The Montreal jury, led by Spanish director Vicente Aranda, also gave its special Grand Prix award to Japanese director Masato Harada’s Chronicle of My Mother, which stars Koji Yakusho (13 Assassins), Kirin Kiki and Aoi Miyazaki.
The competition’s best director trophy went to German director Brigitte Maria Bertele for Der Brand, while the best actress prize went to Fatahmeh Motamed-Arya for her star-turn in Here Without Me, by Iranian director Bahram Tavakoli.
