09/06/2011

Mario Martone could sweep up yet more gongs with We Believed [+see also:
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interview: Mario Martone
film profile] (already winner of seven David di Donatello 2011 awards). His Italian Unification-themed film has indeed been nominated in four categories (Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography) for the Foreign Press Association in Italy’s Golden Globes, which will be presented in Rome on July 1.

Martone’s flick will vie for Best Film alongside Nanni Moretti’s We Have A Pope [+see also:
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interview: Nanni Moretti
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film profile]; for Best Director alongside Emidio Greco’s Notizie dagli Scavi [+see also:
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interview: Luca Marinelli
film profile] (Fabio Cianchetti) and Stefano Incerti’s Gorbaciof [+see also:
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interview: Stefano Incerti
film profile] (Pasquale Mari).

Competing for Best Actress are Paola Cortellesi for Massimiliano Bruno’s Nessuno Mi Può Giudicare [+see also:
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Battling it out for Best Actor are Raoul Bova for Nessuno Mi Può Giudicare; Elio Germano for Daniele Luchetti’s Our Life [+see also:
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Nominees for Best Debut Feature include Paola Randi’s Into Paradiso [+see also:
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film profile] (winner of four David di Donatello 2011 awards).

Contenders for Best Comedy are Welcome to the South [+see also:
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film profile] by Gennaro Nunziante and Nessuno Mi Può Giudicare.

Finally, vying for Best Score are Banda Osiris for Giulio Manfredonia’s Whatsoeverly [+see also:
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film profile] by Paolo Genovese) and Luca Medici’s "L'Amore Non Ha Religione" (in What A Beautiful Day).

(Translated from Italian)