The Buriti Flower is victorious at the Festival dei Popoli
- João Salaviza and Renée Nader Messora’s documentary about the indigenous Krahô people in Brazil scooped the International Competition award, while Vista Mare won the Italian Competition
The Buriti Flower [+see also:
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The title of Best Italian Documentary, meanwhile, went to Vista Mare [+see also:
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The Gian Paolo Paoli Prize for Best Anthropological Film was awarded to Oskar Alegria’s Spanish movie Zinzindurrunkarratz [+see also:
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film profile]. The CG Entertainment Prize for Best Italian Film - providing the winner with the opportunity to be distributed on home video - went to Agàpe by Velania A. Mesay and Tomi Mellina Bares. CG Entertainment will also offer the European champion of the Habitat section - Bottlemen [+see also:
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“The ongoing space dedicated to the industry arm of the festival, Doc at Work”, explained artistic director Alessandro Stellino, “was attended by countless representatives from the major international festivals and many Italian professionals from the sector too, which can only help promote the selected projects in progress. In fact, over time, the Festival dei Popoli intends to confirm its status as a laboratory for films of the future, and the huge amount of work carried out in order to draw in younger generations by way of the Popoli for Kids & Teens section is also important to mention”.
The list of award-winners is as follows:
International Competition
Best Feature Film
The Buriti Flower [+see also:
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Best Medium-Length Film
Stand Out of My Sunlight - Messaline Raverdy (Belgium)
Best Short Film
Ever Since, I Have Been Flying - Aylin Gökmen (Switzerland)
Best Anthropological Film
Zinzindurrunkarratz [+see also:
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Audience Award
Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano [+see also:
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Italian Competition
Best Italian Documentary
Vista Mare [+see also:
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Audience Award
Nessun posto al mondo - Vanina Lappa
Other awards
“Human Rights” Award – Amnesty International Italy
Twice Colonized [+see also:
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“Il Cinemino” Cinema Distribution Prize
Dalla parte sbagliata - Luca Miniero (Italy)
AMC Prize for Best Editing
Dalla parte sbagliata - Luca Miniero
Special Mention
Toxicily [+see also:
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CG Entertainment Distribution Prize
Bottlemen [+see also:
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Popoli for Kids and Teen Prize
Children of Mavungu - Mirjam Marks (Holland)
(Translated from Italian)
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