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Chicago International Film Festival

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    Gold Hugo

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    Best Animated Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Creature Comforts

      7.9 (2.3K)
      Richard Starzak(director)

    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids

      7.2 (18K)
      Zana Briski(director)
      Ross Kauffman(director)
    • Winner

      Imagining Ulysses

      7.2 (24)
      Neasa Hardiman
      Dearbhla Walsh
      David Blake Knox
      Blueprint Pictures
    • [object Object]

      Arakimentari

      7.1 (391)
      Travis Klose(director)
    • [object Object]

      Nede på jorden

      7.0 (29)
      Max Kestner(director)
    • [object Object]

      Die Mitte

      7.4 (131)
      Stanislaw Mucha(director)
    • [object Object]

      Checkpoint

      7.0 (52)
      Yoav Shamir(director)
    • [object Object]

      Le fantôme d'Henri Langlois

      7.7 (435)
      Jacques Richard(director)
    • [object Object]

      The Nomi Song

      7.4 (1.1K)
      Andrew Horn(director)

    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Control

      7.6 (28K)
      Nimród Antal

    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Cashback

      7.6 (11K)
      Sean Ellis

    • Filmpioneers

      Rüdiger Daniel(director)

    • Zamboni Man

      7.0 (45)
      Seth Henrikson(director)
    • [object Object]

      Marco Solo

      6.6 (25)
      Adrian Bosich(director)

    • Subway

      Mark Mamalakis(director)
    • [object Object]

      Mama Said

      Yasmina Cadiz(director)

    • The King of the Tango

      8.3 (11)
      Karen Friedberg(director)

    • Painter of the Land

      Joel Fendelman(director)
    • [object Object]

      Transit

      5.7 (109)
      Kerry Weldon(director)
    • [object Object]

      Chinese Dream

      7.8 (51)
      Victor Quinaz(director)
    • [object Object]

      Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury Hill

      7.0 (47)
      Anthony Byrne(director)
    • [object Object]

      Get the Picture

      7.2 (93)
      Rupert Wyatt(director)

    • I Like It a Lot

      4.5 (6)
      Jay Rosenblatt(director)
    • [object Object]

      Hello

      7.3 (171)
      Jonathan Nix(director)
    • [object Object]

      Glenn, the Great Runner

      5.7 (54)
      Anna Erlandsson(director)
    • [object Object]

      Magda

      6.5 (74)
      Chel White(director)

    • Gold

      Rachel Davies(director)

    • Chestnuts Icelolly

      J.J. Villard(director)

    • Andre Royo's Big Scene

      7.4 (24)
      Christopher Scott Cherot(director)

    • Drop

      7.0 (8)
      Robert Mowen(director)

    • Being Bad

      5.2 (25)
      Laurence Coriat(director)
    • [object Object]

      Shock Act

      7.9 (41)
      Seth Grossman(director)
    • [object Object]

      Tuesday's Women

      Oded Binnun(director)
      Mihal Brezis(director)

    • Er was eens... Luna

      2.6 (19)
      Pascale Bal(director)
    • [object Object]

      Vet!

      6.8 (40)
      Karin Junger(director)
      Brigit Hillenius(director)
    • [object Object]

      Right Foot, Left Foot or the Daring Young Man in the Cubicle

      8.3 (78)
      Daniel Poliner(director)
    • [object Object]

      Blind

      5.8 (25)
      Saskia Jell(director)
    • [object Object]

      Trafic

      6.7 (336)
      Cãtãlin Mitulescu(director)
    • [object Object]

      Love Me or Leave Me Alone

      6.3 (133)
      Duane Hopkins(director)
    • [object Object]

      Bikini

      5.7 (115)
      Lasse Persson(director)

    Best Student Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Shock Act

      7.9 (41)
      Seth Grossman

    Best Feature

    • [object Object]

      Imaginary Heroes

      7.0 (10K)
      Dan Harris(director)
    • [object Object]

      Lost Embrace

      6.9 (3.1K)
      Daniel Burman(director)
    • [object Object]

      The Missing

      6.3 (352)
      Kang-sheng Lee(director)
    • [object Object]

      Moolaadé

      7.6 (4.3K)
      Ousmane Sembene(director)
    • [object Object]

      Nobody Knows

      8.0 (34K)
      Hirokazu Koreeda(director)
    • [object Object]

      Rolling Family

      6.6 (1.4K)
      Pablo Trapero(director)
    • [object Object]

      Stray Dogs

      7.1 (732)
      Marzieh Makhmalbaf(director)
    • [object Object]

      Syrian Bride

      7.4 (3.5K)
      Eran Riklis(director)
    • [object Object]

      Tomorrow We Move

      5.8 (560)
      Chantal Akerman(director)
    • [object Object]

      Tropical Malady

      7.1 (6.6K)
      Apichatpong Weerasethakul(director)
    • [object Object]

      Undertow

      6.5 (9.6K)
      David Gordon Green(director)
    • [object Object]

      The Waiting Room

      6.3 (3.6K)
      Zeki Demirkubuz(director)
    • [object Object]

      Pourquoi (pas) le Brésil

      5.1 (121)
      Laetitia Masson(director)
    • [object Object]

      The Woodsman

      7.1 (36K)
      Nicole Kassell(director)

