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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 2006 - 14.22 July

KIDZ
     
Best Feature Film  



LASSIE by Charles Sturridge (France/United Kingdom/USA/Ireland)

     
Best Short Film  



RABBIT by Jonas Felixson (Sweden)

     
Special Award CIAL AWARD (Aluminium Wrapping Consortium)  



OLENTZERO AND THE MAGIC LOG by Juanjo Elordi (Spain)
Reasons: For having represented environmental and sustainable development issues better than any other film in competition.

     
     The artistic director has assigned the following awards, based on the results of the jurors votes:    
     
feature film 2nd place  



UNNA AND NUUK by Saara Cantell (Finland), which was awarded with the Campania Regional Council Award

     
feature film 3rd place  



WINKY'S HORSE by Mischa Kamp (The Netherlands), which was awarded with the ANEC Gold Medal

     
short film 2nd place  



THE MONSTER by Jannik Splidsboel (Denmark), which was awarded with the Chamber of Commerce of Salerno Award

     
     
FIRST SCREENS
     
Best Feature Film  



THE WILD SOCCER BUNCH 3 by Joachim Masannek (Germany)

     
Best Short Film  



CHESS by Pernilla Hindsefelt (Sweden)

     
     The artistic director has assigned the following awards, based on the results of the jurors votes:    
     
feature film 2nd place  



HELEN THE BABY FOX by Keita Kono (Japan), which was awarded with the Italian Chamber of Deputees Award

     
feature film 3rd place  



DREAMER by John Gatins (USA), which was awarded with the AGIS Gold Medal

     
short film 2nd place  



LITTLE BLUE by Bob Svilhovec (USA), which was awarded with the GFF 2nd Place Award

     
     
FREE TO FLY
     
Best Feature Film  



WE SHALL OVERCOME by Niels Arden Oplev (Denmark)

     
Best Short Film  



VINCENT by Giulio Ricciarelli (Germany)

     
Jury Grand Prix  



MOTHER OF MINE by Klaus Härö (Finland)
Reasons: Considering the technical aspect and the director’s sensitiveness in telling this story, along with the actors’ talent, we believe that the film “Mother of mine” deserves to be awarded the Jury’s Grand Prix for the “Free to Fly” section.

     
Special Award CGS AWARD "PERCORSI CREATIVI 2006"  



OPAL DREAM by Peter Cattaneo (Australia/United Kingdom)
Reasons: The film uses a simple and original cinematographic structure, avoiding didactic tones and focusing effectively on the power of imagination. Through the experience of Ashmol and his little sister Kellyanne, the film tells the rite of passage from infancy to an age of deeper awareness of the world which cannot take place without the guide and the support of an adult person. It should also be highlighted the harmony, solidarity and tenderness that the family and the community are able to convey to each other. These values may be summarized through the funeral which closes the film. Despite emphasizing the end of imagination, it reminds us that fantasy, the need of a friend and of a caring person are fundamental both for adult people and children.

     
Special Award ARCA CINEMAGIOVANI 2006 AWARD  



ZOZO by Josef Fares (Sweden/United Kingdom/Denmark)
Reasons: What is war? Pain, destruction, loss; and so very often these aspects involve innocent victims: children. For the energy and willpower of the protagonist ready to fight back despite the shock owing to his parent’s death and this at an age when a child’s only worries should be to smile. For having made us aware of the kind of tragedy we wish would never occur.

     
Special Award AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL AWARD  



ZOZO by Josef Fares (Sweden/United Kingdom/Denmark)
Reasons: For how effectively the audience can identify itself with the condition of civilians, harmless victims in any armed conflict; for the extraordinary topicality of the narrative subject and the clear representation of the perpetuated indifference toward Human Rights; for the detailed treatment of the theme of emigration as the only alternative for survival; for the originality in telling the obstacles against integration and the acceptance of the other; for the clean non-violent message, essential premise for the global cohabitation.

     
     The artistic director has assigned the following awards, based on the results of the jurors votes:    
     
feature film 2nd place  



I AM by Dorota Kedzierzawska (Poland), which was awarded with the President of the Italian Republic Award

     
feature film 3rd place  



ZOZO by Josef Fares (Sweden/United Kingdom/Denmark), which was awarded with the Municipality of Giffoni Valle Piana Award

     
short film 2nd place  



LIKE A BLADE OF GRASS IN THE MEADOW by Attilio Azzola (Italy), which was awarded with the GFF 2nd Place Award

     
     
Y GENERATION
     
Best Feature Film  



C.R.A.Z.Y. by Jean-Marc Vallée (Canada)

     
Best Short Film  



LISANNE by Lars-Gunnar Lotz (Germany)

     
Jury Grand Prix  



PINGPONG by Matthias Luthardt (Germany)
Reasons: For have given us a chance to see creatively the filmic text, upsetting all of us for offer infinite possibilities of reflection and of interpretation. The use of metaphor and allegory has allowed to understand the intimacy of the character, with a film full of references of German and Polish cinema but, at the same time, with an updated language, with a great ability.

     
Special Award ARCA CINEMAGIOVANI AWARD 2006  



C.R.A.Z.Y. by Jean-Marc Vallée (Canada)
Reasons: For the continuous inner journey to find himself that protagonist does. For telling diversity as positive value, typical of a person, and the importance of dialogue within the family. For music and setting, which reflect the incessant change of the main character, in an attempt to accept himself and to be accepted. For the originality and the various facets of screenplay, that make it able to amaze and to interest until the end.

     
Premio Speciale PREMIO BANCA DELLA CAMPANIA 2006  



C.R.A.Z.Y. by Jean-Marc Vallée (Canada)
Reasons: For addresses the issue of complicated father-son relationship, source of the energy which enable the adolescents to take flight.

     
     The artistic director has assigned the following awards, based on the results of the jurors votes:    
     
feature film 2nd place  



OFFSIDE by Buket Alakus (Germany), which was awarded with the President of the Italian Senate Award

     
feature film 3rd place  



FOUR WEEKS IN JUNE by Henry Meyer (Sweden), which was awarded with the Sichelgaita Foundation Award

     
short film 2nd place  



ALICE OR LIFE IN BLACK AND WHITE by Sophie Schoukens (Belgium), which was awarded with the GFF 2nd Place Award

     
     
TROUBLED GAZE
     
Best Short Film  



CLASS WORK by Daniele Cascella (Italy)

     
     
KIDS IN WONDERLAND
     
Best Show  



LA GRANDE PROVA DI PESCIOLINO AZZURRO by theatrical company "Manomagia" from Catania