CHICAGO – The Chicago International Film Festival is competitive, and the 55th edition presented its awards on October 25th, 2019, at CHEZ venue in Chicago. The winner of the Gold Hugo as Best International Film was “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” (France), directed by Céline Sclamma.
The awards were presented by the various jury members in each film category, and were hosed by Artistic Director Mimi Plauché, Managing Director Vivian Teng, as well as programmers Anthony Kaufman and Sam Flancher. The Festival’s highest honor is the Gold Hugo, named for the mythical God of Discovery.
International Feature Film Competition
The Gold Hugo for Best Film: “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” (France) Directed by Céline Sclamma
The Silver Hugo – Special Jury Award: “Vitalina Varela” (Portugal), directed by Pedro Costa
The Silver Hugo – Best Director: Maya Da-Rin of “The Fever”
(Brazil/France/Germany)
The Silver Hugo – Best Actor: Bartosz Bielenia of “Corpus Christi” (Poland/France)
The Silver Hugo – Best Actress: Debbie Honeywood of “Sorry We Missed You”
(UK/France/Belgium)
The Silver Plaque – Best Cinematography: Vladimir Smutny of “The Painted Bird” (Czech Republic/Ukraine/Slovak Republic)
The Silver Plaque – Best Screenplay: Pema Tseden of “Balloon” (China)
The Silver Plaque – Best Sound Design: “Fire Will Come” (Spain/France/Luxembourg)
New Directors Competition
The Gold Hugo: Director Franco Lolli of “Litigante” (France/Columbia)
The Silver Hugo Director Gitanjali Rao of “Bombay Rose” (India/UK/Qatar/France)
The Silver Hugo Director César Díaz of “Our Mothers” (Guatemala/Belgium/France)
The Roger Ebert Award for New Directors Director Maryam Touzani of “Adam” (Morocco/France/Belgium)
Documentary Competition
The Gold Hugo: “ Love Child” (Denmark), directed by Eva Mulhad
The Silver Hugo: “Ringside” (Germany/USA), directed by André Hormann
Special Mention: “Waiting for the Carnival” (Brazil), directed by Marcelo Gomes
Gold Q Award (LBGTQ Films)
The Gold Hugo: “And Then We Danced” (Georgia/Sweden/France), directed by Levan Akin
The Silver Hugo: “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” (France), directed by Céline Sclamma
Special Mention: “Knives and Skin” (USA), directed by Jennifer Reeder
Chicago Award
Short Film Competition
The Gold Hugo – Narrative: “Liberty” (USA), directed by Karen Humes
The Silver Hugo – Narrative: “Aziza” (Syria/Lebanon), directed by Soudade Kaadan
The Gold Hugo – Documentary: “Easter Snap” (USA), directed by RaMell Ross
The Silver Hugo – Documentary: “The Furniture Maker” (Cuba), directed by David Avilés
The Gold Hugo – Animated: “And Then the Bear” (France), directed by Agnès Patron
The Silver Hugo – Animated: “I Bleed” (Brazil), directed by Tiago Minamisawa, Bruno H Castro, Guto BR
The Founder’s Award
The Founder’s Award: “The Irishman” (USA), directed by Martin Scorsese – Presented by Candice Jordan on behalf of Festival Founder Michael Kutza
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