JEANNE MOREAU, actor-director, president, France
JUDITH ELEK, director, Hungary
ASSUMPTA SERNA, actress, Spain
GUGLIELMO BIRAGHI, writer, Italy
DENIS HEROUX, producer, Canada
HUMBERTO SOLAS, director, Cuba
KENNETH TURAN, critic with the Los Angeles Times, USA

**************** THE AWARDS ****************

FEATURE FILMS:

Grand Prix of the Americas (Best Film):
DIFFERENT FOR GIRLS, by Richard Spence (Great-Britain)

Special Grand Jury Prize :
UN AIR DE FAMILLE, by Cedric Klapish (France),
SLEEPING MAN (NEMURU OKOTO), by Kohei Oguri (Japon)

Best Director:
THE PUPIL (L'ELEVE), by Olivier Schatzky (France)

Best Actress:
Laura Dern in CITIZEN RUTH, by Alexander Payne (USA)

Best Actor:
Rupert Graves in INTIMATE RELATIONS, by Philip Goodhew
(UK/Canada)

Best Screenplay:
ADOSADOS, by Mario Camus, co-written with Felix Bayon
(Spain)

Best Artistic Contribution:
Chul-Soo Park for FAREWELL MY DARLING (South Korea)

SHORT FILMS

1st Prize:
DINER FOR TWO, by Janet Perlman (Canada)

2nd Prize:
DE JAZMIN IN FLOR, by Daniel Gruener (Mexico)

SPECIAL AWARDS, 20th ANNIVERSARY:

Life Achievement:
NICOLAS CAGE, actor

For Their Exceptional Contribution to the Art of Cinema:
NIKITA MIKHALKOV, actor-director
ARTHUR LAMOTHE, director
PAOLO & VITTORIO TAVIANI, directors
JAN TROELL, director
NUSAT FATEH ALI KHAN, composer

OTHERS

The "Prix de Montreal" for Best First Fiction Feature in all sections:
OAKERI, by Makoto Shinozaki (Japan)
with special mention to:
NEKROLOGJI by Fatmir Koci (Albania)

The Air Canada People's Choice Award (most popular feature)
UN AIR DE FAMILLE, by Cedric Klapisch (France)

The FedEx Award for Best Canadian Feature Film:
LILIES, by John Greyson

The Telefilm-Canada $25,000 for Best Canadian Feature Film (chosen by the public)
LILIES, by John Greyson

The International Critics Award (FIPRESCI):
Films in Competition:
ADOSADOS, by Mario Camus (Spain)
In Section "New Trends":
OAKERI, by Makoto Shinozaki (Japan)

The Ecumenical Jury Prize:
HAMSUN, by Jan Troell.
with special mention to
GENTLE INTO THE NIGHT, by Antonio Baiocco (Italy)

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