Best Italian Feature Film Award Visioni dal Mondo 2024
WANSATI – AS FLORES DO MUNDO by Alessio Garlaschelli
Motivation: For its attentive, sincere, and non-intrusive depiction of a special love story between a group of young women and a sport still often seen as male-dominated, rugby. The film offers a powerful message about finding one’s place in society.
two Special mentions by the official jury
DOCILE BODIES by Stefano Conca Bonizzoni
Motivation: For its ability to portray, through original and effective choices in direction and editing, a group of individuals in moments of vulnerability and difficulty, while also reflecting on their personal choices.
THE LOST LEGACY OF TONY GAUDIO by Alessandro Nucci
Motivation: For bringing to light the story of a brilliant pioneer in photography, with a narrative that skillfully blends fiction, testimonies, and unpublished archival material.
GKSD Investment Holding New Talent Opera Prima Award Visioni dal Mondo 2024
FIRES by Ruben Gagliardini
Motivation: The film successfully portrays the multifaceted relationship between the Sardinian people and fire. Through various communication techniques, it enhances the symbolism linked to fire. The courage shown in documenting and creating striking, meaningful, and essential images, despite the risks involved, results in a product that evokes an exciting and folkloric imagination of this natural element.
Special Mention in the New Talent Opera Prima Italian Competition
THE LAST BEAT by Leonardo Ferro
Motivation: The film envelops the viewer through a rich auditory experience, combining the sounds of nature with the relentless rhythm of workshop machinery. The absence of dialogue strengthens the visuals, which are carefully crafted using natural light. The film advances through a series of contrasts that highlight the relationship between nature and the protagonist. It is a bold work that uses documentary language to express the director’s strong stylistic vision, leaving a deep and powerful authorial imprint.
Rai Cinema Award dedicated to Franco Scaglia
FEMMENELL (CHIC E FAVOLOSO) by Andrea Fortis
Motivation: For crafting a narrative deeply rooted in Neapolitan culture, which has always embraced, integrated, and transformed, pointing the way to inclusion. This inclusion stems from the timeless and indissoluble blend of the sacred and the profane, the high and the low, capable of containing all.
Best International Feature Documentary Visioni dal Mondo 2024 Award
PHANTOMS OF THE SIERRA MADRE by Håvard Bustnes
Motivation: We were drawn to the originality of this film. It chronicles a journey that transforms the filmmakers’ perspective from a somewhat simplistic Western viewpoint to a deeper, more nuanced understanding of the “other.” Their quest to find the Apache people, whom they believe may still exist, tackles the issue of cultural appropriation in a profoundly personal manner. The filmmakers present challenging questions through powerful visual storytelling, making this a highly relevant and timely piece.
Special mention of the international jury
GRAND ME by Atiye Zare Arandi
Motivation: We follow the self empowerment of a very courageous, 9 year old girl in the context of a difficult family situation who takes strong and unexpected decisions. The film uses the creative power of documentary storytelling in an original way that can especially resonate with a young audience anywhere.
Amici Cineteca Milano Award
THE VANISHING OF BRUNO BREGUET by Olmo Cerri
Visioni VR 2024 Award - People's Choice Award
LOU by Martine Asselin and Annick Daigneault
Visioni VR Contest - Press special mention and Content creators special mention
LOU by Martine Asselin and Annick Daigneault
Motivation: Lou is a story that could not have been told as effectively through any other medium or technology. Its visual simplicity, combined with a direct and immediate narrative structure, generates a powerful sense of empathy and shifts the viewer’s perspective. Lou breaks down the barrier that typically separates autistic individuals from the rest of the world, allowing the audience to literally step into their bubble, fully immersing them in the emotions and sensations that autistic individuals experience.
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