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'Okuribito' tops Montreal fest


September 01, 2008 The Montreal World Film Festival on Monday gave its top jury prize to Japanese director Yojiro Takita's "Okuribito" (Departures), but saw its top audience awards go to Canadian documentary filmmaker Benoit Pilon's debut fiction drama "The Necessities of Life." The Montreal jury, led by U.S. director Mark Rydell, gave the Grand Prix of the Americas prize to Takita's drama about an out-of-work cellist who leaves Tokyo to return to his hometown to become an undertaker. Other jury awards in Montreal include Serbian director Goran Markovic's prize as best director for "The Tour," which also grabbed the FIPRESCI prize.

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