05/07/2007

"I dream of a cinema not made only of money," said an inspired Raul Bova while receiving a Golden Globe for his performance in a small but beautiful film, Io, l'altro, which also marked his first producing turn. Tunisian writer Mohsen Melliti who made his directorial debut with the film commented ironically on the difficulties he came across: "It’s easier to believe in God, for an atheist like me, than to make a film in Italy!"

The awards assigned each year by the foreign press were distributed with a certain equity and originality to an Italian cinema that proved itself to be particularly alive in the recently ended season.

Upon taking the stage in the beautiful gardens of the German Academy in Rome, to receive his career award, Marco Bellocchio unveiled his polemical side: "It’s not enough to help just first films. As in other countries, the institutions have to support the continuation of the career of a filmmaker who immediately showed himself to be luminous".

Sensitive to films that have had trouble finding distribution, the Foreign Press Association gave the Globe for "an unforgettable film" to Lettere dalla Sicilia by Manuel Giliberti. The acting revelation was, naturally, Elio Germano for his roles in N: Napoleon & Me and My Brother is an Only Child [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Daniele Luchetti
interview: Riccardo Tozzi
film profile] by Daniele Luchetti.

Luchetti’s film won the most coveted prize, Best Film, while Ferzan Ozpetek was rewarded with Best Director and Best Screenplay for Saturno Contro. Alessandro Angelini was the directorial revelation of 2007 for Salty Air [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Alessandro Angelini
film profile].

The Best Production Golden Globes went to RAI Cinema and the young company Offside run by Saverio Costanzo and Mario Gianani (In Memory of Myself [+see also:
trailer
film profile]).

(Translated from Italian)