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SIVIGLIA 2021 Premi

Great Freedom riceve il Giraldillo de Oro del Festival del cinema europeo di Siviglia

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- La produzione austro-tedesca, diretta da Sebastian Meise, sulla reiterata condanna di un omosessuale nella Germania del dopoguerra, vola in alto nel palmarès della 18ma edizione del festival

Great Freedom riceve il Giraldillo de Oro del Festival del cinema europeo di Siviglia
Il regista Sebastian Meise, durante la presentazione di Great Freedom nei primi giorni del festival (© Lolo Vasco/SEFF)

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Great Freedom [+leggi anche:
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, helmed by Austria’s Sebastian Meise and channelling Jean Genet and RW Fassbinder, has emerged as the winning film at the 18th Seville European Film Festival, scooping the Golden Giraldillo. This was decreed by the jury of the Official Section, made up of Christos Nikou, Christian Petzold, María del Puy Alvarado, Cristina Hergueta and Ingvar Sigurdsson, “for its bravery and its sensitive portrayal of the struggle for freedom in a prison environment, which not only shows a historical reality, but also functions as a metaphor for the inner world of the protagonists”. This co-production between Austria and Germany also picked up the Best Actor Award for Franz Rogowski (most famous for his roles in Undine [+leggi anche:
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and Victoria [+leggi anche:
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) and the ASECAN Award for Best Film in the Official Section.

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The film that earned itself the second-highest number of gongs at Seville 2021 was Onoda – 10,000 Nights in the Jungle [+leggi anche:
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 by France’s Arthur Harari, which took home the Grand Jury Prize, “because it makes us reflect on power structures through an incredible mise-en-scène”. It also picked up the Best Screenplay Award for the script written by the director himself and Vincent Poymiro, and it tells of the adventures of a Japanese soldier who continues to bear arms for almost 30 years, ignoring the fact that World War II ended a long time ago. The debut feature by Mounia Akl, a co-production with Spain called Costa Brava, Lebanon [+leggi anche:
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, also took home (ex aequo) the Grand Jury Prize for being “a brilliant debut film, revealing new layers in every scene and showing us the situation of a whole country through the personal story of a family”. Written by Akl together with Clara Roquet, and with Carlos Marques-Marcet in charge of its editing, it portrays a dystopian future, where Lebanon is going through an environmental crisis that leads a family to take refuge in a remote part of the mountains, aiming to maintain an alternative lifestyle.

The jury of the 18th edition of the Seville European Film Festival also decided to reward Italian-US helmer Jonas Carpignano, crowning him Best Director for his third feature, A Chiara [+leggi anche:
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, which, while blending elements of documentary and fiction, brings together the codes of gangster films. The movie also snagged a Special Mention for its cast, made up of Nina Fumo, Swami Rotolo, Carmela Fumo and Claudio Rotolo.

The awards list of the Official Section is rounded off by the Award for Best Actress, which went to first-timer Lucie Zhang, one of the protagonists of Paris, 13th District [+leggi anche:
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by France’s Jacques Audiard. The Best Editing Award was bestowed upon Nicolas Chaudeurge, Rebecca Lloyd and Jacob Secher Schulsinger for their work on Cow [+leggi anche:
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 by Brit Andrea Arnold. In addition, the Best Cinematography Award was presented to Faraz Fesharaki for What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? [+leggi anche:
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 by Georgia’s Alexandre Koberidze.

The festival’s awards list includes the Acción Cultural Española Award for Best Director of a Spanish Film, the winner of which is chosen from among the titles taking part in all of the gathering’s competitive sections. The prize includes the internationalisation of the winning movie, enabling it to be programmed at leading Ibero-American film festivals. The jury for this trophy – comprising Mike Goodridge, Monica Goti and Boglarka Nagy – opted to grant it to David Pantaleón for his feature debut, Rendir los machos [+leggi anche:
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. “We were impressed by his down-to-earth humour, his successful directorial style and the beautiful setting of a new-age western. His ironic depiction of contemporary masculinity, with all its faults and flaws, stunned us,” the jury explained in its verdict.

Here is the full list of award winners:

Official Section

Golden Giraldillo for Best Film
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- Sebastian Meise (Austria/Germany)

Grand Jury Prize (ex aequo)
Onoda – 10,000 Nights in the Jungle [+leggi anche:
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- Arthur Harari (France/Italy/Germany/Belgium/Japan/Cambodia)
Costa Brava, Lebanon [+leggi anche:
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Mounia Akl (Lebanon/France/Spain/Sweden/Denmark/Norway/Qatar)

Best Screenplay
Arthur Harari and Vincent Poymiro – Onoda – 10,000 Nights in the Jungle 

Best Director
Jonas Carpignano - A Chiara [+leggi anche:
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(Italy/France)

Best Actor
Franz Rogowski - Great Freedom

Best Actress
Lucie Zhang Paris, 13th District [+leggi anche:
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(France)

Special Mention for its Cast
Nina Fumo, Swami Rotolo, Carmela Fumo and Claudio Rotolo – A Chiara

Best Editing
Nicolas Chaudeurge, Rebecca Lloyd and Jacob Secher Schulsinger  Cow [+leggi anche:
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(UK)

Best Cinematography
Faraz Fesharaki - What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? [+leggi anche:
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(Germany/Georgia)

The New Waves section

Best Film in The New Waves
Moon, 66 Questions [+leggi anche:
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Jacqueline Lentzou (Greece/France) 

The New Waves Special Award
Hold Me Tight [+leggi anche:
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- Mathieu Amalric (France)

Best Non-fiction Film in The New Waves (ex aequo)
The Story of Looking [+leggi anche:
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- Mark Cousins (UK)
Babi Yar. Context [+leggi anche:
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- Sergei Loznitsa (Netherlands/Ukraine)

Special Recognition for a Non-fiction Film in The New Waves
Landscapes of Resistance [+leggi anche:
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- Marta Popivoda (Serbia/France)

Endless Revolutions section

Best Film
Ghost Song [+leggi anche:
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- Nicolas Peduzzi (France)

Panorama Andaluz section

Best Film
¡Dolores, guapa! [+leggi anche:
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- Jesús Pascual (Spain)

Honourable Mention
Pico reja, la verdad que la tierra esconde [+leggi anche:
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- Remedios Malvárez and Arturo Andújar (Spain)

Other awards

Audience Award for Best Film in the Extraordinary Stories Section
Small Body [+leggi anche:
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- Laura Samani (Italy/France/Slovenia)

Audience Grand Prize for Best Film in the EFA Selection Section
The Worst Person in the World [+leggi anche:
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- Joachim Trier (Norway/France/Sweden/Denmark)

Best Director of a First or Second European Feature
Landscapes of Resistance - Marta Popivoda

Acción Cultural Española Award for Best Director of a Spanish Film
Rendir los machos [+leggi anche:
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David Pantaleón (Spain/France)

ASECAN Award for Best Film in the Official Section
Great Freedom - Sebastian Meise

Cinephiles of the Future Award
L’Horizon [+leggi anche:
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- Emilie Carpentier (France)

Europa Junior Award
Vicky and Her Mystery [+leggi anche:
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- Denis Imbert (France)

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