Jury for the “Windows on the World” Best Feature Film Competition
Emanuela Martini – president
A film critic and writer, Emanuela Martini is the director of the Torino Film Festival and contributes to the magazines Cineforum and FilmTv and the Sunday supplement of Sole 24 Ore. She has been the editor of the weekly magazine, joint director of Bergamo Film Meeting and has published numerous essays and books, in particular on American and British cinema.
Alessandra De Rossi
She was born in England in 1984 to a Filipino mother and an Italian father. At 16, she won a FAMAS Award (the Filipino Oscar) as best supporting actress in Azucena, by Carlos Siguion-Reyna, presented at the Toronto Film Festival. In 2009she appeared in Independencia by Raya Martin, presented at Un Certain Regards in Cannes and became a star of new contemporary Filipino cinema. In 2016 she is in the main cast of A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery, by Lav Diaz, presented in the official competition at the Berlinale.
Alex Moussa Sawadogo
He divides his time between Berlin and Ouagadougou.Since 2011 he has directed the Biennaial of dance held in Berlin at the Hebbel am Ufer, an important theatre and centre fr the performing arts. He was the correspondent for Africa at the Locarno Film Festival from 2012 to 2015, since 2014 for the Busan Film Festival and since 2016 for Visions du Réel. Since 2007 he has been director of the African Film Festivak of Berlin, Afrikamera.
Jury or the Best African Short and the Best Film in the Extr’A/Razzismo Brutta Storia competition
Angela Calvini – president
Angela Calvini, born in Turin, graduated cum laude in Modern Literature and has been a journalist since 1994. Since 1992 she has worked for the newspaper “Avvenire” in Milan, where she is the special correspondent, expert i audiovisual and the theatre. Since 2004 she has been a Captain in the Selected Reserve of the Army and since 2008 NATO CIMIC Functional Specialist. She won the San Francesco di Sales Prize for Journalism and the Città di Chioggia Literary Prize in 2011.
Marco Cacioppo
He was born in Milan in 1981 and alternates the profession of director and screenwriter with that of journalist and film critic. For ten years he has written for the cult monthly magazine Nocturno Cinema. He has also contributed to Best Movie, Rolling Stone, Nawart Press, Bietti Heterotopia Pubblico, L’amico del Popolo, Lettera43.
Marta Perego
Marta Perego was born in Desio thirty-one years ago. She is a journalist and TV presenter. She presents the programme on film news Adesso Cinema! On IRIS Mediaset every week, bringing stars, celebrities and the main figures of the seventh art on to the small screen. She works with LaEffe and takes part in the programme of the art critic Achille Bonito Oliva “Fuori Quadro” on Raitre. She is a research fellow in theories and techniques of cultural information at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. Between a book, a TV series and a film, now and again she does Pilates.
OFFICIAL AWARDS
“WINDOWS ON THE WORLD” FEATURE FILM COMPETITION
CITY OF MILAN “WINDOWS ON THE WORLD” PRIZE FOR THE BEST FEATURE FILM – euro 8.000
ex-aequo to:
MADAME COURAGE by Merzak Allouache, Algeria, France, 2015
Because, through a work of documentation that lasted for more than thirteen years, the director shows us the strength of reality and the emotions of fiction.
WE’VE NEVER BEEN KIDS by Mahmood Soliman, Egypt, UAE, Qatar, Lebanon, 2015
For the beauty of the narrative structure and the efficacy of the characters who speak to the lives of us all.
Special Mention to:
LA DELGADA LINEA AMARILLA by Celso R. Garcia, Mexico, 2015
For the light tone with which the relationships between the characters is developed against a visually dazzling backdrop.
AFRICAN SHORT FILMS COMPETITION
PREMIO DUOMO VIAGGI E TURISMO PRIZE FOR THE BEST SHORT AFRICAN FILM – euro 2.000
THE MOCKED ONE by Lemohang Jeremia Mosese, Lesotho, 2015
The story takes shape in Lesotho, in an ancestral context outside time, with a girl fighting for her father’s farm. This film shows the balances of a simple life, merged with the rhythms of nature, A true story which at times is painful and which emphasizes how it is necessary for everyone to follow their dreams, remaining true to their principles with intelligence.
Special Mentions to:
THIS MIGRANT BUSINESS by Ng’endo Mukii, Kenya, 2015
A short film in a journalistic spirit which has the virtue of talking about the present time in a concise and original way, bringing attention to the trafficking of migrants in Africa and the drama, too often silenced, of new slavery.
AYA GOES TO THE BEACH by Maryam Touzani, Morocco, 2015
For the intimacy and delicacy with which the story of little Aya is told. A young girl confined to a house and forced to become an adult before she should, but who does not forget her childhood which appears in the power of her imagination, in playing and in her relationship with her neighbour.
EXTR’A/RAZZISMO BRUTTA STORIA COMPETITION
RAZZISMO BRUTTA STORIA PRIZE – euro 1.000
The association Il razzismo è una brutta storia and bookshops laFeltrinelli award a special prize to the best film in the competition.
DUSTUR by Marco Santarelli, Italy, 2015
A film that is necessary in the dramatic historical period of the present, which documents the invaluable educational work in the Dozza prison in Bologna and which is engrossing thanks to an “alternative” but fascinating debate on the Italian Constitution, where different cultures clash and meet on the subjects of religion, law and human dignity.
