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Jury
President : SERGIO CASTELLITTO, director and actor (Italy)
RACHID BOUCHAREB, director (France-Algeria)
ANDRÉANNE BOURNIVAL, cinéma professional (Canada)
FRIDRIK THOR FRIDRIKSSON, director and producer (Iceland)
ANA TORRENT, actress (Spain)
JANE ZHANG, singer and actress (China)
FEATURE FILMS
Grand prix des Americas:
OBEDIENCIA PERFECTA (PERFECT OBEDIENCE) by Luiz Urquiza Mondragon (Mexico)
Special Grand Prix of the jury:
FUSHIGI NA MISAKI NO MONOGATARI (CAPE NOSTALGIA) by Izuru Narushima (Japan)
Best Director:
SOKONOMINITE HIKARI KAGAYAKU (THE LIGHT SHINES ONLY THERE) by Mipo O (Japan)
Best Actress :
RACHAEL BLAKE and LUCIE DEBAY for the film MELODY by Bernard Bellefroid (Belgium-France-Luxembourg)
Best Actor :
YAO ANLIAN for the film DA GONG LAO BAN (FACTORY BOSS) by Zhang Wei (China)
Best Screenplay:
UN RAGAZZO D’ORO by Pupi Avati, screenplay by Pupi Avati (Italy)
Best Artistic Contribution :
DAS ZIMMERMÄDCHEN LYNN (THE CHAMBERMAID LYNN) by Ingo Haeb (Germany)
Innovation Award:
TRAVELATOR by Dusan Milic (Serbia-Montenegro)
SHORT FILMS :
1st prize: HJONABANDSSAELA (CHUM) by Jörundur Ragnarsson (Iceland)
Jury Award: BAD HUNTER by Sahim Omar Kalifa (Belgium)
Special mention: RABBIT by Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre (France)
ZENITHS FOR THE BEST FIRST FICTION FEATURE FILMS 2014:
Members of the jury of the First Fiction Films:
Noboru Hirose (Japon)
Bahman Maghsoudlou (Iran-USA)
Martin Malina (Canada)
Golden Zenith for the Best First Fiction Feature film:
GONZALEZ by Christian Diaz Pardo (Mexico)
Silver Zenith for the First Fiction Feature Film :
L’ANNÉE PROCHAINE (NEXT YEAR) by Vania Leturcq (Belgium-France)
Bronze Zenith for the First Fiction Feature Film :
A BERNI KÖVET (THE AMBASSADOR TO BERN) by Attila Szasz (Hungary)
PUBLIC AWARDS
The public was invited to vote for the most popular films in different categories:
Public Awards for the most popular film of the Festival:
RASTRES DEL SANDAL (TRACES OF SANDALWOOD) by Maria Ripoll (Spain)
Public Award for the most popular Canadian Feature Film:
SWEEPING FORWARD by Patricia MacDowell (Canada)
Glauber Rocha Award for the Best Latin American Film:
OBEDIENCIA PERFECTA (PERFECT OBEDIENCE) by Luiz Urquiza Mondragon (Mexico)
Award for Best documentary:
NO LAND’S SONG by Ayat Najafi (Germany-France)
Award for Best Canadian Short Film:
TODAY, I DID MY LAUNDRY by Zach Patton (Canada)
FIPRESCI PRIZES
FIPRESCI Prize for a film in the World Competition:
DAS ZIMMERMÄDCHEN LYNN (THE CHAMBERMAID LYNN) by Ingo Haeb (Germany)
FIPRESCI Prize for a film in the First Films Competition:
LOS BAÑISTAS (OPEN CAGE) by Max Zunino (Mexico)
ECUMENICAL PRIZES
FUSHIGI NA MISAKI NO MONOGATARI (CAPE NOSTALGIA) by Izuru Narushima (Japan)
Special mention of the Ecumenical jury:
MELODY by Bernard Bellefroid (Belgium-France-Luxembourg)
OTHER AWARDS:
Special awards for their exceptional contribution to the cinematographic art:
CLAUDE LELOUCH
MICHAEL J. WERNER
ALAIN RESNAIS (posthumous)