The feature film Life Without Gabriella Ferri won the grand prize at the 14th edition of the i Castelli Animati festival, which concluded Nov. 29 in Rome.
The full list of the festival’s award winners follows:
Grand Prize
‘ Life Without Gabriella Ferri, directed by Priit and Olga Parn (Estonia)
Special Jury Prize
‘ Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death, directed by Nick Park (United Kingdom)
Best First Film
‘ Alma, directed by Rodrigo Blaas (Spain)
Best European Film
‘ Les Escargot de Joseph, directed by Sophie Roze (France)
Best Italian Film
‘ Il re dell’isola, directed by Raimondo Della Calce (Italy)
Best Non-Narrative Film
‘ Videogioco, directed by Donato Sansone (Italy)
Special Mentions
‘ Ink, directed by Justine Wallace (Australia)
‘ Leonardo, directed by Jim Capobianco (United States)
‘ Birth, directed by Signe Baumane (United States-France)
Audience Prize
‘ Il re dell’isola, directed by Raimondo Della Calce (Italy)
Fabrizio Bellocchio Prize For Social Content
‘ Piercing 1, directed by Liu Jian (China)
Fabrizio Bellocchio Special Prize
‘ Recordare, directed by Leonardo Carrano and Alessandro Pierattini (Italy)
Italian Schools Of Animation Competition
Grand Prize
‘ Sbam, Enrica Casentini, Filippo Foglietti, Lorenzo Latrofa, Antonella Principe, Fabio Santomauro, Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia – Animazione
Special Jury Prize
‘ La reliquia rivoltosa, directed by Giovanna Lo Palco, Pamela Poltronieri, Giulia Rivolta, Francesco Tagliavia, Stefano Tambellini (Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia ‘ Animazione)
Special Mention
‘ I due re e i due labirinti, directed by Mike Bacchin, Federico Gaggero, Elisa Groli, Sebastiano Le Noel, Elisa Pelizzoni, Valentina Picili (Istituto Europeo di Design di Milano)
Fabrizio Bellocchio Prize
‘ I due re e i due labirinti
I Castelli Animati – Repubblica XL Web Competition
Grand Prize
‘ Agasogo Teliverek New Generation, Andrea Falbo
Audience Prize
‘ Agasogo Teliverek New Generation, Andrea Falbo
Musicanimata Competition
Grand Prize
‘ Joint winners: Lady, Marco Pavone; Porpora, Tommaso Cerasuolo
Special Mention
‘ Skate, Sonia Cucculelli
Virus Prize, assigned by the satirical column in L’Unita
‘ The Lady and the Reaper, Javier Recio Gracia, Spain
