# 26th Torino Film Festival

The 26th Torino Film Festival was held 21 – 29 November 2008 in Turin, Italy, directed by Nanni Moretti.

## Films in competition

* Bitter & Twisted - Christopher Weekes
* Burn the Bridges (Quemar las Naves) - Francisco Franco-Alba
* Give Me Your Hand - Pascal-Alex Vincent
* Helen - Joe Lawlor, Christine Mollowy
* Momma's Man - Azazel Jacobs
* My Friend from Faro (Mein Freund aus Faro) - Nana Neul
* The New Year Parade - Tom Quinn
* Noise (Entre os Dedos) - Tiago Guedes, Frederico Serra
* Prince of Broadway - Sean Baker
* The Shaft (Dixia De Tiankong) - Zhang Chi
* Tomorrow (Demain) - Maxime Giroux
* Tony Manero - Pablo Larraín
* Unspoken - Fien Troch
* The Wave - Dennis Gansel
* We've Never Been to Venice - Blaz Kutin

## Out of competition

* 24 City - Jia Zhangke (China)
* Days of the Turquoise Sky (Kurus) - Woo Ming Jin (Malaysia)
* Dream - Kim Ki-duk (South Korea/Japan)
* The Edge of Love - John Maybury (UK)
* The Escapist - Rupert Wyatt (Ireland/UK)
* Filth and Wisdom - Madonna (UK)
* Gigantic - Matt Aselton (US)
* Highway World: Living, Changing, Growing - Martin Hans Schmitt (Germany)
* Katyń - Andrzej Wajda (Poland)
* Lake Tahoe - Fernando Eimbcke (Mexico)
* Lemon Tree - Eran Riklis (Israel/Germany/France)
* Let the Right One In - Tomas Alfredson (Sweden)
* Mateo Falcone - Éric Vuillard (France)
* New Orleans, Mon Amour - Michael Almereyda (US)
* Night and Day - Hong Sang-soo (South Korea)
* Of Time and the City - Terence Davies (UK)
* Real Time - Randall Cole (Canada)
* Rumba - Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon (France)
* Shiva (7 Days) - Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz (France/Israel)
* Somers Town - Shane Meadows (UK)
* W. - Oliver Stone (US)
* Wendy and Lucy - Kelly Reichardt (US)

## The State of Things

* Armando e la politica - Chiara Malta (Italy)
* The Baby Formula - Alison Reid (Canada)
* Le Chant des mariées - Karin Albou (France)
* La conquista della vita - Silvano Agosti (Italy)
* Crips and Bloods: Made in America - Stacy Peralta (US)
* Di madre in figlia - Andrea Zambelli (Italy)
* The Exiles - Kent Mackenzie (US)
* The Fire, the Blood, the Stars (Le Feu, le sang, les etoiles) - Caroline Deruas Garrel (France)
* Hunger - Steve McQueen (UK/Ireland)
* Mai 68, La Belle ouvrage - Jean-Luc and Loic Magneron (France)
* The Sun Street Boys - Gyorgy Szomjas (Hungary)
* No Son Invisibles: Maya Women and Microfinance, Featuring Muhammad Yunus - Melissa Eidson (Mexico/US)
* Religulous - Larry Charles (US)
* Sidney Poitier: Un outsider à Hollywood - Catherine Arnaud (France)
* United Red Army - Kōji Wakamatsu (Japan)

## La Zona

* Birdsong (El cant dels ocells) - Albert Serra (Spain)
* Extraordinary Stories (Historias extraordinarias) - Mariano Llinas (Argentina)
* Now Showing - Raya Martin (Philippines)
* Nucingen House - Raúl Ruiz (France/Chile)
* Pane/Piazza delle Camelie - Tonino De Bernardi (Italy)
* Parade - Brandon Cahoon (US)
* Still Walking - Hirokazu Kore-Eda (Japan)
* Trilogia: il Pensiero, lo Sguardo, la Parola - Luciano Emmer (Italy)
* Wings of a Butterfly (Le Battement d'ailes d'un papillon) - Aleksandr Balagura (France/Ukraine)
* A Zona - Sandro Aguilar (Portugal)

## Awards

* Jury Special Prize:
** Prince of Broadway - Sean Baker
* Cipputi Award for Best Film:
** Noise (Entre os Dedos) - Tiago Guedes, Frederico Serra