Olias Barco makes a Kill-ing in Rome
by Cineuropa
The international jury presided over by Sergio Castellitto and comprising journalist-writer Natalia Aspesi, directors Ulu Grosbard and Edgar Reitz, writer Patrick McGrath, and director of Moscow’s Museum of Multimedia Art, Olga Sviblova, has chosen Olias Barco’s Kill Me Please as Best Film from the Official Competition of the Rome International Film Festival.
The Jury awards:
- Marc’Aurelio Jury Award for Best Film: Kill Me Please [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Olias Barco (see news)
- Marc’Aurelio Grand Jury Award: In a Better World [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Susanne Bier (see interview)
- Marc’Aurelio Special Jury Award: The Poll Diaries [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Chris Kraus
film profile] by Chris Kraus (see news)
- Marc’Aurelio Jury Award for Best Actor: Toni Servillo for A Quiet Life [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Claudio Cupellini
film profile] (see news)
- Marc’Aurelio Jury Award for Best Actress: The entire cast of The Good Herbs
- Special Plaque of the President of the Italian Republic for the film that best emphasizes human and social values: Dog Sweat by Hossein Keshavarz
Audience Award
- Marc’Aurelio Audience Award for Best Film – BNL: In a Better World by Susanne Bier
Extra section
[International jury of documentary filmmakers: Folco Quilici (president), Anna Glogowski, Villi Herman, Alexandre O. Philippe, Kayo Yoshida]
- Marc’Aurelio Award for Best Documentary in the Extra section: De Regenmakers by Floris-Jan Van Luyn
First edition of the Award for Emerging New Talent
[Jury: Andrea Piersanti (president), Valentina Carnelutti, Claudio Giovannesi, Uliana Kovaleva, Giampaolo Rossi]
- Marc’Aurelio Award for Emerging New Talent: Director Kaspar Munk for Hold Me Tight (see news)
Children’s Awards
The Alice in the City children’s sidebar of Festival has two juries, selected from the audience and schools: one composed of youths aged 8-13, the other of youths aged 14-17.
- Marc’Aurelio Alice in the City Under 12 Award: I Want To Be a Soldier [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Christian Molina
- Marc’Aurelio Alice in the City Over 12 Award: Oxygen [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Hans Van Nuffel (see news)
Marc’Aurelio Award in Memory of Suso Cecchi D’Amico
With this award, the fifth edition of the Festival pays tribute to the legendary Italian screenwriter, who passed away on July 31 of this year.
Marc’Aurelio Acting Award
Julianne Moore.
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