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Lecce European Film Festival: finalists for the Mario Verdone Award

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April 21, the closing day of the 13th Lecce Festival of European Film (April 17-21), will see the announcement of the Award in Memory of Mario Verdone. The children of the famous Italian film critic, Carlo, Luca and Silvia, will administer the award, which has reached its third edition and is reserved for a young director who has stood out in the latest film season (max 40 years old, first or second work).

Chosen by the Festival of European Film, the National Union of Italian Film Journalists and by the Experimental Film Centre, the 11 short-listed films are: first works Cavalli [+see also:
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by Michele Rho (see the news), Alice Rohrwacher’s Corpo celeste [+see also:
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(news), Andrea Segre’s Shun Li and the Poet [+see also:
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(news), Guido Lombardi’s Là-bas – A Criminal Education [+see also:
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(news), Francesco Lagi’s Missione di pace [+see also:
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, Edoardo De Angelis’s Mozzarella Stories [+see also:
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, Pippo Mezzapesa’s Il paese delle spose infelici [+see also:
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(news), Alessandro Genovesi’s La peggior settimana della mia vita [+see also:
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(news), Gianluca and Massimiliano De Serio’s Seven Acts of Mercy [+see also:
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(news), and second works I primi della lista [+see also:
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by Roan Johnson (news) and Carlo Virzì’s I più grandi di tutti [+see also:
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(news).

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On March 16, in the course of the festival’s presentation in Rome, the three finalists in the running for the award will be announced. "This film season", said Carlo Verdone, "draws public attention to many new names: directors and actors with strong personalities and totally personal styles. And this will definitely make our choice much harder". Previous editions of the Mario Verdone Award have been won by Susanna Nicchiarelli for Cosmonauta and by Aureliano Amadei for 20 Cigarettes.

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(Translated from Italian)

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