Toll [+lire aussi :
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interview : Stephan Komandarev
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interview : Joachim Lafosse
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The main acting awards went to Alba Rohrwacher for Mi fanno male i capelli [+lire aussi :
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interview : Asta Kamma August
interview : Ernst De Geer
fiche film], while Best Screenplay was won by Black Box [+lire aussi :
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interview : Farhad Delaram
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interview : Paola Cortellesi
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As for Alice nella città, the jury composed of 35 young people between 16 and 19 years old, chose The Other Son [+lire aussi :
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interview : Molly Manning Walker
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The full list of awards is as follows:

Rome Film Fest

Progressive Cinema Competition

Best Film
Toll [+lire aussi :
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Grand Jury Prize
Blaga’s Lessons [+lire aussi :
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interview : Stephan Komandarev
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Best Director
Joachim Lafosse - A Silence [+lire aussi :
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interview : Joachim Lafosse
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“Monica Vitti” Prize for Best Actress
Alba Rohrwacher - Mi fanno male i capelli [+lire aussi :
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 “Vittorio Gassman” Prize for Best Actor
Herbert Nordrum - The Hypnosis [+lire aussi :
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interview : Asta Kamma August
interview : Ernst De Geer
fiche film] (Sweden/Norway/France)

Best Screenplay
Asli Özge - Black Box [+lire aussi :
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Special Jury Prizes
Achilles [+lire aussi :
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interview : Farhad Delaram
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There Is Still Tomorrow [+lire aussi :
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interview : Paola Cortellesi
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The Monk and the Gun - Pawo Choyning Dorji (Bhutan/France/USA /Taiwan)

BNL BNP Paribas Prize for Best First Film
Cottontail - Patrick Dickinson (UK/Japan)

Special Mentions
There Is Still Tomorrow – Paola Cortellesi
After the Fire [+lire aussi :
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“Ugo Tognazzi” Prize for Best Comedy
Jules - Marc Turtletaub (USA)

Special Mention
Sta Kamma August, Herbert Nordrum - The Hypnosis

Audience Award
There Is Still Tomorrow - Paola Cortellesi

SIAE Cinema Prize
Il primo figlio - Mara Fondacaro (Italy)

Alice nella città

Best Film
The Other Son [+lire aussi :
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Raffaella Fioretta Prize for Best Italian Film in the Panorama Italy Competition
Desiré [+lire aussi :
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Special Jury Prize
Bangarang [+lire aussi :
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The Hollywood Reporter Rome Prize
To Leslie - Michael Morris (USA)

Special Mention for Best Actor
Miguel Gonzalez – The Other Son

Special Mention for Best Actress
Mia McKenna-Bruce - How to Have Sex [+lire aussi :
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interview : Molly Manning Walker
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Special Mention for Progressive Direction
Gianluca Santoni - Io e il secco [+lire aussi :
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RB Casting Prize for Best Young Italian Actor
Amanda Campana - Suspicious Minds (Italy/France)

Onde Corte Audience Award
Fake Shot - Francesco Castellaneta (Italy)

Shorts Film Days

SIAE Prize for Best Project Presented in the Unbox Laboratory
Chiedo scusa - Francesco Piras (Italy)