Volker Einrauch wins Courmayeur
German film The Other Boy (Der Andere Junge) by Volker Einrauch won the Black Lion at the 17th edition of the Courmayeur Noir in Festival, which ended yesterday.
The international jury, presided over by Dario Argento, also gave a Special Mention to The Air I Breathe by US director of Korean origin Jieho Lee.
The Napapijri Award for Best Performance went to Icelandic actor Ingvar E. Sigurðsson for Jar City [+see also:
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The jury of young European critics awarded the Docnoir Prize for Best Documentary to The Dictator Hunter by Dutch director Klaartje Quirijns while It’s Always Late For Freedom (Hamishe Baraye Azadi Dir Ast) by Iran’s Mehrdad Oskouei received a Special Mention.
(Translated from Italian)
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