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Chicago International Film Festival

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    Gold Hugo

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    Best Animated Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Rejected

      7.9 (9.1K)
      Don Hertzfeldt

    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Gleaners & I

      7.7 (9.6K)
      Agnès Varda
    • [object Object]

      Bus Rider's Union

      6.7 (75)
      Haskell Wexler(director)
      Johanna Demetrakas(director)
    • [object Object]

      Caesar's Park

      5.5 (69)
      Sarah Price(director)
    • [object Object]

      Saluzzi - Ensayo para bandoneon y tres hermanos

      Daniel Rosenfeld(director)
    • [object Object]

      Sound and Fury

      7.8 (1.1K)
      Josh Aronson(director)
    • [object Object]

      Yo soy así

      7.8 (29)
      Sonia Herman Dolz(director)

    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Amores Perros

      8.0 (269K)
      Alejandro G. Iñárritu

    Best Short Narrative - 15 Minutes and Over

    • Winner

      Better or Worse?

      5.3 (62)
      Jocelyn Cammack

    Best Student Narrative Short Film 15 Minutes and Over

    • Winner

      Motorcycle

      5.4 (49)
      Aditya Assarat

    Best Feature

    • [object Object]

      Las aventuras de Dios

      6.0 (168)
      Eliseo Subiela(director)
    • [object Object]

      Chronically Unfeasible

      6.9 (695)
      Sergio Bianchi(director)
    • [object Object]

      Clouds of May

      7.3 (7.2K)
      Nuri Bilge Ceylan(director)
    • [object Object]

      The Debt

      7.8 (4.1K)
      Krzysztof Krauze(director)
    • [object Object]

      Que faisaient les femmes pendant que l'homme marchait sur la lune?

      6.5 (163)
      Chris Vander Stappen(director)
    • [object Object]

      With a Friend Like Harry...

      7.1 (12K)
      Dominik Moll(director)
    • [object Object]

      Manila

      5.7 (187)
      Romuald Karmakar(director)
    • [object Object]

      Une pour toutes

      4.9 (389)
      Claude Lelouch(director)
    • [object Object]

      El mar

      6.9 (1.6K)
      Agustí Villaronga(director)
    • [object Object]

      Sud Side Stori

      5.7 (88)
      Roberta Torre(director)
    • [object Object]

      The Visit

      6.2 (293)
      Jordan Walker-Pearlman(director)
    • [object Object]

      Whatever

      6.9 (918)
      Philippe Harel(director)

    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]

      Intolerance

      7.2 (297)
      Phil Mulloy(director)
    • [object Object]

      Sailorman

      6.9 (10)
      D.P. Carlson(director)
    • [object Object]

      Lazy Sunday Afternoon

      6.0 (57)
      Bert Gottschalk(director)

    • Château de sable

      6.4 (12)
      François Rossier(director)

    • L'hôtel des Thermes

      Bernard Declercq(director)
      Thomas François(director)

    • Marcie's Dowry

      6.5 (72)
      David Mackenzie(director)

    • Des morceaux de ma femme

      7.2 (58)
      Frédéric Pelle(director)

    • Replay

      6.7 (8)
      Isabelle Favez(director)
    • [object Object]

      Black XXX-Mas

      6.1 (272)
      Pieter Van Hees(director)
    • [object Object]

      Boundaries

      6.2 (84)
      Greg Durbin(director)
    • [object Object]

      Buskers

      6.9 (39)
      Ian Power(director)
    • [object Object]

      Somersault

      5.9 (65)
      David Mackenzie(director)

    • Comm-Raid on the Potemkin

      Enda Hughes(director)

    • Downpour

      8.2 (20)
      Aaron Woodley(director)
    • [object Object]

      For the Birds

      7.9 (35K)
      Ralph Eggleston(director)

    • Rice Paper Stars

      9.2 (7)
      Andy Goddard(director)

    • Hospital Fragment

      6.5 (311)
      Guy Maddin(director)

    • The Indescribable Nth

      7.5 (54)
      Steve Moore(director)
    • [object Object]

      Infection

      6.6 (134)
      James Cunningham(director)

    • Hartes Brot

      5.9 (38)
      Nathalie Percillier(director)
    • [object Object]

      Who's My Favourite Girl?

