09/09/2006

Several European titles stood out among the many parallel award-winners at the 63rd Venice International Film Festival, in particular Stephen Frears’ comedy The Queen [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Andy Harries
interview: Stephen Frears
film profile] (see news), winner of the FIPRESCI award; Mahamat-Saleh Haroun’s Dry Season [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] (see news); and especially Emanuele Crialese’s highly praised immigration drama The Golden Door [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Alexandre Mallet-Guy
interview: Charlotte Gainsbourg
interview: Emanuele Crialese
interview: Emanuele Crialese
interview: Fabrizio Mosca
film profile] (see news), which collected a considerable number of awards, including the SIGNIS and FEDIC Awards as well as the prize of the National Union of Italian Film Journalists. Canal Plus production INLAND EMPIRE (see news), which screened out of competition, received the Future Film Festival Digital Award.

List of awards:

FIPRESCI Award
The Queen [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Andy Harries
interview: Stephen Frears
film profile] by Stephen Frears

SIGNIS Award
The Golden Door [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Alexandre Mallet-Guy
interview: Charlotte Gainsbourg
interview: Emanuele Crialese
interview: Emanuele Crialese
interview: Fabrizio Mosca
film profile] by Emanuele Crialese

Leoncino D’Oro (Agiscuola)
Euphoria by Ivan Vyrypaev

27th Cinema for UNICEF Award
The Golden Door by Emanuele Crialese

Critics Week Award
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints by Dito Montiel

Europa Cinema Label – Venice Days
DarkBlueAlmostBlack [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] by Daniel Sanchez-Arévalo

FEDIC Award
The Golden Door by Emanuele Crialese

Cinemavvenire Awards
The Golden Door by Emanuele Crialese (Best film in competition)
I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Tsai Ming-Liang ("The Circle is not round. Cinema for peace and diversity" Award)

Isvema Award
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints by Dito Montiel

Future Film Festival Digital Award 2006
INLAND EMPIRE by David Lynch
The Banquet by Feng Xiaogang

Pietro Bianchi Award
Marco Bellocchio

Arca CinemaGiovani Award
Black Book [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Paul Verhoeven

The Re-Education by Davide Alfonsi, Alessandro Fusto, Denis Malagnino
Offscreen [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Christopher Boe

IOMA a Venezia Award
The Queen by Stephen Frears

Arcobaleno Latino Awards
Lettere del Sahara

National Union of Italian Film Journalists
The Golden Door by Emanuele Crialese

Fondation Mimmo Rotella Prize
The Missing Star [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Gianni Amelio

Wella Cinema Donna Award
Micaela Ramazzotti - Non prendere impegni stasera by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli