15/06/2017 - The prizes given out by the Foreign Press Association in Italy were handed out yesterday; Best Debut Film went to Worldly Girl, while Isabella Ragonese and Renato Carpentieri snagged the acting gongs

Gianfranco Cabiddu with his Golden Globe for The Stuff of Dreams (© Victor Sokolowicz)

Yesterday, during a ceremony at the Villa Medici, the Foreign Press Association in Italy gave out the trophies at the 57^th edition of the Italian Golden Globes, the prizes handed out every year to Italian films by the foreign press. The Best Film, according to the 33 foreign journalists who voted, was The Stuff of Dreams [+see also:
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Worldly Girl [+see also:
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As for the acting gongs, Best Actress went to Isabella Ragonese for There Is a Light [+see also:
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film profile] by Fabio Mollo (for having succeeded “in showing the audience the most diverse aspects of the female universe in a single season, starting with the role of an ignorant mother”), and Renato Carpentieri was voted Best Actor for Holding Hands [+see also:
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Two special awards were also handed out: the Grand Prize of the Foreign Press to the medium-length documentary Restoring the Sky by Tommaso Santi and the Lifetime Achievement Golden Globe for director Dario Argento. 

Here is the complete list of winners:

Best Film
The Stuff of Dreams [+see also:
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Best Actor 
Renato Carpentieri – Holding Hands [+see also:
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interview: Gianni Amelio
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Best Actress 
Isabella Ragonese – There Is a Light [+see also:
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interview: Fabio Mollo
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Best Screenplay
Paolo Virzì and Francesca Archibugi – Like Crazy [+see also:
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Q&A: Paolo Virzì
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Best Comedy 
Let Yourself Go! [+see also:
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Best Debut Film 
Worldly Girl [+see also:
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Best Cinematography 
Daria D’Antonio – On the Trail of My Father [+see also:
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Best Music
Enzo Avitabile - Indivisible [+see also:
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interview: Edoardo de Angelis
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Best Documentary
The Man Who Didn’t Change History [+see also:
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interview: Enrico Caria
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Best Short Film 
Penalty - Aldo Iuliano

Grand Prize of the Foreign Press
Restoring the Sky - Tommaso Santi

Lifetime Achievement Golden Globe
Dario Argento

(Translated from Italian)