Montreal fest wild for Belgian comedy

Hasta la Vista, from helmer Geoffrey Enthoven, won Montreals Grand Prix des Ameriques and was chosen the fests most widely used pic. Belgian helmer Geoffrey Enthoven's road comedy "Hasta la Vista" (Come when you are) won the Montreal World Film Festival's Grand Prix des Ameriques on Sunday, marking the 2nd consecutive year and third amount of time in 5 years that the Flemish Belgian pic has had the fest's top prize."Hasta la Vista," around three disabled males who mind on a journey to look at a brothel in The country that suits individuals with disabilities, also won the award since many popular film in the festival, and was handed a unique Mention through the Ecumenical Jury.The Ecumenical Prize was handed towards the lone U.S. entry within the competition, Brooklyn helmer Joel Fendelman's "David," a drama a good unusual friendship between two boys, one from Brooklyn's Muslim community, another in the neighborhood's Orthodox Jewish community.The honours were doled out in a ceremony at Place des Arts in downtown Montreal on Sunday evening. The closing ceremony also incorporated a tribute to Gallic thesp Catherine Deneuve, who had been given an eternity achievement award through the festival.The 2nd prize Special Grand Prix from the Jury visited Japanese director Masato Harada's "Chronicle of My Mother." The director award was won by German helmer Brigitte Maria Bertele on her pic "The Fireplace,Inch a drama in regards to a lady recuperating carrying out a rape. Fatemeh Motamed-Arya won the actress prize on her performance within the Iranian pic "Here Without Me" from director Bahram Tavakoli. The award for actor was shared between Danny Huston, for his role within the Israeli-France pic "Playoff," and Borys Szyc for Polish pic "The Mole." Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com