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Montréal World Film Festival

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    Grand Prix des Amériques

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      Winner

      Freedom

      7.2 (1.4K)
      Tony Gatlif
    • [object Object]

      9:06

      5.5 (338)
      Igor Sterk
    • [object Object]

      Andres Doesn't Want to Take a Nap

      6.6 (89)
      Daniel Bustamante
    • [object Object]

      Fire Keeper

      6.0 (248)
      Mohsen Amiryoussefi
    • [object Object]

      Animal Heart

      6.9 (203)
      Séverine Cornamusaz
    • [object Object]

      Dear Doctor

      7.0 (780)
      Miwa Nishikawa
    • [object Object]

      Case Unknown

      6.3 (384)
      Feliks Falk
    • [object Object]

      Forever Waiting

      5.9 (22)
      Francisco Avizanda
    • [object Object]

      I'm Glad My Mother Is Alive

      6.7 (607)
      Claude Miller
      Nathan Miller
    • [object Object]

      Jestem twój

      5.5 (127)
      Mariusz Grzegorzek
    • [object Object]

      The Physics of Water

      5.3 (113)
      Felice Farina
    • [object Object]

      Redland

      6.9 (111)
      Asiel Norton
    • [object Object]

      Strayed

      5.5 (283)
      Akan Satayev
    • [object Object]

      St. George Shoots the Dragon

      6.4 (1.9K)
      Srdjan Dragojevic
    • [object Object]

      Un cargo pour l'Afrique

      5.6 (67)
      Roger Cantin
    • [object Object]

      Love and Rage

      6.3 (381)
      Morten Giese
    • [object Object]

      Villon's Wife

      7.0 (438)
      Kichitarô Negishi
    • [object Object]

      Fang zhi gu niang

      6.9 (129)
      Quan'an Wang
    • [object Object]

      Will You Marry Us?

      6.4 (312)
      Micha Lewinsky
    • [object Object]

      Waffenstillstand

      6.5 (247)
      Lancelot von Naso

    Special Grand Prize of the Jury

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      Winner

      Fang zhi gu niang

      6.9 (129)
      Quan'an Wang

    Jury Prize

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    Feature Film

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      Vivir de pie. Las guerras de Cipriano Mera

      8.1 (43)
      Valentí Figueres
      Helena Sánchez
      Sueños de la Hormiga Roja, Los

    Best Director

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      Winner

      Villon's Wife

      7.0 (438)
      Kichitarô Negishi

    Best Actress

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      Winner

      Will You Marry Us?

      6.4 (312)
      Marie Leuenberger

    Best Actor

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      Winner

      Love and Rage

      6.3 (381)
      Cyron Melville

    Best Screenplay

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      I'm Glad My Mother Is Alive

      6.7 (607)
      Alain Le Henry

    Best Artistic Contribution

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      St. George Shoots the Dragon

      6.4 (1.9K)
      Srdjan Dragojevic

    Innovation Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Fire Keeper

      6.0 (248)
      Mohsen Amiryoussefi

    First Prize (Short Films)

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      Winner

      Pigeon: Impossible

      6.5 (886)
      Lucas Martell
    • [object Object]

      Land of the Heads

      6.8 (142)
      Cédric Louis
      Claude Barras

    • Bloody Crumble

      Éric Périssé
    • [object Object]

      L'homme et la bête

      6.3 (13)
      Martin Thibaudeau
    • [object Object]

      L'homme qui dort

      6.9 (76)
      Inès Sedan

    • Matières à rêver

      6.7 (6)
      Florence Miailhe
    • [object Object]

      Morgen früh, wenn Gott will

      6.5 (20)
      Maria-Anna Rimpfl
    • [object Object]

      Surmenage

      7.3 (7)
      Alexandre Leblanc
      Benoit Bourbonnais
    • [object Object]

      Historias Breves V: Un juego absurdo

      7.9 (140)
      Gastón Rothschild
    • [object Object]

      Vive la rose

      6.0 (70)
      Bruce Alcock

    • Les Manches noires

      Willy Kempeneers
    • [object Object]

      Fäst vid dig

      6.6 (16)
      Carin Bräck
      Cecilia Actis
      Maria Hulterstam

    First Prize (Short Films)

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      Lenny

      5.4 (9)
      Cyril Schäublin
      Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)

    Jury Prize (Short Films)

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      Winner

      Fäst vid dig

      6.6 (16)
      Carin Bräck
      Cecilia Actis
      Maria Hulterstam

    Grand Prix Special des Amériques

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    • Pierre Lebeau
      Winner
      • Pierre Lebeau
      For their exceptional contribution to the cinematographic art.
    • Winner
      • Jun Gu
      For their exceptional contribution to the cinematographic art.