Special Mentions to:
IL MURRAN. MASAI SULLE ALPI by Sandro Bozzolo, Italy, 2015
LORO DI NAPOLI, di Pierfrancesco Li Donni, Italy, 2015
SPECIAL AWARDS
CITY OF MILAN AUDIENCE PRIZE
LA DELGADA LINEA AMARILLA by Celso R. Garcia, Mexico, 2015
ARNONE – BELLAVITE PELLEGRINI FOUNDATION PRIZE
The Prize consists of the acquisition of the distribution rights in Italy and is awarded by a Jury of young people to the best short film on the topics of Globalization, Governance, Rule of Law and intercultural dialogue.
Un métier bien by Farid Bentoumi, France/Algeria, 2015
For its complex message very much of today. For the originality with which it deals with issues very close to us such as unemployment and religious fundamentalism through the inversion of roles between the first and second generations; for its ability to open up debate avoiding providing simple answers but stimulating many questions.
Special mention to:
THIS MIGRANT BUSINESS by Ng’endo Mukii, Kenya, 2015
For the simplicity and clarity with which it succeeds in showing the real situation of migrant trafficking, often the object of speculation by the media.
CINIT PRIZE
The prize consists of the acquisition of the distribution rights in Italy of an African short film with educational value.
AYA GOES TO THE BEACH by Maryam Touzani, Morocco, 2015
For the rainbow of colours and ideas offered by a story which is only apparently simple, capable of giving a single destiny to two lonely women who, at diametrically different ages, physical conditions and social classes, discover they are on the same wavelength in their view of the world which is below their balconies and their common need for freedom and love; and for the extraordinary achievement of the young actress who shows the inner depth of her character, a young girl capable of pursuing her dream by going beyond her condition, prohibitions and obstacles.
ISMU PRIZE
The Prize consists of the acquisition of the distribution rights in Italy and is awarded by a jury of teachers to the best short film at the festival with educational value. The prize is supported by the Fondazione Ismu Foundation which deals with initiatives and studies on multietnicity.
TERREMERE by Aliou Sow, France/Senegal, 2015
The short film tells the story of a long, difficult and intense journey from France to Mauritania of a group of young men. One of them has lost his brother in France in an accident and they are taking the body to be buried in his home country. The film takes an engrossing and passionate approach to human and spiritual issues, allowing reflecting and insight on to the changes produced by emigration, the way of experiencing one’s culture and the meaning and respect of rituals of death and burial. The physical journey with the body takes on the values of a journey to investigate the theme of identity through the topics of friendship, solidarity and the different views of culture by different generations. The last sentence is of great impact and beauty: In the heart of nowhere rather than in the outskirts of others.
CUMSE PRIZE
The Prize consists of the acquisition of the distribution rights in Italy and is awarded by a jury composed by CUMSE Foundation’s members to the best short african film which promotes the dialogue among cultures.
IT’S MY ROAD by Nantenaina Fifaliana, Madagascar, 2015
For the humanity and the attention shown in representing the poorest, for the meticulous description of a life and its surrounding community and for the choice of a theme, water, that is universal and of great symbolic value.
SUNUGAL PRIZE
The Prize consists of the acquisition of the distribution rights in Italy and is awarded by a Jury made up of members of the Sunugal Association to the best African short film.
THE MOCKED ONE by Lemohang Jeremia Mosese, Lesotho, 2015
For the courage, the commitment and the spirit of initiative of the main character in allowing us to live a simple and enthralling story; for the directing where attention has been paid to the slightest technical details (photography, lighting, landscape) which help to understand the story.
POLIS PRIZE
The Prize consists of the acquisition of the distribution rights in Italy and is awarded to a short film on the topic of integration and social cohesion.
Les empreintes douloureuses by B. Auguste Kouemo Yangho, France/Camerun, 2015
An intimate and painful story of a generational conflict between mother and daughter in a situation of migration is told with a dry and understated language. Thanks to the film, we feel the depth of the wounds of the heart dictated when the self is not accepted and by not feeling integrated in family or social contexts and opens up a glimmer of the possibility of positive change only when the two main characters are willing to reciprocally acknowledge their fragilities.
SIGNIS PRIZE
The prize is awarded by the World Catholic Association for Communication.
Mina Walking by Yosef Baraki, Afghanistan/Canada, 2015
The excellent young heroine is followed in real time by the documentary eye of the director in a film with a great emotional impact. Mina, in a world of violent and dominant men, gets by with the tenaciousness of her 12 years and with the energy required to survive in a society that has lost its bearings, such as Afghan society today.
ZOOPPA – LENOVO PRIZE #Italy2050
The prizes to the 3 best works, participating to the Zooppa Contest #Italy2050, dealing with thematics related to a multicultural and technological Italy of the future. Prizes consist on 1.000 euro and a workstation Lenovo “ThinkPad P40 Yoga”.
Matter of Edges by CHD Animations (Daniel Maculan, Alberto Rossato and Damiano Zanchetta)
Italia 2050 by APZmedia (Pablo Apiolazza and Federica Raffin)
Sulla nostra pelle by Stefano Silvestri and Andrea Zauli
Sulla nostra pelle has been also selected by a special Civic Schools of Cinema of Milano composed by Felice Cappa and Massimiliano De Serio and the authors won a free admission to attend a Summer School course at the School.
Watch the winners here
