The International Film Critics’ Week (SIC) – an independent and parallel section organised by the National Union of Italian Film Critics (SNCCI) as an integral part of the Venice International Film Festival – has handed out the awards of its 34^th edition. The International Film Critics’ Week Grand Prize – made possible thanks to the support of the Siae – Italian Authors and Publishers Association and comprising a prize worth €5,000, handed out by an international jury consisting of Marta Bałaga, Paolo Mereghetti and Erfan Rashid – went to All This Victory [+lire aussi :
critique
bande-annonce
fiche film] by Ahmad Ghossein (Lebanon/France/Qatar). Ghossein’s movie also picked up the Audience Award, provided thanks to the support of the Municipality of Taranto, and the Mario Serandrei Award for Best Technical Contribution. “The 34^th edition of the SIC, which boasted a programme and a selection of auteurs brimming with diversity and extraordinary voices, is undeniable proof that the audience wants to see surprising and courageous works,” stated General Delegate Giona A Nazzaro.

Here is the list of award winners in the SIC:

International Film Critics’ Week Grand Prize
All This Victory [+lire aussi :
critique
bande-annonce
fiche film] - Ahmad Ghossein (Lebanon/France/Qatar)

Audience Award – Municipality of Taranto
All This Victory - Ahmad Ghossein

Verona Film Club Award – under-30 jury
Scales - Shahad Ameen (United Arab Emirates/Iraq/Saudi Arabia)

Mario Serandrei – Hotel Saturnia Award for Best Technical Contribution
All This Victory - Ahmad Ghossein

SIC@SIC (Short Italian Cinema @ International Film Critics’ Week) – awards handed out by a jury made up of journalists from the French film magazine La Septième Obsession, headed by Thomas Aïdan

Award for Best Short Film
Veronica Doesn’t Smoke - Chiara Marotta (Italy)

Award for Best Director
Our Time - Veronica Spedicati (Italy)

Award for Best Technical Contribution
The Oceans Are the Real Continents - Tommaso Santambrogio (Italy)

Queer Lion Award
The Prince [+lire aussi :
critique
bande-annonce
fiche film] - Sebastian Muñoz (Chile/Argentina/Belgium)