    Best Canadian Short Film

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      Winner

      Surmenage

      7.3 (7)
      Alexandre Leblanc
      Benoit Bourbonnais
      Award for the most popular Canadian short film.

    Golden Zenith

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      Winner

      You Will Be Mine

      5.6 (1.4K)
      Sophie Laloy
    • [object Object]

      Mrs. Moskowitz and the Cats

      6.7 (30)
      Jorge Gurvich
    • [object Object]

      Caja negra

      6.5 (25)
      Ariel Gordon
    • [object Object]

      Children of Invention

      6.4 (671)
      Tze Chun
    • [object Object]

      Losing Balance

      6.7 (122)
      Felix Fuchssteiner
    • [object Object]

      The Ambulance

      6.4 (98)
      Goran Radovanovic
    • [object Object]

      Invisible Eyes

      5.3 (84)
      Olivier Cohen
    • [object Object]

      Los canallas

      5.2 (48)
      Ana Cristina Franco
      Jorge Alejandro Fegan
      Diego Coral López
      Nataly Valencia
    • [object Object]

      The Childhood of Icarus

      5.1 (127)
      Alex Iordachescu
    • [object Object]

      Mi Xiang

      6.1 (23)
      Hongfei Wang
    • [object Object]

      Nisesatsu

      4.7 (11)
      Yûichi Kimura
    • [object Object]

      Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!!

      5.2 (1.1K)
      Evgeny Afineevsky
    • [object Object]

      Ramírez

      5.4 (148)
      Albert Arizza
    • [object Object]

      Gravity

      6.7 (856)
      Maximilian Erlenwein
    • [object Object]

      By the Will of Chingis Khan

      4.6 (512)
      Andrei Borissov
    • [object Object]

      The Jazzman

      6.0 (76)
      Mike Koffman
    • [object Object]

      The Sunset Sky

      8.7 (21)
      Olivier Bernier
    • [object Object]

      Utolsó idök

      6.2 (245)
      Áron Mátyássy
    • [object Object]

      Vaghti limooha zard shodand

      6.5 (48)
      Mohammadreza Vatandoust
    • [object Object]

      Was du nicht siehst

      5.8 (379)
      Wolfgang Fischer

    Best First Feature Film

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      Caja negra

      6.5 (25)
      Alex Garcia(executive producer)

    Silver Zenith

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Vaghti limooha zard shodand

      6.5 (48)
      Mohammadreza Vatandoust

    Bronze Zenith

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Los canallas

      5.2 (48)
      Ana Cristina Franco
      Jorge Alejandro Fegan
      Diego Coral López
      Nataly Valencia

    Glauber Rocha Award

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      Winner

      Andres Doesn't Want to Take a Nap

      6.6 (89)
      Daniel Bustamante
      Award for the most popular Latin American film.

    FIPRESCI Prize

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      Winner

      Fang zhi gu niang

      6.9 (129)
      Quan'an Wang

    Out-of-Competition

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      Guilt

      5.2 (85)
      Vassilis Mazomenos
      Horme pictures

    Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Waffenstillstand

      6.5 (247)
      Lancelot von Naso

    Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Freedom

      7.2 (1.4K)
      Tony Gatlif

    Best Documentary

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Survive: In the Heart of the Khmer Rouge Madness

      7.8 (13)
      Rosane Saidnattar
      Award for the most popular documentary film.

    Most Popular Canadian Feature Film

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      Winner

      Un cargo pour l'Afrique

      5.6 (67)
      Roger Cantin

    Most Popular Film of the Festival

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Freedom

      7.2 (1.4K)
      Tony Gatlif

    Openness to the World Award

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    Feature Film

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      Twenty

      6.5 (994)
      Abdolreza Kahani(director)

    Best Experimental Film (Student Films)

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    National Competition

    • Winner

      Arrhythmia

      Meelad Moaphi(director)

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    • Festival des films du monde de Montréal

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    Event date

    August 27, 2009 - September 7, 2009

    Event location

    Montréal, Québec, Canada

    Event links

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

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