The 79^th edition of the Venice Film Festival has announced the recipients of this year’s parallel awards. Traditionally, the winners are decided on independently by associations of film critics, clubs and cultural associations, as well as cinema professionals.

Among these are the prizes awarded by the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI). The jury, made up of Eva Af Geijerstam (Sweden), Mark Adams (UK), Luca Baroncini (Italy), Ieva Sukyté (Lithuania), Sara Merican (Singapore) and Paola Olivieri (Italy), bestowed the FIPRESCI Prize for Best Competition Film upon Santiago Mitre’s Argentina, 1985 (Argentina). In the supporting statement, the jurors explained: “The wounds from the violence of the Argentinian dictatorship continue to hurt and bleed, but the director offers up a remarkably astute, reflective and often amusing film that tackles the famous 1985 trial of military leaders as the country sought justice. He combines comedy and drama to find a fine balance in the story of the young legal team charged with unearthing and revealing the brutalities of the dictatorship as they challenge the ghosts of the past to seek justice.” Starring thesps Ricardo Darín and Peter Lanzani, the picture centres on the trial of the military juntas that governed the South American country between 1976 and 1983.

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Furthermore, the Prize for Best Orizzonti or International Film Critics’ Week Film went to Makbul Mubarak’s Autobiography [+lire aussi :
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Finally, this year’s Queer Lion went to Alex Schaad’s Skin Deep [+lire aussi :
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Here is a list of the main parallel award winners:

FIPRESCI Award – Competition
Argentina, 1985 – Santiago Mitre (Argentina)

FIPRESCI Award – Best Film from Orizzonti and the International Film Critics’ Week
Autobiography [+lire aussi :
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Queer Lion
Skin Deep [+lire aussi :
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Authors Under 40 Award – In Memory of Valentina Pedicini
Isabella Carbonell – Dogborn [+lire aussi :
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Cristina Grosan – Ordinary Failures [+lire aussi :
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interview : Cristina Grosan
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Edipo Re Award
Saint Omer [+lire aussi :
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interview : Kayije Kagame
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Premio Fondazione FAI Persona Lavoro Ambiente
The Sitting Duck [+lire aussi :
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FEDIC Award Federazione Italiana dei Cineclub – Best Film
The Last Days of Humanity [+lire aussi :
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Francesco Pasinetti Award
Dry [+lire aussi :
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Leoncino d'Oro Award – Agiscuola, UNICEF
The Whale – Darren Aronofsky (USA)

Lizzani Award – ANAC (Associazione Nazionale Autori Cinematografici)
Chiara [+lire aussi :
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UNIMED Award
Bardo, falsa crónica de unas cuantas verdades – Alejandro González Iñárritu (Mexico)