    New Directors Competition

    • Benoît Delépine at an event for Not Dead (2012)
      Gustave Kervern at an event for Not Dead (2012)
      • Benoît Delépine(director)
      • Gustave Kervern(director)
      • Aaltra
      • Iván Ávila Dueñas(director)
      • Adán y Eva (Todavía)
      • Mohsen Amiryoussefi(director)
      • Bitter Dream
      • Leonardo Di Cesare(director)
      • Buena vida (Delivery)
    • Joseph Cedar in Beaufort (2007)
      • Joseph Cedar(director)
      • Campfire
    • Benedek Fliegauf in Just the Wind (2012)
      • Benedek Fliegauf(director)
      • Dealer
      • Danielle Arbid(director)
      • In the Battlefields
    • Achim von Borries
      • Achim von Borries(director)
      • Love in Thoughts
    • Zhu Wen
      • Zhu Wen(director)
      • Yun de nan fang
    • Srdjan Vuletic
      • Srdjan Vuletic(director)
      • Ljeto u zlatnoj dolini
      • Jennifer Todd Reeves(director)
      • The Time We Killed
    • Ntshaveni Wa Luruli
      • Ntshaveni Wa Luruli(director)
      • The Wooden Camera

    Silver Hugo

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    Best Animated Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dublin 1

      Jason Tammemägi(director)

    Best Documentary Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      BattleGround: 21 Days on the Empire's Edge

      7.8 (136)
      Stephen Marshall

    Best Ensemble Acting

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Day and Night

      6.5 (1.7K)
      Mikael Persbrandt
      Sam Kessel
      Maria Bonnevie
      Michael Nyqvist
      Lena Endre
      Hans Alfredson
      Pernilla August
      Fares Fares
      Marie Göranzon
      Tuva Novotny
      Erland Josephson

    Best Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Whisky

      7.1 (7.1K)
      Juan Pablo Rebella(director)
      Pablo Stoll(director)

    Best Narrative Short Film

    • Winner

      Die Überraschung

      7.3 (60)
      Lancelot von Naso(director)

    Jury Special Prize

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Turtles Can Fly

      8.0 (22K)
      Bahman Ghobadi(director)

    New Directors Competition

    • Minh Nguyen-Vo at an event for Buffalo Boy (2004)
      Winner
      • Minh Nguyen-Vo
      • Buffalo Boy

    Special Achievement in Direction

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Jessica

      7.4 (566)
      Peter Andrikidis

    Special Performance Event

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Amelia

      8.5 (161)
      Édouard Lock

    Gold Plaque

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    Best Comedy Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      My New Best Friend

      8.8 (223)

    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The 10th Judicial Court: Judicial Hearings

      7.6 (650)
      Raymond Depardon(director)

    Best Dramatic Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Andromeda

      6.6 (15K)
      David Winning
      For episode "Machinery of The Mind".
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Andromeda

      Episode: 

      Double or Nothingness

      6.6 (15K)
      David Winning

    Best Experimental Short Film

    • Winner

      Restored Weekend

      Gerd Gockell(director)
      Kirsten Winter(director)

    Best Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Vremya zhatvy

      6.9 (236)
      Marina Razbezhkina(director)

    Feature Length Telefilm

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Holy Cross

      7.1 (119)
      Mark Brozel

    Special Achievement in Direction

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Andromeda

      Episode: 

      Double or Nothingness

      6.6 (15K)
      David Winning

    Television - Investigative Reporting/News Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Bellaria - So lange wir leben!

      7.6 (105)
      Douglas Wolfsperger
      Douglas Wolfsperger Filmproduktion

    Silver Plaque

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    Best Documentary

    • Winner

      Die Souvenirs des Herrn X

      5.8 (48)
      Arash T. Riahi(director)

    Best Documentary Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      On the D.L.

      Andrew Gura(director)

    Best Mini-Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Jessica

      7.4 (566)
      Peter Andrikidis

    Certificate of Merit

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    Best Animated Short Film

    • Winner

      Escape

      John Rice(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Hello

      7.3 (171)
      Jonathan Nix

    Best Narrative Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dysmorpho

      6.9 (17)
      Martin Kjellberg(director)
      Magnus Söderstedt(director)

    Documentary Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Joey

      7.9 (19)
      Nancy Montuori Stein(director)

    Chicago Award

    Edit
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Journey

      6.8 (396)

    Chicago Award - Special Recognition

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    • Winner

      Mindy

      8.5 (16)
      Yamei Scheda

    Career Achievement Award

    Edit
    • Robert Zemeckis in Beowulf (2007)
      Winner
      • Robert Zemeckis(director)
    • Annette Bening in The Face of Love (2013)
      Winner
      • Annette Bening(actor)

    FIPRESCI Prize

    Edit
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Campfire

      7.0 (694)
      Joseph Cedar

    Honorable Mention

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    New Directors Competition

    • Winner
      • Mohamed Asli(director)
      • Al malaika la tuhaliq fi al-dar albayda

    Short Film Awards

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    Competition

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Roulette

      8.1 (22)
      Jamie Wilson
      Mike Baranik
      Ultrasonik Pictures Ltd.

    Gold Intercom

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    Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Water for Southern California!

      Marta Houske(Director, Writer, Producer)
      Matrix Communications

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    Academy Awards, USABAFTA AwardsBerlin International Film FestivalCannes Film FestivalCritics Choice AwardsDirectors Guild of America, USAFilm Independent Spirit AwardsGolden Globes, USAGrammy AwardsMumbai Film FestivalPGA AwardsPrimetime Emmy AwardsScreen Actors Guild AwardsSundance Film FestivalSXSW Film FestivalToronto International Film FestivalTribeca Film FestivalVenice Film FestivalWriters Guild of America, USA

    Event date

    October 7, 2004 - October 21, 2004

    Event location

    Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Event links

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

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