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Montréal World Film Festival

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    Grand Prix des Amériques

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      Winner

      The Cordon

      6.8 (451)
      Goran Markovic
    • [object Object]

      Abar Aranye

      5.7 (170)
      Goutam Ghose
    • [object Object]

      Ashura no gotoku

      7.0 (345)
      Yoshimitsu Morita
    • [object Object]

      Bless You, Prison

      7.5 (560)
      Nicolae Margineanu
    • [object Object]

      Le coeur des hommes

      6.5 (2K)
      Marc Esposito

    • La colère des dieux

      6.8 (37)
      Idrissa Ouedraogo
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      Gaz Bar Blues

      7.6 (1.2K)
      Louis Bélanger
    • [object Object]

      The Gun (from 6 to 7:30 p.m.)

      6.7 (79)
      Vladimir Alenikov
    • [object Object]

      Le intermittenze del cuore

      6.7 (38)
      Fabio Carpi
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      Ira Madiyama

      7.2 (173)
      Prasanna Vithanage
    • [object Object]

      Jericho Mansions

      5.4 (1.1K)
      Alberto Sciamma
    • [object Object]

      As a Bad Dream

      5.9 (425)
      Antonio Mitrikeski
    • [object Object]

      The Encounter

      6.6 (451)
      Ömer Kavur
    • [object Object]

      Milchwald

      6.5 (445)
      Christoph Hochhäusler
    • [object Object]

      Planta 4ª

      6.9 (1.7K)
      Antonio Mercero
    • [object Object]

      The Little Polish

      6.8 (813)
      Juan Carlos Desanzo
    • [object Object]

      Il posto dell'anima

      6.9 (262)
      Riccardo Milani
    • [object Object]

      The Professional

      8.4 (7.7K)
      Dusan Kovacevic
    • [object Object]

      Ruoma de shi qi sui

      6.8 (111)
      Jiarui Zhang

    Special Grand Prize of the Jury

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      Winner

      Gaz Bar Blues

      7.6 (1.2K)
      Louis Bélanger

    Best Director

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      Winner

      Planta 4ª

      6.9 (1.7K)
      Antonio Mercero

    Best Actress

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      Winner

      The Little Polish

      6.8 (813)
      Marina Glezer

    Best Actor

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      Winner

      Il posto dell'anima

      6.9 (262)
      Silvio Orlando

    Best Screenplay

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      Winner

      The Professional

      8.4 (7.7K)
      Dusan Kovacevic

    Best Artistic Contribution

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      Winner

      Bless You, Prison

      7.5 (560)
      Nicolae Margineanu

    Innovation Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Le intermittenze del cuore

      6.7 (38)
      Fabio Carpi

    First Prize (Short Films)

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      Winner

      Vie et mort d'un instant d'ennui

      7.3 (31)
      Patrick Bossard

    • 2D or not 2D

      6.2 (76)
      Paul Driessen
    • [object Object]

      Aya baran miayad?

      Majid Dehghani

    • Basilisk Stare

      7.0 (52)
      Michael Kamieniak

    • Bleu comme un coup de feu

      6.5 (35)
      Masoud Raouf

    • Bodyblow

      Sonya Gildea

    • Brusco despertar

      Ernesto Godoy
    • [object Object]

      Dienst

      7.3 (18)
      Jochen Alexander Freydank

    • In Bed with My Books

      8.1 (9)
      Michael Bergmann

    • Islet

      7.7 (42)
      Nicolas Brault
    • [object Object]

      Song of Wreckage

      7.2 (24)
      Ryan Redford
    • [object Object]

      Underground

      7.2 (143)
      Aimee Lagos
      Kristin Dehnert
    • [object Object]

      Waiting for the Light

      Federico Bruno

    Jury Prize (Short Films)

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    • Winner

      In Bed with My Books

      8.1 (9)
      Michael Bergmann

    Grand Prix Special des Amériques

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    • Erland Josephson in Saraband (2003)
      Winner
      • Erland Josephson
    • Denise Robert at an event for Mambo Italiano (2003)
      Winner
      • Denise Robert
    • Martin Scorsese at an event for The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2010)
      Winner
      • Martin Scorsese

    People's Choice Award

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      Winner

      Planta 4ª

      6.9 (1.7K)
      Antonio Mercero
    • [object Object]

      Gaz Bar Blues

      7.6 (1.2K)
      Louis Bélanger

    Best Canadian Short Film

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    • Winner

      Cherry Fruitbread

      Laura Turek
      Award for the most popular Canadian short film.

    • Islet

      7.7 (42)
      Nicolas Brault
      Award for the most popular Canadian short film.

    Golden Zenith

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    Best Documentary Film

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      Winner

      Sexe de rue

      7.1 (11)
      Richard Boutet

    Best Film from Africa

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      Winner

      The Bookstore

      6.6 (112)
      Nawfel Saheb-Ettaba
      Tied with Le soleil assassiné (2003).
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      Winner

      Le soleil assassiné

      6.5 (168)
      Abdelkrim Bahloul
      Tied with The Bookstore (2002).

    Best Film from Asia

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      Winner

      Watashi no guranpa

      6.6 (116)
      Yôichi Higashi

    Best Film from Canada

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      Winner

      The Delicate Art of Parking

      6.4 (831)
      Trent Carlson

    Best Film from Europe

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      Winner

      Kopps

      6.7 (24K)
      Josef Fares

    Best Film from Oceania

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      Winner

      Alexandra's Project

      6.5 (5.3K)
      Rolf de Heer

    Best Film from the United States

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      Winner

      Die, Mommie, Die!

      6.4 (2.2K)
      Mark Rucker

    Best First Feature Film

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      Winner

      I Always Wanted to Be a Saint

      6.2 (104)
      Geneviève Mersch

    Glauber Rocha Award

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      Winner

      Cleopatra

      6.6 (668)
      Eduardo Mignogna

    FIPRESCI Prize

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    Feature Film

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      Winner

      The Professional

      8.4 (7.7K)
      Dusan Kovacevic
      For its skill in conveying personal and political reawakenings with wit, dark humor and ingenious construction.

    Short Film

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      Winner

      Vie et mort d'un instant d'ennui

      7.3 (31)
      Patrick Bossard
      For its self-aware charm and its clever tweaking of art-house clichés.

    Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

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      Winner

      Gaz Bar Blues

      7.6 (1.2K)
      Louis Bélanger

    Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Bless You, Prison

      7.5 (560)
      Nicolae Margineanu

    Special Mention of the First Films Jury

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      Winner

      Moving Malcolm

      4.6 (212)
      Ben Immanuel
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Unscrewed

      6.8 (34)
      Leslie Shearing

    Most Popular Canadian Feature Film

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      Winner

      Gaz Bar Blues

      7.6 (1.2K)
      Louis Bélanger

    Excellence in Producing Award

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      Winner

      Finding Home

      5.2 (621)
      Victoria Paige Meyerink(producer)

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    • Festival des films du monde de Montréal

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    Event date

    August 27, 2003 - September 7, 2003

    Event location

    Montréal, Québec, Canada

    Event links

    • http://www.ffm-montreal.org/
    • http://www.fipresci.org/

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