ROME FILM FESTIVAL Parallel awards
L.A.R.A.: Michele Riondino wins Best Performance
Michele Riondino, who co-stars with Elio Germano in Daniele Vicari’s The Past is a Foreign Land [+see also:
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The other parallel prizes:
AGISCUOLA Golden Butterfly Award
The prize for Best Film in the Official Selection, chosen by a jury of youths from throughout Italy, went to François Dupeyron’s With a Little Help From Myself [+see also:
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ENEL Cuore Award
Eric Daniel Metzgar won the award for Best Social Documentary, chosen from those competing in the Extra section, for his ability to blend cinema and social issues in Life. Support. Music. (USA).
CULT Award
A specialised jury picked Jana Sevcikova’s Gyumri (Czech Republic) as the Best Documentary from among the 12 that made their European premieres in the Extra section.
(Translated from Italian)
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