Turin (Italy) November 14 - 22, 1997
THE AWARDED FILMS
THE AWARDED FILMS
The Jury of the International Feature Film Competition of the 15th Edition of the Turin International Film Festival, formed by Giuseppe Bertolucci (Italy),
Mario Martone (Italy), Amir Naderi (Iran), Peter Shepotinnik (Russia), and Alisa Simon (Usa), has apprecied the variety of the competing films and the substantial balance of the values: all the works express clearly the desolate emptiness of this end of the
century generation, from all latitudes. Furthermore, we would like to point out the risky and common tendency to abuse of pre-existing models.
Aften a long and passionate discussion, the majority of the Jury has chosen to award the following films with the prizes "Città di Torino":
Best Film (30 millions Italian Lire):
Clockwatchers by Jill Sprecher (Usa, 1997, 92')
Jury Special Award (10 millions Italian Lire):
Taboutta rouasata by Dervis Zaim (Turkey, 1997, 76')
Jury Special Award (10 millions Italian Lire):
Brat by Alexeï Balabanov (Russia, 1997, 96')
The Jury has also given a Special Mention to the films:
Mosafere jonub by Parviz Shahabazi (Iran, 1997, 90')
For its confirmation of the values of the great Iranian Cinematography School.
Torino Boys by Marco e Antonio Manetti (Italy, 1997, 90')
An unusual film in Italian Cinema, made with love together with our Nigerian fellow-citizens.
Kitchen Party by Gary Burns (Canada, 1997, 87')
For having made a meaningful group portrayal with some very extraordinary dramatic solutions.
The Jury of the International Short Film Competition of the 15th Edition of the Turin International Film Festival, formed by Martin Delisle, Francesco Di Pace, Marco Lombardi, has awarded the following films with the prizes "Città di Torino":
Best Short Film (5 millions Italian Lire):
Life Is Too Short to Dance with Ugly Women by Lars Kraume (Germany, 1996, 9')
Through an extraordinary use of sequence-shots, the film turns the typical narrative dramatics of a robbery into a funny reflection on the relationships between sexes.
Jury Special Award (2 millions Italian Lire):
La mort du chanteur du Mexico by Laurent Firode (France, 1996, 13')
For its structure originality and for the way it plays with time concept.
It cuts down the dramatics with humour in a chain of small accidents to reach a totally unexpected ending.
Jury Special Award (2 millions Italian Lire):
Horoskop by Maciej Adamek (Poland, 1996, 10')
It's a delicate reflection about adolescence uncertainty, expressed with a clean and incisive style.
The end seems to suggest with irony that "playing" is the best way to face the future.
Italy Space fiction
Best film or video
(1500 meters of film in 35mm or 2500 meters in 16mm offered by Kodak; 2.5 millions Italian Lire worth of lab services offered by TTC; 2.5 millions Italian Lire worth in technical services offered by Unistudio; 20 hours of free Avid editing offered by Gierre Video):
La lettera by Dario Migliardi (Italy, 1997, 35mm, 11')
For its essentiality and its balance between humour and lightness, for its care for details and for the narrative conciseness with which it represents "the joke of life".
Second Prize (2 millions Italian Lire):
Superzero by Monica Castiglioni (Italy, 1997, Betacam, 12')
For its freshness and its good cinematography style operation while describing a city.
Italy Space non fiction
Best film or video
(1500 meters of film in 35mm or 2500 meters in 16mm offered by Kodak; 2.5 millions Italian Lire worth of lab services offered by TTC; 2.5 millions Italian Lire worth in technical services offered by Unistudio; 20 hours of free Avid editing offered by Gierre Video):
Luoghi inagibili in attesa di ristrutturazione capitale by Daniele Gaglianone (Italy, 1997, Betacam, 38')
For its human sensitiveness, for the humbleness of intelligence, for the tenderness and respect in its looking at the characters, and for its capacity in not transmitting a sensation of death even if it is a "last moment".
Second Prize (2 millions Italian Lire):
Promenade by Fibi Kraus (Italy, 1997, 16mm, 15')
For its personal look, expressing a wise capacity of observation.
The Jury of the Turin Space Competition of the 15th Edition of the Turin International Film Festival, formed by Caterina Cerra, Andrea Frambosi, Silvia Tarquini, has awarded the following films with the prizes "Città di Torino":
Best film or video
(5 millions Italian Lire worth in editing services on Avid Composer offered by Zabum Uno):
Magia dei cartoni by Laboratorio Immagine 2 - Scuola dell'Infanzia di Via Pisacane (Italy, 1996, Vhs, 1' 20")
For its striking narrative synthesis, for its poetical abstractness, and for its language freshness.
Second Prize (2 millions Italian Lire):
Pelush by Mauro Borgarello (Italy, 1997, U-matic, 7'07")
For the originality of the character in its combining techniques with self-irony.
The Jury of the Cipputi Award of the 15th Edition of the Turin International Film Festival, formed by Marina Cassi, Riccardo De Gennaro, Loris Gherra, Paolo Mereghetti, Sergio Staino, has awarded , unanimously, the following film:
Best film about the working world (5 millions Italian Lire):
The Full Monty by Peter Cattaneo (U.K., 1997, 91')
For its original and strongly ironic ways to portray all aspects, - human, social and cultural, - of a crisis in a factory town.
The Jury of the Fipresci Award (Fédération Internationale de Presse Cinématographique) of the 15th Edition of the Turin International Film Festival, formed by Peter van Bueren, Alberto Castellano, Leonardo Gracia Tsao, George Littera, William Russel, has awarded the following film:
Best Feature Film:
Brat by Alexeï Balabanov (Russia, 1997, 96')
For its vision of Russian society today and its sense of urgency and strong characterization.
Special Mention
Kitchen Party by Gary Burns (Canada, 1997, 87')
For its incisive and ironic portrayal of middle class family life in Western society.
The Jury of the Holden Award for Best Script of the 15th Edition of the Turin International Film Festival, formed by 30 students of the Second year of the Scuola Holden Master Course, has awarded the following film:
Best Script (3 millions Italian Lire):
Road to Nhill by Sue Brooks (Australia, 1997, 35mm, 85')
For its cleverness in following many characters and situations within a small epic of daily and ordinary life.
To the awarded films and videos of the sections Feature Film Competition, Short Film Competition, Italy Space fiction and non-fiction, Turin Space, RAI SAT offers to buy the aerial rights for its theme channels, at market prices.
The Jury of the Audience Award "Achille Valdata" in collaboration with La Stampa - Torino Sette of the 15th Edition of the Turin International Film Festival, formed by Adriana Ansaldi, Paolo Astrua, Federico Genre, Fulvio Gremone, Claudio Pellegrino, Angelo Rusciano, has awarded the following films with the prizes "Città di Torino":
Best Feature Film:
Taboutta röuasata by Dervis Zaim (Turkey, 1997, 76')
For its capacity to tell a story of daily surviving in a essential and not rethorical way.
Best film Italy Space:
Asino chi legge, Pietro Reggiani (Italy, 1997, 35mm, 25')
For its facing the problem of our country's lack of interest in reading, in a very simple and original way.
Manga by Silvana Zancolò (Italy, 1997, Betacam, 7')
Notwithstanding the exiguity of the means, she has been able to transpose Japanese cartoons into cinematography images, developing an original idea in a very coherent way.
Parole per dirlo - dalla parte delle bambine by Chiara Cremaschi (Italy, 1997, Betacam, 10')
For her capacity to let different generations of women relate with each other, saving, for the young ones, the memory of feminist battles, in a tender and ironic way.
