– Carolina Markowicz’s movie was voted Best Film in the Official Selection, with Blaga’s Lessons and A Silence also winning awards, while The Other Son scooped Best Film in Alice nella città
Director Carolina Markowicz and actress Maeve Jinkings with their award for Toll (© Festa del Cinema di Roma)
Toll [+see also:
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interview: Stephan Komandarev
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interview: Joachim Lafosse
film profile].
The main acting awards went to Alba Rohrwacher for Mi fanno male i capelli [+see also:
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interview: Ernst De Geer
film profile], while Best Screenplay was won by Black Box [+see also:
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trailer
film profile], directed by Turkey’s Asli Özge. The jury also handed special prizes to Achilles [+see also:
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interview: Farhad Delaram
film profile] by Farhad Delaram, The Monk and the Gun by Pawo Choyning Dorji and There Is Still Tomorrow [+see also:
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film profile] by Paola Cortellesi. The latter turned out to be the most decorated film at the festival, given that it also nabbed the Audience Award and a Special Mention in the First Films category (the Best First Film prize going to Patrick Dickinson’s Cottontail).
As for Alice nella città, the jury composed of 35 young people between 16 and 19 years old, chose The Other Son [+see also:
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film profile] by Juan Sebastián Quebrada as their Best Film, while Mario Vezza’s Desiré [+see also:
trailer
film profile] was singled out in the Panorama Italy section. A Special Jury Prize was also awarded to Giulio Mastromauro’s Bangarang [+see also:
trailer
film profile], while Special Mentions went to actors Miguel Gonzalez (The Other Son) and Mia Mckenna-Bruce (How to Have Sex [+see also:
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interview: Molly Manning Walker
film profile]) and to director Gianluca Santoni for Io e il secco.
The full list of awards is as follows:
Rome Film Fest
Progressive Cinema Competition
Best Film
Toll [+see also:
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Grand Jury Prize
Blaga’s Lessons [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Stephan Komandarev
film profile] – Stephan Komandarev (Bulgaria/Germany)
Best Director
Joachim Lafosse – A Silence [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Joachim Lafosse
film profile] (Belgium/France/Luxembourg)
“Monica Vitti” Prize for Best Actress
Alba Rohrwacher – Mi fanno male i capelli [+see also:
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trailer
film profile] (Italy)
“Vittorio Gassman” Prize for Best Actor
Herbert Nordrum – The Hypnosis [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Ernst De Geer
film profile] (Sweden/Norway/France)
Best Screenplay
Asli Özge – Black Box [+see also:
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trailer
film profile] (Germany/Belgium)
Special Jury Prizes
Achilles [+see also:
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interview: Farhad Delaram
film profile] – Farhad Delaram (Iran/Germany/France)
There Is Still Tomorrow [+see also:
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trailer
film profile] – Paola Cortellesi (Italy)
The Monk and the Gun – Pawo Choyning Dorji (Bhutan/France/USA /Taiwan)
BNL BNP Paribas Prize for Best First Film
Cottontail – Patrick Dickinson (UK/Japan)
Special Mentions
There Is Still Tomorrow – Paola Cortellesi
After the Fire [+see also:
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“Ugo Tognazzi” Prize for Best Comedy
Jules – Marc Turtletaub (USA)
Special Mention
Sta Kamma August, Herbert Nordrum – The Hypnosis
Audience Award
There Is Still Tomorrow – Paola Cortellesi
SIAE Cinema Prize
Il primo figlio – Mara Fondacaro (Italy)
Alice nella città
Best Film
The Other Son [+see also:
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film profile] – Juan Sebastián Quebrada (Colombia/France/Argentina)
Raffaella Fioretta Prize for Best Italian Film in the Panorama Italy Competition
Desiré [+see also:
trailer
film profile] – Mario Vezza (Italy)
Special Jury Prize
Bangarang [+see also:
trailer
film profile] – Giulio Mastromauro (Italy)
The Hollywood Reporter Rome Prize
To Leslie – Michael Morris (USA)
Special Mention for Best Actor
Miguel Gonzalez – The Other Son
Special Mention for Best Actress
Mia McKenna-Bruce – How to Have Sex [+see also:
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interview: Molly Manning Walker
film profile] (UK/Greece/Belgium)
Special Mention for Progressive Direction
Gianluca Santoni – Io e il secco (Italy/Costa Rica)
RB Casting Prize for Best Young Italian Actor
Amanda Campana – Suspicious Minds (Italy/France)
Onde Corte Audience Award
Fake Shot – Francesco Castellaneta (Italy)
Shorts Film Days
SIAE Prize for Best Project Presented in the Unbox Laboratory
Chiedo scusa – Francesco Piras (Italy)
(Translated from Italian)
