The tenth edition of the Love Film Festival, the first film festival in Italy focused on the theme of love, directed by Daniele Corvi, ended on Sunday 30 June with an evening concert at the Palazzo dei Priori in Perugia (Perugia 27-30 June).
A prestigious audience of directors, actresses and actors, national and international producers participated in the competition which awards the Golden Griffin to the best national and international productions.
Below are the prizes
Best Film “Sandro Penna” to the film Eo by Jerzy Skolimowski (collected by the producer Eileen Tasca)
Best Direction “Fondazione Perugia” to Pupi Avati for the film Dante
Best Production “Association of Umbrian Cinema Professions” to the producer Antonio Avati for the film Dante
Best Genre Film “Leonardo Servadio” to actor and director Marco Bocci for the film La caccia.
Best actor “Marcello Mastroianni” to the actress Laura Chiatti for the film The Hunt by Marco Bocci
Best directorial debut “Vittorio De Sica” to Brando De Sica for the film Mimì – The Prince of Darkness.
Best Screenplay “San Francesco” to the film Encounter Love by Chen Fei.
Best documentary “Rossi dealership” at Monstruamente Villaggio by Valeria Parisi.
Best TV Film Performer “Pietro Vannucci” to actress Laura Morante for Folle d’amore – Alda Merini by Roberto Faenza.
Special “Aldo Capitini” Award to actress Claudia Gerini for the book Se chiudo gli occhi. Vita, loves and passions of a pragmatic dreamer.
Best short “CS Cinema” to Due by Matteo De Liberato.
Special mention “Roberta Balducci” for the short film Grazie Lina by Yari Gugliucci.
Special health award “Don Mario Stefanoni” to the short film Tutto il tempo del mondo by Daniele Barbiero.
Best short actor “Walter Chiari” to Enzo Miccio for Tutto il tempo del mondo by Daniele Barbiero.
The festival, dedicated to the theme of “passion”, had the actress Elisabetta Pellini as godmother and during the edition hosted on stage: Pupi and Antonio Avati, Daniele Barbiero, Marco Bocci, Chen Fei, Laura Chiatti, Giancarlo Commare, Brando De Sica, Matteo De Liberato, Gianluigi Di Napoli, Claudia Gerini, Yari Gugliucci, Alessandro Guida, Paola Jacobbi, Enzo Miccio, Laura Morante, Gianmarco Saurino, Jerzy Skolimowski, Eileen Tasca, Elisabetta Villaggio.
«It was a magnificent tenth anniversary, both for the talents present and for the participation of the public, and staying on topic, there was a lot of passion for cinema» commented the artistic director Daniele Corvi. «Now we look to the eleventh edition, thanking all the partners who supported us and the new mayor Vittoria Ferdinandi who sent us her warm wishes, also remembering the outgoing mayor, who in recent years has always been close to the festival . In a historical period like the current one, love for the city, for one’s own country and for one’s neighbor is perhaps the theme that everyone should reflect on.”
And again: «Personally I had a lot of fun with Claudia Gerini, a force of nature always ready with a joke, who had a strong empathy with the audience, and I particularly appreciated Brando De Sica, who in presenting his debut film, Mimì – The Prince of Darkness, wanted to pay homage to his grandparents De Sica and grandparents Verdone, in a generational connection with the families who made the history of Italian cinema. I appreciated Laura Morante for her intelligence, culture and class, and the screenings of the beautiful film Eo, in the presence of the producer Eileen Tasca, and of the documentary Mostruosamente Villaggio with the daughter of the great Paolo, Elisabetta Villaggio and the screenwriter Paola Jacobbi. The screening of Maschile plurale by Alessandro Guida was a great success among the very young thanks to the sympathy of the interpreters Saurino and Commare. The meeting with Pupi and Antonio Avati was perhaps the most heartfelt moment for the city, for the involvement of the film Dante, with the Associazione Mestieri del Cinema Umbro. The last day finally saw the most significant film produced in Umbria in recent years, with the symbolic couple formed by the director Marco Bocci and the actress Laura Chiatti».
