It’s clearly Marco Bellocchio’s year, according to the National Union of Italian Film Journalists, because, after winning the Nastro d’Argento for Best Series of 2023 in Naples last Saturday, thanks to Exterior Night [+lee también:
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The title of Best Newcomer was won by Giuseppe Fiorello with Fireworks [+lee también:
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Caravaggio’s Shadow [+lee también:
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Stealing focus among the Special Prizes for youngsters, the Guglielmo Biraghi Award went to Leonardo Maltese (Lord of the Ants [+lee también:
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There’s also the Nastro of the Year trophy, meanwhile, which was previously awarded to Roberto Andò’s Strangeness [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] and which will be handed over to the director on 1 July in Taormina’s Teatro Antico, but the Big Series Nastri d’Argento Awards have also recently unfolded, which, in addition to the triumph of Exterior Night (which not only won a trophy for Marco Bellocchio, but also for the film’s authors, screenwriters, producers and protagonists Margherita Buy and Fabrizio Gifuni), also saw prizes handed to La legge di Lidia Poët (Best Crime Series), Prisma [+lee también:
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The full list of prize-winners is as follows:

Best Film
Kidnapped [+lee también:
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Nastro of the Year
Strangeness [+lee también:
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Best Director
Marco Bellocchio - Kidnapped

Best Newcomer
Fireworks [+lee también:
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Best Comedy
Mixed by Erry [+lee también:
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Best Story
L’immensità [+lee también:
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Best Screenplay
Kidnapped - Marco Bellocchio, Susanna Nicchiarelli
in collaboration with Edoardo Albinati, Daniela Ceselli

Best Actress
Barbara Ronchi - Kidnapped

Best Actor
Alessandro Borghi, Luca Marinelli – The Eight Mountains [+lee también:
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Best Supporting Actress
Barbora Bobulova – A Brighter Tomorrow [+lee también:
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Best Supporting Actor
Paolo Pierobon - Kidnapped

Best Comedy Actress
Pilar Fogliati – Romantic Girls [+lee también:
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Best Comedy Actor
Antonio Albanese - Grazie ragazzi [+lee también:
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Best Photography
Michele D’Attanasio – Caravaggio’s Shadow [+lee también:
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Best Set Design
Tonino Zera – Caravaggio’s Shadow, Mixed by Erry

Best Costumes
Carlo Poggioli – Caravaggio’s Shadow

Best Editing
Francesca Calvelli, Stefano Mariotti - Kidnapped

Best Sound
The Eight Mountains - Alessandro Palmerini

Best Casting Director
Francesca Borromeo - Mixed by Erry

Best Soundtrack
Colapesce and Dimartino - La primavera della mia vita [+lee también:
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Best Original Song
“Caro amore lontanissimo” – The Hummingbird [+lee también:
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Music by Sergio Endrigo, lyrics by Riccardo Sinigallia, performed by Marco Mengoni

Special awards

Nastro d’Argento for Lifetime Acheivement
Giovanna Ralli

Special Nastro d’Argento
Michele Placido – Caravaggio’s Shadow, Orlando [+lee también:
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European Nastro d’Argento
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi - Forever Young [+lee también:
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Cameo of the Year
Giovanni Veronesi - La divina cometa

Special Guglielmo Biraghi Award for Youngsters
Leonardo Maltese – Lord of the Ants [+lee también:
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Valentina Romani – A Brighter Tomorrow

Special Graziella Bonacchi Award for Youngsters
Samuel Segreto, Gabriele Pizzurro - Fireworks

Nobis Foundation Awards
Greta Gasbarri – Mia [+lee también:
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Massimiliano Caiazzo - Piano piano [+lee también:
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Nuovo Imaie Award
Lidia Vitale

Hamilton Behind the Camera Award
Colapesce and Dimartino

Persol ‘Character of the Year’ Award
Giacomo Gianniotti

Wella Professionals Photography Award
Pilar Fogliati