The Golden Olive Tree of Lecce goes to Lily Lane by Bence Fliegauf
- Best Screenplay goes to Ines Tanović for Our Everyday Life, and the Cineuropa prize is awarded to Turkish film Ivy by Tolga Karaçelik
The Golden Olive Tree Jury of the XVII edition of the European Film Festival in Lecce, made up of Roberto Olla (president), Karel Och, Antonin Dedet, Maria Sole Tognazzi and Alessia Barela, has awarded the Golden Olive Tree award and the €5,000 prize money that goes with it to the film Lily Lane [+see also:
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The award for Best Screenplay goes to Ines Tanović for Our Everyday Life [+see also:
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film profile] by Peter Bebjak, and the Special Jury Award goes to Virgin Mountain [+see also:
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Silvia, Carlo and Luca Verdone awarded the seventh edition of the Mario Verdone Award to Duccio Chiarini for Short Skin [+see also:
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film profile], and the FIPRESCI jury, made up of Martin Kanuch, René Marx and Giuseppe Sedia, unanimously awarded their prize to Our Everyday Life by Ines Tanović, for the following reason: “Portraying a family delicately and the weight of history without showing its failures: characters who want to move forward.” The SNGCI (National Union of Italian Film Journalists) Award instead went to Peter Mullan for the film Hector [+see also:
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film profile]by Jake Gavin. The Cineuropa jury awarded its prize to Ivy [+see also:
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interview: Tolga Karaçelik
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The Special Audience Award went to Hector by Jake Gavin.
The complete list of the winners of the European Film Festival in Lecce:
Golden Olive Tree
Lily Lane [+see also:
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Best Screenplay
Ines Tanović - Our Everyday Life [+see also:
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interview: Ines Tanović
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Best Photography
Martin Žiaran - The Cleaner [+see also:
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interview: Martin Žiaran
interview: Peter Bebjak
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Special Jury Award
Virgin Mountain [+see also:
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Mario Verdone Award
Short Skin [+see also:
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interview: Duccio Chiarini
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FIPRESCI Award
Our Everyday Life - Ines Tanović
SNGCI Award
Peter Mullan - Hector [+see also:
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interview: Jake Gavin
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Cineuropa Prize
Ivy [+see also:
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interview: Tolga Karaçelik
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Emidio Greco Prize
Lo so che mi senti - Francesca Mazzoleni
Special Audience Award
Hector - Jake Gavin
(Translated from Italian)
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