Saturday, November 01, 2008

3rd Rome International Film Festival Award Winners


One of my friends asked me why didn’t I posted news about this festival and I answered because there was nothing noteworthy happening in this festival that was plagued with political –Italian style- rumbles before started and during the fest news were scarce even at their official site. I know it’s a relatively new fest and I hope that next year they learned many lessons from this year.

Anyway the fest closed yesterday and here are the award winners.

Golden Marc’Aurelio Critics’ Award for Best Film: Opium War, Siddiq Barmak, Afghanistan, Japan, South Korea and France, 2008
Special Mentions
A Corte do Norte
(Northern Land), João Botelho, Portugal, 2008
Aide toi et le ciel t’aidera (With a Little Help from Yourself). François Dupeyron, France, 2008
Silver Marc’Aurelio Critics’ Award for Best Actress: Donatella Finocchiaro for Galantuomini, Edoardo Winspeare, Italy, 2008
Silver Marc’Aurelio Critics’ Award for Best Actor: Bohdan Stupka for Serce na dloni (With a Warm Heart), Krzysztof Zanussi, Poland and Ukraine, 2008

Golden Marc’Aurelio Acting Award: Gina Lollobrigida

Audience Award for Best Film: Resolution 819, Giacomo Battiato, France, Poland and Italy, 2008

Alice in the City Under 12 Award for Best Film: Magique! (Magic!), Philippe Muyl, France and Belgium, 2008
Alice in the City Over 12 Award for Best Film: Summer, Kenneth Glenaan, UK, 2008

To check the award winners at the official site go here.

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