37th Bergamo Film Meeting Awards
El motoarrebatador (The Snatch Thief) by Agustín Toscano is the winner of the main competition Mostra Concorso of the 37th edition of Bergamo Film Meeting. The film, that was chosen by the audience, will receive the Bergamo Film Meeting – UBI Banca Award, worth 5,000 €. The international jury, led by Italian film director Paolo Franchi, with Prune Engler (Co-director of the Festival International du Film de La Rochelle - France) and Bernd Brehmer (Co-director of the Festival Underdox, Munich - Germany), decided to award the Best Direction Prize, worth 2,000 € to Un om la locul lui (A Decent Man) by Hadrian Marcu.
The audience has also awarded the CGIL Prize for the Close Up - La Sortie de l'Usine section to the documentary Mamacita (2,000 €), while the Prize of the CGIL jury, decided by the union delegates of CGIL Bergamo (1,000 €), goes to Mudar la piel (The Spy Within). A special mention goes to Insulaire (Islander) by Stéphane Goël.
COMPETITION EXHIBITION
FIRST PRIZE BERGAMO FILM MEETING – UBI BANCA
El motoarrebatador/The Snatch Thief/Il borseggiatore [t.l.]
by Agustín Toscano, Argentina, Uruguay, France 2018, 93’
SECOND PRIZE BERGAMO FILM MEETING
Granice kiše/Borders, Raindrops/Confini, gocce di pioggia [t.l.]
by Nikola Mijovic, Vlastimir Sudar, Bosnia-Erzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Sweden, UK 2018, 93'
THIRD PRIZE BERGAMO FILM MEETING
Obey/Obbedisci [t.l.]
by Jamie Jones, UK 2018, 92’
BEST DIRECTOR
Un om la locul lui/A Decent Man/Un uomo onesto [t.l.]
by Hadrian Marcu, Romania 2018, 93’
CLOSE UP
BEST DOCUMENTARY CGIL BERGAMO
Mamacita
by José Pablo Estrada Torrescano, Mexico, Germany, Luxembourg 2018, 75’
CGIL JURY PRIZE - “LA SORTIE DE L'USINE”
Mudar la piel/The Spy Within/Cambiare pelle [t.l.]
by Ana Schulz, Cristóbal Fernández, Spain 2018, 89'
“We would also like to mention Insulaire (Islander) by Stéphane Goël for the astonishing ability to represent, in a microcosm, all the themes and contradictions which are universal”.
Insulaire/Islander/Isolani [t.l.]
by Stéphane Goël, Switzerland 2018, 90’
The 37th edition of Bergamo Film Meeting was made possible by the patronage and the contribution of Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali - Direzione Generale per il Cinema, European Union Creative Europe – MEDIA, Municipality of Bergamo, Camera di Commercio e Industria di Bergamo; with the patronage of Provincia di Bergamo; with the contribution of UBI Banca, Fondazione della Comunità Bergamasca Onlus, Fondazione ASM Gruppo a2a, CGIL Bergamo; and with the support of UniAcque Sacbo S.p.A, B-Consult, AdBlue by Azotal, Azotal, and Birrificio Indipendente ELAV.
