A Japanese film, Okuribito, by director Yojiro Takita, won the top prize at the Montreal World Film Festival, but a film by Quebec filmmaker Benoît Pilon was the audience favourite.
Pilon's film, about a Inuit man who is flown to a Quebec hospital to recover from tuberculosis in the 1950s, won a special Grand Jury Prize.
Ce qu'il faut pour vivre or The Necessities of Life also was named the most popular film at the festival, an award voted on by the audience, and the most popular Canadian film.
The Inuit hunter has given up on life and is ready to die until a compassionate nurse brings a young Inuit boy into the ward to ease his isolation. The hunter teaches the boy about traditional life on the land and their bond helps them both adjust.
Wolf, set in a Saami community in Norway and directed by Daniel Alfredson, won an ecumenical prize and was named by the jury for best artistic contribution.
Films about Inuit, Saami pick up awards
Benoît Pilon's flim, about a Inuit man who is flown to a Quebec hospital to recover from tuberculosis in the 1950s, won a special Grand Jury Prize at the Montreal World Film Festival.
Published: 03.09.2008 02:37
