

      6.5 (19)
      Petra Brix(director)
      Anja Perl(director)
    • [object Object]

      When the Day Breaks

      6.8 (1.4K)
      Wendy Tilby(director)
      Amanda Forbis(director)

    • Almonds and Wine

      Arnie Lipsey(director)

    • Mister Smile

      5.8 (32)
      Fran Krause(director)

    New Directors Competition

    • Benito Zambrano
      • Benito Zambrano(director)
      • Solas
    • Director, Adam Watstein
      • Adam Watstein(director)
      • Off the Hook
    • Lav Diaz in Season of the Devil (2018)
      • Lav Diaz(director)
      • Serafin Geronimo: Ang kriminal ng Baryo Concepcion
      • Ed Radtke(director)
      • The Dream Catcher
    • Damien O'Donnell at an event for Rory O'Shea Was Here (2004)
      • Damien O'Donnell(director)
      • East Is East
    • Dwayne Johnson-Cochran
      • Dwayne Johnson-Cochran(director)
      • Love and Action in Chicago
    • Ash Baron-Cohen
      • Ash Baron-Cohen(director)
      • Pups
    • Sólveig Anspach at an event for Stormy Weather (2003)
      • Sólveig Anspach(director)
      • Battle Cries
    • Alejandro Springall
      • Alejandro Springall(director)
      • Little Saints
      • Glen Goei(director)
      • That's the Way I Like It
    • Veit Helmer
      • Veit Helmer(director)
      • Tuvalu
    • Frederick Marx speaking at Hoop Dreams event 1995
      • Frederick Marx(director)
      • The Unspoken
    • Lazar Ristovski, Actor
      • Lazar Ristovski(director)
      • The White Suit
      • Arik Kaplun(director)
      • Yana's Friends

    Silver Hugo

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    Best Actor

    • Benoît Poelvoorde in Romantics Anonymous (2010)
      Winner
      • Benoît Poelvoorde
      • Les convoyeurs attendent

    Best Actress

    • Hilary Swank
      Winner
      • Hilary Swank
      • Boys Don't Cry

    Best Animated Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Huset på Kampen

      7.0 (272)
      Pjotr Sapegin(director)
    • Winner

      La bouche cousue

      6.6 (19)
      Jean-Luc Gréco(director)

    Best Director

    • Lynne Ramsay
      Winner
      • Lynne Ramsay
      • Ratcatcher

    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Cola Conquest

      7.4 (109)
      Irene Lilienheim Angelico
      Abbey Neidik
      DLI Productions
    • Winner

      Theme: Murder

      6.7 (11)
      Martha Swetzoff

    Best Film

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      Winner

      Not of This World

      7.2 (839)
      Giuseppe Piccioni

    Best Narrative Short Film

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      Winner

      Surveiller les tortues

      6.7 (21)
      Inés Rabadán

    Best Screenplay

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      Winner

      Set Me Free

      6.9 (1.1K)
      Léa Pool

    Gold Plaque

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    Best Animated Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Humdrum

      6.6 (449)
      Peter Peake(director)

    Best Narrative Short Film

    • Winner

      Mutiny

      8.1 (20)
      Henry Griffin(director)

    Silver Plaque

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    Best Documentary Short

    • Winner

      Homeless '99

      D.P. Carlson

    Intercom Special Achievement - Writing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Grumpuss

      Travis E. Pike

    FIPRESCI Prize

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      3 ju zhi lian

      5.4 (87)
      Hung Hung
      For its stylistically refreshing portrait of multilayered characters in search of their identity in the contemporary urban society.

    Silver Intercom Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Stitch in Time

      Marta Houske(Director, Writer, Producer)
      Matrix Communications
      Starred Star Trek legend Nichelle Nichols

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    Event date

    October 6, 1999 - October 21, 1999

    Event location

    Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Event links

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

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