2007 Rome Film Festival Awards
2007 Rome Film Festival: Oct. 18-27, 2007
Written by Diablo Cody and directed by Jason Reitman, Juno is a comedy about a resourceful Minnesota teenager (Ellen Page, above, with Michael Cera) who becomes pregnant and then sets out to get things ready for the upcoming baby.
BEST COMPETITION FILM
Juno, Jason Reitman, U.S.
BEST ACTRESS
Jiang Wenli for Li Chun / And the Spring Comes, China
BEST ACTOR
Rade Serbedzija for Fugitive Pieces, Canada-Greece
SPECIAL JURY AWARD
Hafez, Abolfaz Jalili, Iran-Japan
ALICE IN THE CITY (CHILDREN'S SIDEBAR) K-12 SECTION
Canvas, Joseph Greco, U.S.
YOUNG AUDIENCES SECTION
Meet Mr. Daddy, Kwang Su Park, South Korea
ALICE IN THE CITY BOOK SECTION
Ragazzi di Camorra, Pina Varriale
OTHER PRIZES
FASTWEB PRIZE FOR THE PREMIERE SECTION
Into the Wild, Sean Penn, U.S.
L.A.R.A. AWARD FOR ITALIAN PERFORMER
Giuseppe Battiston for The Right Distance, Italy
CULT NETWORK AWARD FOR DOCUMENTARY
Forbidden Lie$, Anna Broinowsli, Australia
ENEL CUORE PRIZE FOR BEST SOCIAL DOCUMENTARY
War/Dance, Sean Fine and Andrea Nix-Fine, U.S.
MINI PRIZE FOR BEST EUROPEAN PROJECT IN NEW CINEMA NETWORK
Slawomir Fabiki for Bonobo Jingo, Poland
Jury: President: Denis Tanovic. People's jury comprised of 50 "film lovers of all ages who go to see every kind of film imaginable; fans, but not fanatics." Of those, thirty are non-fanatics from Italy; 20 come from elsewhere in Europe.