Algerian-born Roma filmmaker Tony Gatlif’s Korkoro (Freedom) nabbed the Grand Prix des Amériques, while China’s Wang Quan’an was awarded a special jury prize for Weaving Girl, as the 33rd Montreal World Film Festival wrapped on Monday.

Held at Montreal’s Place des Arts concert hall, the closing-night event featured a screening of documentary The Everlasting Flame, the official film of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Quebec veteran Roger Cantin’s drama Un cargo pour l’Afrique (A Cargo to Africa) was voted most-popular Canadian feature, while its star, Pierre Lebeau (Les Boys), was also feted with a lifetime achievement award.

Best director honors went to French filmmaker Kichitaro Negishi for Viyon no tsuma (Villon’s Wife). The star of Swiss entry Die Standesbeamtin (Will You Marry Us?) Marie Leuenberger picked up a best actress award, while Cyron Melville received acting kudos for his role in the Danish film Vanvittig forelsket (Love and Rage).

Alain Le Henry picked up a best screenplay prize for Je suis heureux que ma mère soit vivante (I’m Glad that My Mother Is Alive), co-directed by France’s father-and-son team Claude and Nathan Miller.

Artistic contribution honors went to Srdjan Dragojevic for St. George Shoots the Dragon, a Serbia/Bosnia and Herzegovina/Bulgaria coproduction. Meanwhile, Mohsen Amiryoussefi won the innovation award for the Iranian entry Atashkar (Fire Keeper).