SALENTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (SIFF 2006) WINNERS

The Salento International Film Festival 2006 ended its 9-day celebration of cinema September 17 by posting an attendance record around 1000 peoples every night in Piazza Pisanelli, a free outdoor screening with 117 films from 25 countries. It was produced under the leadership of Artistic Director Luigi Campanile.

Hellen Mirren the winner of COPPA VOLPI for best actress at the Venice Film Festival (The Queen) and the famous film director Taylor Hackford (An Officer and a gentleman, The devil's advocate, Ray) were the special guest of the Salento Film Festival 2006, with more than 100 filmmakers from all around the world.

The Salento International Film Festival 2006 is made possible thanks to the generous support of the APULIA REGION, PROVINCE OF LECCE and the CITY OF TRICASE and sponsored by BANCA CARIME.

The Jury of the 3rd SALENTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Mostra Internazionale di Cinema del Salento, chaired by Academy Award nominee Production Designer Bruno Rubeo and comprised of Richard Harrison, Elena Arvigo, Fabio Segatori, and Ilaria Borrelli, having viewed all eleven films in competition, has decided as follows:

FOR BREAD ALONE directed by Rashid Benhadj an Italian Moroccan production and THE LIVES OF THE SAINTS directed by Rankin & Chris Cottam, ex-aequo won the GRAND JURY PRIZE, the VALLONEA AWARD for Best Film.

FOR BREAD ALONE is based on the real story of the Moroccan writer Mohamed Choukri, candidate for the Nobel Prize and a free voice, even though censored by the extremists of the Arabic world for years. THE LIVES OF THE SAINTS, a dark and bizarre morality tale, a truly original, modern-day fable, which warns that what we wish for is not always what we need.

OTHER AWARDS WINNERS:

VALLONEA AWARD FOR BEST SHORT-FILM
Animation: EMELIA by Derek Flood (USA 2005)
Italian Short: IGNOTUS by Max Bartoli (Italy 2006)
The World in Short: SPIN by Jamin Winans (USA 2005)
Women in Short: NON TI ASPETTAVO by Barbara Prudente (Italy 2005)

VALLONEA AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY
SAN GIUSEPPE DA COPERTINO by Francesco Raganato (Italy 2006)

APULIA REGION AWARD
FIVE MOMENTS OF INFIDELITY by Kate Gorman (Australia 2005)

CITY OF TRICASE AWARD
POMEGRANATE by Kraig Kuzirian (USA 2006)

PEOPLE CHOICE AWARD
ADIOS MOMO by Leonardo Ricagni (Uruguay 2006)
By Leonardo Ricagni

THE SALENTO FILM & VIDEO GRANT
Il piacere nascosto, by Antonio Barocci
A short-film set in Lecce. Its the story of a man whose job is to tidy and clean up the town in preparation for the Minister's visit.

Il piacere nascosto, by Antonio Barocci won the Salento Film & Video Grant 2006. A short-film set in Lecce. Its the story of a man whose job is to tidy and clean up the town in preparation for the Minister's visit.

IL SALENTO FILM & VIDEO GRANT - THE BEST IDEAS BECOME FILMS. a competition awarding a prize to the best scripts >> more

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