16/01/2006

Italian journalists have shown their partiality for Michele Placido’s Crime Novel [+see also:
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interview: Michele Placido
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Placido’s film is followed by Don’t Tell [+see also:
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Munzi is also vying for the Best Debut Director Award, along with Stefano Mordini (Provincia meccanica), Vittorio Moroni (Tu devi essere il lupo), Fausto Paravidino (Texas [+see also:
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Competing for Best Producer are Antonio Avati (Duea Film) for Ma quando arrivano le ragazze? and The Second Wedding Night (o.t. La seconda notte di nozze, with Rai Cinema); Aurelio De Laurentiis (Filmauro) for Handbook Of Love; Daniele Mazzocca, Cristiano Bortone and Gianluca Arcopinto (Orisa Produzioni) for Saimir; Marco Poccioni and Marco Valsania (Rodeo Drive) for La febbre [+see also:
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interview: Marco Tullio Giordana
interview: Riccardo Tozzi
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The journalists’ union will also award four Special Silver Ribbons to Art Director Dante Ferretti, Costume Designer Gabriella Pescucci, composer Nicola Piovani and editor Pietro Scalia. Actress Barbora Bobulova will receive the Nastro Europeo, while Stefania Sandrelli will collect the Nastro d'Onore.

New this year is the Best Documentary category, which is comprised of Passaggi di tempo by Gianfranco Cabiddu, The Story of the Weeping Camel by Luigi Falorni and Byambasuren Davaa, Viva Zapatero! [+see also:
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(Translated from Italian)