30/06/2014 - After having won at the David di Donatello Awards, Paolo Virzì’s film takes home six of the prizes handed out by Italian film journalists

The winners at the 2014 Nastri d'Argento Awards

Paolo Virzì has triumphed at the Nastri d’Argento Awards (the prizes handed out by Italian film journalists) with Human Capital [+see also:
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Song’e Napule [+see also:
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Kasia Smutniak and Paola Minaccioni, the two actresses from Fasten Your Seatbelts [+see also:
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For I Can Quit Whenever I Want [+see also:
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film profile]. Pif (Pierfrancesco Diliberto) won the Nastri d’Argento for Best Debut Film and Best Subject (together with Michele Astori and Marco Martani), for La mafia uccide solo d’estate [+see also:
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A Special Prize was given to Dino Trappetti to celebrate the 50^th anniversary of the Sartoria costume company, while Lifetime Achievement Awards went to Piero Tosi, Marina Cicogna and Francesco Rosi. A Special Prize was also awarded to Alice Rohrwacher, who, with her film The Wonders [+see also:
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“Once again, by rewarding the freshness of the many new arthouse releases, the Nastri Awards highlight a genuine renewal of Italian cinema. This ceremony has put a new generation of actors in the spotlight, not only through the official awards, but also through a whole raft of Special Prizes. The Nastri Awards have also honoured a certain type of cinéma vérité, which has unexpectedly left its mark on the comedies as well as some of the best feature debuts this year,” remarked Laura Delli Colli, a representative of the National Union of Film Industry Journalists of Italy.

(Translated from Italian)