2007 Awards Ceremony

 

A shot of the public on Closing Night

  

Montreal,
Monday September 24, 2007

The Fabienne Colas Foundation is proud to announce the big winners of the 3rd edition of the MIHFF. The prizes were awarded at the closing ceremony, attended by close to 500 people, which was held on Sunday, September 23, 2007 at 8 p.m. in the Mirella and Lino Saputo Theatre at the Leonardo da Vinci Centre.

Jury members based their decisions on the quality of the finished product (screenplay, coherence of story, directing, editing, acting and its ability to keep the viewers’ attention from start to finish). The Jury consisted of Sacha Parisot, Director and Jury President, Claude Lévesque, Communications Consultant, and Ralph Boncy, Radio Host and Music and Film Critic.

The nominees for Best Feature Fiction Film were:

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 Amours, Mensonges
et Conqéquences
by Jean-Alix Holmand 
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 Le Chauffeur by Jean-Claude Bourjolly
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 Kidnapping by Mireille et Telio Deetjen
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 Le Président a-t-il le Sida?
by Arnold Antonin

The award for Best Feature Fiction Film, offered by Radio-Canada, went to Le Président a-t-il le Sida? by Arnold Antonin for the quality and originality of the story, for the acting, as well as for its ability to keep the interest of the viewers. The award, as well as the accompanying CDN$1,000 bursary, were distributed by Léo Kalinda.

Arnold Antonin

The nominees for Best Feature Documentary Film were:

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 L'Empire du Sucre (Big sugar) by Brian McKenna  
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 Les Enfants du Sucre (the Sugar Babies) by Amy Serrano
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 Les Enfants Esclaves (children of shadows) by Karen Kramer  
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 Failing Haiti by Rod Paul
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 Le Prix du Sucre (The Price of Sugar) by Bill Haney

The award for Best Feature Documentary Film, offered by the Fabienne Colas Foundation, went to Le Prix du Sucre (The Price of Sugar) by Bill Haney for the seriousness of the topic, the way the story unfolds, its ability to keep the viewers’ attention, and especially for the quality of the picture, the directing and the editing. The award and the CDN$1,000 bursary were distributed by Emile Castonguay.

Martine Chartrand

  

The nominees for Best Short Film were:

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 Âme Noire by Martine Chartrand 
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 Amitié multicolore by Geneviève Poulette
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 La Perte by Judith Leconte
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 Pop Vox Culture by Emage  
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 Woodshed by Ella Turenne

The award for Best Short Film, offered by Réseau Liberté, went to Âme Noire by Martine Chartrand for its poetic and artistic quality, its ingenuity and its originality. The award and the CDN$300 bursary were distributed by Paul Breton.

 

The MIHFF would like to thank Radio-Canada, the Fabienne Colas Foundation and Réseau Liberté for these prizes.