The CIFF posted the fest award winners, and it's all a little surprising:
The Gold Hugo went to:
Kontroll (Hungary), directed by Nimród Antal
The Silver Hugo – Special Jury Prize went to:
Turtles Can Fly, directed by Bahman Ghobadi
Day and Night, directed by Simon Staho
Whisky, Directed by Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll
A Gold Plaque is awarded to:
The Harvest Time, directed by Marina Razbezhkina
Nobody Knows, directed by Kore-eda Hirokazu
The Audience Choice Award went to:
Les Choristes, directed by Christophe Barratier
I was particularly enamored with Dealer, an eery, heavily nuanced film from new director Benedek Fliegauf and was thoroughly disappointed to see it got not so much as an Honorable Mention from the festival. Another film that got little notice in the fest but that I was excited about was Imaginary Heroes, a subtle, well written drama from screenwriter/director Dan Harris, who is currently writing the new Superman film.
For the whole list of award winners, hit up the fest's site at http://www.chicagofilmfestival.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/CIFFSite.woa/wa/pages/2004Winners.
Last time we blogged at ya, we promised you a halfway wrapup from our filmmaking friend Fil Rymsza. Well, insightful and verbose as he can be, we decided to instead offer you up a full-fledged fest round-up instead of an easily digestible blogbite. Check out Fil's fest roundup, including some hearty criticism, in our latest issue.
And that's our blog. Thanks for reading and we'll see you next year.
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