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'Congorama' snares top fest prize
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HALIFAX, Nova Scotia -- Quebec director Philippe Falardeau's Congorama on Friday captured the top jury prize at the 26th annual Atlantic Film Festival, which wraps Saturday. Falardeau's film about an eccentric inventor who travels to Quebec to search for his family grabbed the best Canadian feature trophy after closing the Directors' Fortnight in Cannes and receiving critical praise in Toronto. The best Canadian documentary prize went to Jennifer Baichwal's Manufactured Landscapes, which also earned the best Canadian feature award in Toronto. And Toronto-based Megan Martin took the best Canadian short award for Ninth Street Chronicles, which stars Samantha Weinstein and Tommy Lioutas.
- 9/22/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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