RIFF'S 12th Edition GETS TO ITS END
HERE ARE ALL THE AWARDS ASSIGNED TO THE INDEPENDENT
The big winner is French "Ombline", a story about prison and motherhood Ex-aequo to the Italians 'Aquadro' and "Transeurope Hotel"
Record of public and box office gross for RIFF's 12th Edition - Rome Independent Film Festival (from April 4th to 10th 2013), which has screened, at Nuovo Cinema Aquila, more than 120 films in competition amongst feature films, short films, and documentaries coming from over 40 countries. The RIFF AWARDS, which sum up to a value of around 50.000 Euros have been assigned to the following films:
Best International Feature Film:
“Ombline” by Stephane Cazes - France 2012
Best Actress for the International Feature Film competition:
Melanie Thierry in “Ombline”
Best Italian Feature Film:
Tie between:
“Transeuropae Hotel” by Luigi Cinque
“Aquadro” by Stefano Lodovichi
Best Actress for the ItalianFeature Film competition:
Giorgia Cardaci in “L’ultima Foglia” by Leonardo Frosina
Best International Documentary:
“Mapa” by León Siminiani - Spain 2012
**Honorable Mention:
“The Suffering Grasses” by Iara Lee - Usa 2012
Best Italian Documentary:
“La valle dello Jato” by Caterina Monzani & Sergio Vega Borrego
** Honorable Mention:
“Con quella faccia da straniera - Il Viaggio di Maria Occhipinti” by Luca Scivoletto
Best International Short Film:
“Column” by Ujkan Hysaj - Repubblic of Kosovo 2012
Best Italian Short Film:
“Matilde” by Vito Palmieri
Best Student Short Film:
“Momo” by Teodor Kuhn - Slovakia, 2012
**Honorable Mention:
“Nicoleta” by Sonia Liza Kenterman - Greece/UK 2012
Best Animation Short Film:
“Animalario” by Sergio Mejía Forero - Colombia, 2012, 3D Animation
Best Argument for Feature Film Screenplay - Premio Fabrique du Cinema “L’invito” by Massimo De Angelis
Best Screenplay for Short Film - Premio Factotum Art “Primo” by Marco Tosti
All RIFF Awards have been assigned by the Festival's International Jury,
which counted with Pascale Faure (short film responsable at Canal+ France),
Philippe Kreuzer (Bavaria Media GmbH), Heinz Hermanns (Germany, director of
the Berlin's Festival Interfilm), David Pope (cinema producer, film maker and
advisor), Fiamma Arditi (founder and president of the Festival Without
Borders), Wilma Labate (director and documentarist), Emma Rossi Landi
(director and coordinator DOC.it), Agostino Ferrente (producer, director, and
founder of Apolloundici), Beatrice Coletti (Channel Director at Babel),
Christian Carmosino, (director, president at Ass. Officine and coordinator at
DOC.it), Franco Montini (journalist and critics at La Repubblica, President
of Sindacato Nazionale Critici Cinematografici Italiani - SNCCI), Tommaso
Piotta (singer, musician, and producer), Victoria Pistoia (Sosia&Pistoia,
Ufficio casting cinema and audiovisual productions), Nicola Vaporidis
(actor), Fabio Meloni (director of Cinema Aquila and an exponent from Fabian
Art Society).
Amongst the distinguished guests that have intervened during the Festival, we
recall:
Councillir of Culture for the Lacio Region, Lidia Ravera, Councillor of
Cultural Politics and Historic Center of Rome Capital City, Dino Gasperini,
and amidst the international guests: Ewen Bremner, Namgyal Lhamo, Tina
Gharavi, Endre Hules, Ondrej Zima, Xavier Atance, James Richard Baille, Kasia
Roslaniec, Timothy L. Anderson, Amira Bochenska, Alberto Reveron, Adele
Cambria, Marilena Occhipinti, Tommaso Arrighi, Sauro and Anna Falchi,
Maurizio Antonini, Cesare Fragnelli, Mario Mazzarotto and Paul Cotter.
RIFF has been realized with the organizational support of the Council for
Cultural Politics and Historic Center of Rome Capital City (Assessorato alle
Politiche Culturali e Centro Storico di Roma Capitale), the contribution of
the Cultural Goods Ministery (Ministero dei Beni Culturali)- DGC, and the
contribution of the Council for Culture at the Lacio Region (Assessorato alla
Cultura della Regione Lazio).
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