      5.9 (226)
      Adrian McDowall(director)

    New Directors Competition

    • Baltasar Kormákur at an event for Everest (2015)
      • Baltasar Kormákur(director)
      • 101 Reykjavík
    • Sébastien Lifshitz
      • Sébastien Lifshitz(director)
      • Come Undone
    • David Blair
      • David Blair(director)
      • Donovan Quick
      • Li-Kong Hsu(director)
      • Chi Yin(director)
      • Fleeing by Night
    • David Gordon Green at an event for Snow Angels (2007)
      • David Gordon Green(director)
      • George Washington
      • Frank Novak(director)
      • Better Housekeeping
      • Joel Hershman(director)
      • Greenfingers
      • Anne Villacèque(director)
      • Little Darling
      • Carl Seaton(director)
      • One Week
    • Conor McPherson in The Eclipse (2009)
      • Conor McPherson(director)
      • Saltwater
    • Kornél Mundruczó
      • Kornél Mundruczó(director)
      • This I Wish and Nothing More
      • Salvador Aguirre(director)
      • De ida y vuelta
    • Raymond De Felitta at an event for 'Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris (2006)
      • Raymond De Felitta(director)
      • Two Family House

    Silver Hugo

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    Best Actor

    • Emilio Echevarría in Amores Perros (2000)
      Gael García Bernal at an event for Bad Santa (2003)
      Winners
      • Emilio Echevarría
      • Gael García Bernal
      • Amores Perros

    Best Actress

    • Hannelore Elsner
      Winner
      • Hannelore Elsner
      • Die Unberührbare

    Best Director

    • Clara Law
      Winner
      • Clara Law
      • The Goddess of 1967

    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Gaea Girls

      7.4 (277)
      Kim Longinotto
      Jano Williams
      Tied with Legacy (2000).
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Legacy

      6.9 (163)
      Tod Lending
      Tied with Gaea Girls (2000).

    Best Experimental Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Outer Space

      7.1 (3K)
      Peter Tscherkassky(director)

    Best First Film

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      Winner

      The Day I Became a Woman

      7.3 (2.1K)
      Marzieh Makhmalbaf

    Best Short Film (15 minutes and over)

    • Winner

      Cleave

      6.9 (14)
      Hollie Lavenstein(director)

    Special Jury Prize

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Time for Drunken Horses

      7.7 (9.3K)
      Bahman Ghobadi

    Gold Plaque

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    Best Animated Short Film

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      Winner

      Große Gefühle

      5.4 (64)
      Sandra Schießl(director)

    Best Animated Student Film

    • Winner

      Saadia: A Moroccan Woman in the Resistance

      Tarik Cherkaoui(director)

    Best Direction, Variety/Entertainment

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Twice in a Lifetime

      7.0 (364)
      David Winning
      For episode "Match Made in Heaven"

    Best Documentary Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Voz e o Vazio - A Vez de Vassourinha

      7.7 (26)
      Carlos Adriano(director)

    Best Narrative Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Birthday

      Morag McKinnon(director)

    Independent Productions - Experimental Video

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Purgatory

      7.1 (22)
      M. Frank

    Silver Plaque

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    Best Animated Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Brother

      7.2 (908)
      Adam Elliot(director)

    Best Narrative Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      She's Racing

      8.5 (10)
      Kirstin Marcon(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Døren som ikke smakk

      6.2 (118)
      Jens Lien(director)

    Best Student Narrative Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Cock Fight

      6.8 (35)
      Sigalit Lipshitz(director)

    Certificate of Merit

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    Best Student Animated Film

    • Winner

      Hourglass

      Matthew Hood(director)

    Audience Choice Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Amores Perros

      8.0 (269K)
      Alejandro G. Iñárritu

    Chicago Award

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    • Harold Ramis
      Winner
      • Harold Ramis

    American Treasure Award

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    • Joe Dante in Burying the Ex (2014)
      Winner
      • Joe Dante

    Emerging Artist Award

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    • Joe Dante in Burying the Ex (2014)
      Winner
      • Joe Dante

    Career Achievement Award

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    • Richard Gere at an event for I'm Not There (2007)
      Winner
      • Richard Gere
    • Laurence Fishburne
      Winner
      • Laurence Fishburne

    Lifetime Achievement Award

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    • Richard Attenborough in Jurassic Park (1993)
      Winner
      • Richard Attenborough

    FIPRESCI Prize

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Nico and Dani

      6.7 (6.4K)
      Cesc Gay
      For its sensitive and daring treatment of teenage sexuality. Tied with Nichiyobi wa owaranai (2000).
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Nichiyobi wa owaranai

      7.8 (134)
      Yôichirô Takahashi
      For the impressive use of cinematic devices to tell a compelling story about growing up. Tied with Nico and Dani (2000).

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    Event date

    October 5, 2000 - October 19, 2000

    Event location

    Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Event links

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