The Girl From The Wardrobe wins the Rome Independent Film Festival
Polish The Girl From The Wardrobe [+see also:
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The 2014 RIFF Awards were overseen by an international jury including the likes of Ania Trzebiatowska (Off Plus Camera in Krakow), Sesto Cifola (Lion Pictures International), Elizabeth Missland (foreign press, former president of the Italian Golden Globes) and Maurizio di Rienzo (reporter and cinema critic – Italian short selection Nastri d’argento).
Awards for independent cinema, which total value is around €50,000, have been attributed to the following pieces of work, among the 100 films presented from 40 countries:
Best International Feature Film
The Girl From The Wardrobe by Bodo Kox - Poland, 2013
Nuovo Cinema Aquila Award
Tempo Girl [+see also:
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Best Italian Feature Film, joint winners
Sogni di Gloria by Patrizio Gioffredi (John Snellinberg collective) - Italy, 2013
Ci vorrebbe un miracolo by Davide Minnella – Italy, 2014
Best International Documentary Film
No Burqas Behind Bars by Nima Sarvestani - Sweden, 2013
Best Italian Documentary
Happy Goodyear by Laura Pesino and Elena Ganelli- Italy, 2014
**Special Mention
Iriria – Niña Terra by Carmelo Camilli - Italy, 2013
Best International Short
9 Meter by Anders Walter - Denmark, 2013
Best Italian Short
L'impresa by Davide Labanti - Italy, 2013
** Special Mention
Sassiwood by Antonio Andrisani, Vito Cea - Italy, 2013
Best Student Short
Deserted by Yoav Hornung - Israel, 2013
** Special Mention
For The Birds by Tara Atashgah - USA/Iran, 2013
Best Animation Short
Wind Of Share, by Pierre Mousquet and Jérôme Cauwe – France/Belgium, 2013
Best Experimental Short
Street Views by Annie Berman - USA, 2013
** Special Mention
Maria's City by Dania Reymond - France, 2013
Best Subject for Feature Film Screenplay
Chameni by Domenico Modafferi
Best Screenplay for Short
Malatempora Night, by Valerio Vestoso
Best Cinema Subject
Santo Vito by David Fratini
(Translated from Italian)
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