Awards - Montreal World Film Festival - 1978-1988

Grand Prize

• La Lectrice (Michel Deville)

Special Jury Prize

• Little Vera (Vasiliy Pichul)

Jury Award

• The Dawning (Robert Knights)
• Salaam Bombay! (Mira Nair)

Best Actor

• Davor Janjic (My Uncle's Legacy)

Best Actress

• Shin Hye-soo (Adada)

Best Artistic Contribution

• Marco Bellocchio
• Julia Migenes

1st Prize for Short Film

• The Bomb (Zoran Jofranovic)

Jury Prize for Short Film

• The Wanderer (George Ungar)

Public Award for the Most Popular Film of the Festival

• Salaam Bombay! (Mira Nair)

FIPRESCI Award for Feature Film

• My Uncle's Legacy (Krsto Papić)

Ecumenical Jury Prize

• Salaam Bombay! (Mira Nair)

Ecumenical Jury Award - Special Mention

• The Dawning (Robert Knights)

Grand Prize

• The Kid Brother (Claude Gagnon)

Special Jury Prize

• My General (Jaime de Armiñán)

Jury Award

• The Big Parade (Kaige Chen)

Best Actor

• Leo McKern (Travelling North)

Best Actress

• Irina Kupchenko (A Lonely Woman Wishes to Get Acquainted)

1st Prize for Short Film

• Shoeshine (Tom Abrams)

Jury Prize for Short Film

• George and Rosemary (David Fine, Alison Snowden)

Canadanian Cinema - 1st Prize

• Night Zoo (Jean-Claude Lauzon)

Public Award for the Most Popular Film of the Festival

• Made in Argentina (Juan José Jusid)

FIPRESCI Award – Competition

• Whooping Cough (Péter Gárdos)

Ecumenical Jury Prize

• Farewell Moscow (Mauro Bolognini)

Ecumenical Jury Award - Special Mention

• The Grand Highway (Jean-Loup Hubert)

Grand Prize

• Betty Blue (Jean-Jacques Beineix)

Special Jury Prize

• My Sweet Little Village (Jiří Menzel)

Jury Award

• Laputa (Helma Sanders-Brahms)

Best Actor

• Dennis Hopper (Blue Velvet)

Best Actress

• Krystyna Janda (Laputa)

1st Prize for Short Film

• Tables of Content (Wendy Tilby)

Canadanian Cinema - 1st Prize

• Sitting in Limbo (John N. Smith)

Public Award for the Most Popular Film of the Festival

• Betty Blue (Jean-Jacques Beineix)

FIPRESCI Award for Feature Film

• Der schwarze Tanner (Xavier Koller)

Ecumenical Jury Prize

• My Sweet Little Village (Jiří Menzel)

Ecumenical Jury Award - Special Mention

• And Then (Yoshimitsu Morita)

Grand Prize

• Our Father (Francisco Regueiro)

Special Jury Prize

• The Philadelphia Attraction (Péter Gárdos)

Jury Award

• He Died with His Eyes Open (Jacques Deray)
• Matou, Le (Jean Beaudin)

Best Actor

• Armin Mueller-Stahl (Angry Harvest)

Best Actress

• Nicole Garcia (The Fourth Power)

Special Mention for Quality

• Zifeng Ling (Border Town)

1st Prize for Short Film

• The Big Snit (Richard Condie)

Jury Prize for Short Film

• Up (Mike Hoover, Tim Huntley)

Public Award for the Most Popular Film of the Festival

• Matou, Le (Jean Beaudin)

International Press Award for the Best Canadian Film out of Competition

• Pale Face (Claude Gagnon)

Special Award for Exceptional Contribution to the Cinematographic Art

• Toshirō Mifune

Grand Prize

• El Norte (Gregory Nava)

Special Jury Prize

• The Public Woman (Andrzej Zulawski)
• The Ruins (Mrinal Sen)

Jury Award

• The Inheritors (Walter Bannert)

Best Actor

• John Shea (Windy City)

Best Actress

• Dorottya Udvaros (Oh, Bloody Life)

Best Screenplay

• Balkan Spy (Dusan Kovacevic, Bozidar 'Bota' Nikolic)

1st Prize for Short Film

• Every Day... Every Night (Kathy Mueller)

Jury Prize for Short Film

• The Pendulum, the Pit and Hope (Jan Švankmajer)

Public Award for the Most Popular Film of the Festival

• The Public Woman (Andrzej Zulawski)

