Opened by Leonardo Di Costanzo's Venice-selected The Inner Cage [+lee también:
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entrevista: Leonardo Di Costanzo
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entrevista: Jonas Carpignano
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Dedicated to new talent, the competition, judged by a jury composed of Karel Och (artistic director of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival) and directors Francesca Mazzoleni and Laura Luchetti, crowned The Tale of King Crab [+lee también:
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entrevista: Alessio Rigo de Righi y Ma…
ficha de la película] by Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis "for brilliantly creating an enchanting and free world, without ever renouncing the power of emotion.” Discovered in Directors' Fortnight, the film will be distributed in France by Shellac, which also manages international sales.

The jury awarded the prize for best direction to The Giants [+lee también:
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entrevista: Bonifacio Angius
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The Best Performance award went to Khadija Jaafari for "managing to maintain the coherence and beauty of a role over the years, without ever losing the soul of a character who is both intense and fragile" in Californie [+lee también:
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entrevista: Alessandro Cassigoli, Case…
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Finally, it should be noted that Laura Samani's Small Body [+lee también:
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The list of winners:

First Film prize
The Tale of King Crab [+lee también:
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entrevista: Alessio Rigo de Righi y Ma…
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Best Directing prize
The Giants [+lee también:
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entrevista: Bonifacio Angius
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Best Performance prize
Khadija Jaafari - Californie [+lee también:
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entrevista: Alessandro Cassigoli, Case…
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Art Cinema Award - CICAE
The Legionnaire [+lee también:
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entrevista: Hleb Papou
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Youth Jury prize
The Giants - Bonifacio Angius

Annecy City Audience prize
Small Body [+lee también:
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entrevista: Laura Samani
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