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“Sheep Hero” Best Doc. Siff 2020
A traditional Dutch shepherd is forced to innovate in a neoliberal world that conflicts with his idealistic views. The documentary with the original title "SHEEP HERO" directed by the Dutch Ton van Zantvoort wins the award for Best Documentary at Siff 2020 A...
3rd. Salento Int’l Film Festival in Norway and Icelend
From Monday March 1st to Sunday March 7th The Italian Cultural Institute in Oslo presents the 3rd Edition of the Oslo and Reykjavik Salento International Film Festival. Due to Covid19, this year the Festival will be exclusively in streaming Free event, registration...
Social Impact Award to “HeartWood”
Stefano Petroni from Puglia with his documentary HeartWood - Nueva Memory wins the " Social Impact Award "at Siff 2020. Through sudden epidemics, such as that of xylella which is destroying not only our olive trees, especially in Puglia - from Santa Maria di Leuca to...
Innocence Best Short Film
INNOCENCE a short film directed by the Ben Reid wins the Best International Short Film award. A short that defies stereotypes and on-screen representation, follows a detective who interrogates a young man with Down syndrome after a worker in a nursing home has died....
“My Dear Mother” Best Music Video
MY DEAR MOTHER, a memorable video clip directed by Alessandro Scippa, are the sounds and words of “Neapolitan tears” that evoke stories of migrants and travelers in search of freedom and recognition. In a few years, in the decades between the end of the 1800s and the...
“One Night in Teheran” Best Film at Siff 2020
A Night in Teheran by Iranian director Farhad Najafi won the awards for Best FilmandBest Cinematography at the Siff-Salento International Film Festival 2020, which ended on September 6. The film tells the story of a girl who seeks her happiness in this world that...
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