A Room of My Own scoops the Golden Olive in Lecce
- Other winners of the European Film Festival’s 23rd edition include Ukraine’s How is Katia?, Lithuania’s The 9th Step (Cineuropa Prize) and Turkey’s Zuhal
The Golden Olive-Cristina Soldano Prize for Best Film has been awarded to A Room of My Own [+see also:
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The Special Jury Prize went to How Is Katia? [+see also:
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The 9th Step [+see also:
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The official jury likewise singled out the screenplay for Turkish director Nazli Elif Durlu’s Zuhal [+see also:
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Last but not least, the SNGCI Award for Best European Actress/Actor, assigned by the Jury of Italian Film Journalists, went to Bosnia’s Marija Pikic, the protagonist of Aida Begić’s A Ballad [+see also:
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The full list of award-winners is as follows:
European Feature Film Competition
Golden Olive - Cristina Soldano Prize for Best Film
A Room of My Own [+see also:
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interview: Ioseb “Soso” Bliadze and Ta…
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Special Jury Prize
How Is Katia? [+see also:
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interview: Christina Tynkevych
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Best Photography
Sebastian Weber - The 9th Step [+see also:
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interview: Irma Pužauskaitė
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Best Screenplay
Zuhal [+see also:
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Other awards
SNGCI Prize for Best European Actor
MariJa Pikic - A Ballad [+see also:
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interview: Aida Begic
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FIPRESCI Prize
Zuhal - Nazli Elif Durlu
Cineuropa Prize
The 9th Step - Irma Pužauskaitė
Audience Award
The 9th Step - Irma Pužauskaitė
Mario Verdone Prize
Giulia Louise Steigerwalt - Settembre [+see also:
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Cinecittà News Special Mention - Cinema&Reality Section
Milva - Angelo Domenico Capogna (Italy)
Emidio Greco Prize – Italian Short Films Section
La vera storia della partita di nascondino più grande del mondo - Paolo Bonfadini, Irene Cotroneo, Davide Morando
CNC (Italy’s National Centre for Short Films) and Augustus Color Prize for Best Short - Puglia Show Section
San Vitu Rock - Fausto Romano
Special Mention
L’ultimo giorno d’inverno - Renata La Serra
Endless Waiting - Francesco Lorusso
(Translated from Italian)
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