2008 Turin Film Festival Awards2008 Turin Film Festival: November 21-29, 2008
The 26th Turin Film Festival's best film winner, Pablo Larraín's Tony Manero — set in Santiago in the repressive late 1970s — follows Raúl Peralta, a man obsessed with John Travolta's tush-shaking character from Saturday Night Fever. Raúl is so obsessed, in fact, that after a Tony Manero TV contest is announced he decides to bump off the competition. Tony Manero also won the FIPRESCI prize, while star Alfredo Castro (who co-wrote the screenplay with Larraín and Mateo Iribarren) took the best actor award.
Best Film: TONY MANERO by Pablo Larraín (Chile/Brazil, 2008, 98 min)
Jury Special Award: PRINCE OF BROADWAY by Sean Baker (USA, 2008, 100 min)
Best Actress Award: EMMANUELLE DEVOS for her role in the film UNSPOKEN (NON-DIT) by Fien Troch (Belgium, 2008, 95 min)
Best Actor Award: ALFREDO CASTRO for his role in the film TONY MANERO by Pablo Larraín (Chile/Brazil, 2008, 98 min)
ITALIANA.DOC
Best Italian Documentary: NAPLES, MUNICIPAL SQUARE (Napoli Piazza Muncipio) by Bruno Oliviero (Italy/France, 2008, 55 min)
Jury Special Award: RATA NECE BITI (NON CI SARÀ LA GUERRA) (There Will Not Be the War) by Daniele Gaglianone (Italy, 2008, 170 min)
ITALIANA.CORTI
Best Italian Short Film: A CHI E’ GIA’ MORTO A CHI STA PER MORIRE (To those who are already dead and to those who are about to die) by Fulvio Pepe (Italy, 2008, 21min)
Jury Special Award – Kodak Short Film Award: OTTANA by Pietro Mele (Italy, 2008, 16 min)
Special Mention: LA NONNA (Grandmother) by Massimo Ali Mohammad (Italy, 2008, 30min)
Fipresci Award (International Film Critics Prize): TONY MANERO by Pablo Larraín (Chile-Brazil, 2008, 98min)
Chicca Richelmy Award for the Best Short Film: ARCHIVE OF DREAMS by Tomàs Sheridan (Italy/Scotland, 2008, 15min)
CIPPUTI AWARD for Best Film on the World of Work: ENTRE OS DEDOS (Noise) by Tiago Guedes and Frederico (Portugal/Brazil, 2008, 100min)
INVITATION TO THE SCUOLA HOLDEN AWARD for best screenplay: Dennis Gansel and Peter Thorwarth for DIE WELLE (THE WAVE) by Dennis Gansel (Germany, 2008, 93min)
Special mention: QUEMAR LAS NAVES by Francisco Franco-Alba (Mexico, 2007, 90’)
“Achille Valdata” AUDIENCE AWARD: QUEMAR LAS NAVES by Francisco Franco-Alba (Mexico, 2007, 90’)
“AVANTI!” AWARD (documentaries/shorts): CASA VERDI by Anna Franceschini (Italy, 2008, 52 min), IL GRANDE PROGETTO (The Great Project) by Vincenzo Marra (Italy, 2008,
71min), SIGNORI PROFESSORI (The Professors) by Maura Delpero (Italy, 2008, 92min), USO IMPROPRIO (Improper Use) by Luca Gasparini e Alberto Masi (Italia, 2008, 71min), ITALIANO PER STRANIERI (Italian for Foreigners) by Brian Christopher Griffin (Italy, 2008, 20min)
UCCA AWARD – TWENTY CITIES: SIGNORI PROFESSORI (The Professors) by Maura Delpero (Italy, 2008, 92 min)
MAURIZIO COLLINO AWARD – A LOOK AT YOUTH: DI MADRE IN FIGLIA (From Mother to Daughter) by Andrea Zambelli (Italy, 2008, 82 min)
Special Mention: HUNGER by Steve McQueen (Ireland, 2008, 96 min)
Feature Film Jury: Alexey German jr. (Russia), Jonathan Lethem (USA), Dito Montiel
(USA), Alba Rohrwacher (Italy), Jerzy Stuhr (Poland)
ITALIANA.DOC Jury: Mariangela Barbanente, Felice D’Agostino, Francesco Di Pace
ITALIANA.CORTI Jury: Francesco Bianconi, Gianni Di Gregorio, Teresa Saponangelo
FIPRESCI Jury: Ronald Bergan (Chair, UK), Sergey Anashkin (Russia), Gabriele Barrera (Italy), Mahrez Karoui (Tunisia), Christian Monggaard (Denmark)
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The 26th Turin Film Festival's best film winner, Pablo Larraín's Tony Manero — set in Santiago in the repressive late 1970s — follows Raúl Peralta, a man obsessed with John Travolta's tush-shaking character from Saturday Night Fever. Raúl is so obsessed, in fact, that after a Tony Manero TV contest is announced he decides to bump off the competition. Tony Manero also won the FIPRESCI prize, while star Alfredo Castro (who co-wrote the screenplay with Larraín and Mateo Iribarren) took the best actor award.
71min), SIGNORI PROFESSORI (The Professors) by Maura Delpero (Italy, 2008, 92min), USO IMPROPRIO (Improper Use) by Luca Gasparini e Alberto Masi (Italia, 2008, 71min), ITALIANO PER STRANIERI (Italian for Foreigners) by Brian Christopher Griffin (Italy, 2008, 20min)
(USA), Alba Rohrwacher (Italy), Jerzy Stuhr (Poland)