2023 Awardee
Published on 08.09.2023
The 1st Montreal International Film Festival winners’ list
Category - Feature Films
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Best Picture - A Letter from Helga
Best Screenplay - The Pink Lagoon
Best Cinematography - A Letter from Helga
Best Director - Ailleurs si j'y suis/Let's get lost: François Pirot
Best Cast - We Are Zombie
Best Actor - Seventh Heaven: Krešimir Mikić as Ninoslav Radman
Best Actress - Ailleurs si j'y suis/Let's get lost: Suzanne Clément as Catherine
Best Editor - A Letter from Helga
Best Soundtrack - A Letter from Helga
Best Costumes - Holy Family
Best Makeup - We Are Zombie
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Category - Short Films
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Best Picture - Another Day
Best Screenplay - Drawback
Best Cinematography - IYOV
Best Director - Weeds Are Flowers, Too: Kay Shioma Metchie
Best Cast - The Apartment
Best Actor - Sucker: Rob Chen as Andy
Best Actress - Tiny Joy: Elizabeth Ho
Best Editor - The Old Young Crow
Best Soundtrack - Beat it
Best Costumes - Beata Beatrix
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Category - Documentaries
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Best Documentary - When Hope Breaks Through
Best Cinematography - What the night whispers to the day
Best Director - Beneath the Surface (of Ice): Zhang Xiquan
Best Storytelling - Burden Of Memory
Best Editor - Baltic Truth
Best Soundtrack - When Hope Breaks Through
Category - Animation
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Best Picture - Heavis Tendres (Tender Metalheads)
Best Screenplay - Starcatcher
Best Director - Little Hurts: Debra Solomon
Best Voice Over - Little Hurts: Debra Solomon
Best Soundtrack - Little Hurts: Alan Zahn
Best Character Design - Abîme
Best Animation - Little Hurts: Debra Solomon
Best World Building - Sprinkles
Category - TV Series: Not Valid for the 2023 Edition.
(Not enough applicants for consideration).