The Northwest Film Center congratulates
the 27th Annual Portland International Film Festival's
Audience Award Winners.
The Northwest Film Center congratulates The 27th Annual Portland International
Film Festival’s award winners based on audience surveys conducted
through paper balloting as well as online voting hosted by OregonLive.com.
Yoji Yamada’s “Twighlight Samurai” from
Japan took top honors as the highest rated feature film screened at
the Festival. Mongolia’s “The Story of the Weeping Camel”
took Awards for Best Documentary with that film’s directors, Byambasuren
Davaa and Luigi Falorni receiving “Best New Director” honors.
The audience’s Best Short Award goes to “This Charming Man”
from Denmark.
BEST FEATURE
Twilight Samurai JAPAN
—Yoji Yamada
BEST DOCUMENTARY & BEST
NEW DIRECTOR
Story of the Weeping Camel MONGOLIA
—Byambasuren Davaa, Luigi Falorni
BEST SHORT
This Charming Man DENMARK
—Martin Strange-Hanson, Anne Marie Kurstein
Following are the 25 top-rated
films by audiences of the 27th Annual Portland International Film Festival
in order.
1. Twilight Samurai JAPAN—Yoji Yamada
2. Valentin ARGENTINA— Alejandro Agresti
3. Story of the Weeping Camel MONGOLIA
—Byambasuren Davaa, Luigi Falorni
4. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress CHINA
—Sijie Dai
5. The Corporation CANADA
—Jennifer Abbott, Mark Achbar
6. The Best of Youth ITALY—Marco Tullio Giordana
7. I’m Not Scared ITALY—Gabriele Salvatores
8. Kitchen Stories NORWAY—Bent Hammer
9. Good Bye, Lenin GERMANY—Wolfgang Becker
10. My Architect US—Nathaniel Kahn
11. The Control Room US—Jehane Noujaim
12. The Return RUSSIA—Andrey Zvyagintsev
13. Monsieur Ibrahim FRANCE—François Dupeyron
14. Wilbur (Wants to Kill Himself) DENMARK
—Lone Scherfig
15. Bright Leaves US—Ross McElwee
16. Since Otar Left FRANCE—Julie Bertuccelli
17. Evil SWEDEN—Mikael Håfström
18. Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin US
—Richard Schickel
19. Osama AFGHANISTAN—Siddiq Barmak
20. Buddy NORWAY—Morten Tyldum
21. Dogville DENMARK—Lars von Trier
22. Ford Transit PALESTINE—Hany Abu-Assad
23. Kops SWEDEN—Josef Fares
24. Cleopatra ARGENTINA—Eduardo Mignona
25. Hero CHINA—Zhang Yimou
Best Short Films:
1. This Charming Man
2. Compulsory Breathing
3. Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.
4. Gay Boyfriend
5. Atama Yama
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