02/07/2010

The foreign press in Italy has chosen Loose Cannons as Best Film of the year. Ferzan Ozpetek’s comedy, produced Fandango and RAI Cinema and sold to 27 countries so far, triumphed at last night’s Golden Globes ceremony with three more prizes: Best Screenplay, Cinematography and Emerging Actress (Nicole Grimaudo).

Other top awards include Best Director, to Giuseppe Tornatore for Baaria; Best Feature Debut to Rocco Papaleo’s Basilicata Coast to Coast; and the Foreign Press Grand Prize to The Man Who Will Come by Giorgio Diritti.

2009/2010 Golden Globe winners:

BEST FILM
Loose Cannons [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Ferzan Ozpetek

BEST DIRECTOR
Giuseppe Tornatore for Baaria [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile]

BEST FEATURE DEBUT
Basilicata Coast to Coast [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Rocco Papaleo
film profile] di Rocco Papaleo

BEST COMEDY
Io, loro e Lara [+see also:
film review
trailer
making of
film profile] by Carlo Verdone

FOREIGN PRESS GRAND PRIZE
The Man Who Will Come [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Giorgio Diritti
film profile] by Giorgio Diritti

BEST SCREENPLAY
Ferzan Ozpetek- Ivan Cotroneo for Loose Cannons

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Maurizio Calvesi for Loose Cannons by Ferzan Ozpetek

BEST SCORE
Ennio Morricone for Baaria by Giuseppe Tornatore

BEST ACTOR
Christian De Sica for The Youngest Son [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] by Pupi Avati

BEST ACTRESS
Stefania Sandrelli for The First Good Thing [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] by Paolo Virzi

BEST EMERGING ACTOR/ACTRESS
Nicola Nocella per The Youngest Son by Pupi Avati

DISCOVERY (ACTOR)
Checco Zalone per Cado dalle nubi [+see also:
trailer
film profile] di Gennaro Nunziante

DISCOVERY (ACTRESS)
Nicole Grimaudo for Loose Cannons by Ferzan Ozpetek

UNFORGETTABLE FILM
Focaccia Blues [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Nico Cirasola

SPECIAL COSTUME PRIZE
Nanà Cecchi for Christine, Cristina [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] by Stefania Sandrelli

BEST PRODUCER
Pietro Valsecchi for Cado dalle nubi by Gennaro Nunziante

GLOBO D’ORO ECCELLENZA
National Film School of the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia

BEST EUROPEAN FILM
The Ghost Writer [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Roman Polanski

SPECIAL GOLDEN GLOBE
Negli occhi by Daniele Anzellotti and Francesco Del Grosso

BEST DISTRIBUTOR
01 Distribution for The Ghost Writer by Roman Polanski

CAREER AWARDS
Ermanno Olmi, Giancarlo Giannini, Vittorio Storaro

EUROPEAN GOLDEN GLOBE
Gabriele Muccino

50TH ANNIVERSARY GOLDEN GLOBE
Gina Lollobrigida

(Translated from Italian)