International Press Award for the Best Canadian Film out of Competition

• La Femme de l'hôtel (Léa Pool)

Grand Prize

• The Go Masters (Junya Satō)

Special Jury Prize

• Benvenuta (André Delvaux)

Jury Award

• Bearn o la sala de las muńecas (Jaime Chávarri)

Best Actor

• Gérard Depardieu, Wojciech Pszoniak (Danton)

Best Actress

• Yūko Tanaka (Amagi Pass)

Public Award for the Most Popular Film of the Festival

• Carmen Story (Carlos Saura)
• The Gods Must Be Crazy (Jamie Uys)

International Press Award for the Best Canadian Film out of Competition

• Bonheur d'occasion (Claude Fournier)

Ecumenical Jury Prize

• The Go Masters (Duan Ji-shun, Junya Satō)

Grand Prize

• Brimstone and Treacle (Richard Loncraine)
• Time for Revenge (Adolfo Aristarain)

Special Jury Prize

• Liquid Sky (Slava Tsukerman)

Jury Award

• The Marathon Family (Slobodan Šijan)
• To Trap a Kidnapper (伊藤俊也)

Best Actor

• Jean Rochefort (L'indiscrétion)

Best Actress

• Eleonora Giorgi (Borotalco)

1st Prize for Short Film

• Les Photos d'Alix (Jean Eustache)

Jury Prize for Short Film

• The Players (John Halas)

Public Award for the Most Popular Film of the Festival

• The Man from Snowy River (George Miller)

International Press Award for the Best Canadian Film out of Competition

• Jouer sa vie (Gilles Carle)
• The Grey Fox (Phillip Borsos)

Ecumenical Jury Prize

• Volver a empezar (José Luis Garci)

Grand Prize

• The Chosen (Jeremy Kagan)

Special Jury Prize

• Who's Singin' Over There? (Slobodan Šijan)

Best Actor

• Rod Steiger (The Chosen)

Best Actress

• Ewa Fröling (Sally och friheten)

Best Screenplay

• The Grilling (Jean Herman)

1st Prize for Short Film

• The Subtil Concept (Gérard Krawczyk)

Jury Prize for Short Film

• Piwi (Jean-Claude Lauzon)

Public Award for the Most Popular Film of the Festival

• We Children from Bahnhof Zoo (Uli Edel)

International Press Award for the Best Canadian Film out of Competition

• Les Plouffe (Gilles Carle)

Ecumenical Jury Prize

• Sally och friheten (Gunnel Lindblom)

Ecumenical Jury Award - Special Mention

• The Chosen (Jeremy Kagan)

Grand Prize

• The Stunt Man (Richard Rush)
• Fontamara (Carlo Lizzani)

Special Jury Prize

• A Distant Cry from Spring (Yōji Yamada)

Best Actor

• Robert Duvall (The Great Santini)

Best Actress

• Ana Torrent (El nido)

Special Mention for Quality

• János Rózsa (Sunday Daughters)

1st Prize for Short Film

• La Découverte (Arthur Joffé)

Ecumenical Jury Prize

• Sunday Daughters (János Rózsa)

Grand Prize

• 1+1=3 (Heidi Genée)

Special Jury Prize

• Il y a longtemps que je t'aime (Jean-Charles Tacchella)

Jury Award

• Deliver Us from Evil (Pál Sándor)

Best Actor

• Giuliano Gemma (Corleone)

Best Actress

• Louise Marleau (L'Arrache-coeur)
• Graciela Dufau (The Island)

1st Prize for Short Film

• Nuit féline (Gérard Marx)

Jury Prize for Short Film

• Interview (Caroline Leaf, Veronika Soul)

International Press Award for the Best Canadian Film out of Competition

• Arthur Miller on Home Ground (Harry Rasky)

Ecumenical Jury Prize

• Night-Flowers (Louis San Andres)

Ecumenical Jury Award - Special Mention

• The Island (Alejandro Doria)

Grand Prize

• Ligabue (Salvatore Nocita)

Special Jury Prize

• The Burned City (Antoni Ribas)

Jury Award

• Do not Lean out of the Window (János Zsombolyai)

Best Actor

• Flavio Bucci (Ligabue)

Best Actress

• Glenda Jackson (Stevie)

1st Prize for Short Film

• Afterlife (Ishu Patel)

Jury Prize for Short Film

• Le Phénomène (Paul Dopff)

International Press Award for the Best Canadian Film out of Competition

• Tyler (Ralph L. Thomas)