03/03/2017 - Carmine Amoroso’s Porn to Be Free, Francesco Patierno’s Naples ’44 and Fariborz Kamkari’s Water and Sugar: Carlo di Palma, the Colours of Life are the SNGCI’s best docs of the year

Ilona Staller and Riccardo Schicchi in Porn to Be Free (© Riccardo Schicchi Archive)

The winners of the Nastri d’Argento Awards for the best documentaries of 2017 have been unveiled: Porn to Be Free [+see also:
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“The editorial line that the jury followed in choosing the award winners,” explains Laura Delli Colli, president of the SNGCI (National Union of Film Journalists), which is tasked with giving out the prizes, “was one that involved being open to a form of talent steeped in research. This talent is innovative in many cases, and even edgy, when it comes to a tradition that still tends to depict memories and current events through a cinematic filter, in addition to journalistic current affairs, all the while paying particular attention to society and customs.”

Among the other accolades, we should highlight the Special Awards given to Franca: Chaos and Creation [+see also:
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interview: Pippo Delbono
film profile]. And the recipients of the Special Mentions included Crazy for Football: The Craziest World Cup [+see also:
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Here is the complete list of winners of the 2017 documentary Nastri d’Argento Awards:

Nastri for Best Film
Porn to Be Free [+see also:
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Naples ’44 [+see also:
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Water and Sugar: Carlo di Palma, the Colours of Life [+see also:
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Special Nastri
Lifetime Achievement - Gianni Minà and Giorgio Pressburger
For the films Because I’m a Genius! Lorenza Mazzetti and Nessuno ci può giudicare - Steve Della Casa

SNGCI 70-year-anniversary Special Award
Sciuscià 70 - Mimmo Verdesca

Protagonist of the Year
Lou Castel (A pugni chiusi by Pierpaolo De Sanctis)

Special Awards

Non-fiction
Franca: Chaos and Creation [+see also:
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Alcide De Gasperi: Il miracolo incompiuto - Franco Mariotti

Docufilm
Pippo Delbono, for directing Vangelo [+see also:
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Film and entertainment
Dino Risi Forever (Cento anni ma non li dimostra) - Fabrizio Corallo

Special Mentions

For Their Attention to Social Issues
Crazy for Football: The Craziest World Cup [+see also:
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Constitution [+see also:
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Ero Malerba - Toni Trupia
Love is All. Piergiorgio Welby, autoritratto - Francesco Andreotti and Livia Giunti
Non voltarti indietro - Francesco Del Grosso

Non-fiction
Assalto al cielo [+see also:
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Femminismo! - Paola Columba

Film and entertainment
La maschera e il sorriso. L’avventura artistica di Mario Carotenuto - Claretta Carotenuto
Rubando bellezza - Fulvio Wetzl, Laura Bagnoli and Danny Biancardi

(Translated from Italian)