# 19th Rome Film Festival

The 19th Rome Film Festival opened on 16 October in the Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome with the Italian biographical drama film The Great Ambition by Andrea Segre. Earlier the pre-opening film of the festival, Megalopolis, an American epic science fiction drama directed by Francis Ford Coppola, was screened on 14 October 2024, at the Cinecittà film studios. The event was streamed live to the Auditorium Parco della Musica's Sala Petrassi. Coppola was honoured at the screening and introduced the film in the presence of his granddaughter, Gia Coppola. Lino Guanciale an Italian actor hosted the opening ceremony. Viggo Mortensen and Johnny Depp were honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Awards. In the festival, an international competition featuring 18 titles hailing from 29 countries were presented.
The official image of the event is dedicated to Marcello Mastroianni, on the occasion of his birth centenary, which is taken from his character Guido Anselmi in the 1964 film 8½ by Federico Fellini. Pablo Trapero, an Argentine film producer, editor, and director is serving as the jury president of the competition section. The presentation ceremony on 26 October 2024, was hosted by Geppi Cucciari, an Italian stand-up comedian, actress, radio host, and television presenter, marking her third time in a row as host. The jury awarded the best film award to Bound in Heaven a romantic crime drama by Huo Xin of China. Modì, Three Days on the Wing of Madness by Johnny Depp was the closing film of the festival run on 26 October. Johnny Depp received the Lifetime Achievement Award from festival director Paola Malanga and Riccardo Scamarcio before the screening of his film.
The festival formally closed on 27 October 2024, with the preview of four episodes of the third season of Life of Carlo by Carlo Verdone and Valerio Vestoso; a series of screenings for the History of Cinema section and the screenings of the award-winning films.

## Jury

Source

### Progressive Cinema Competition Award

* Pablo Trapero, Argentine film producer, editor, and director – president
* Francesca Calvelli, Italian film editor .
* Laetitia Casta, French model and actress
* Gail Egan, American producer
* Dennis Lehane, writer and screenwriter from the United States

### Best First Work Award BNL BNP Paribas

* Francesca Comencini, Italian film director and screenwriter – president
* Kaili Peng, producer, composer and writer
* Antoine Reinartz, French actor

## Events
### Pre-opening of the festival

On 14 October 2024, Cinecittà Studios hosted the Italian premiere of the 2024 film Megalopolis by the Italian-American director Francis Ford Coppola, with a screening introduced by the director himself. The event was streamed live at the Auditorium Parco della Musica's Sala Petrassi as the pre-opening of the festival. During the evening a special tribute was paid to the director.

### Felicitation of Marcello Mastroianni

Festa del Cinema organized a large retrospective of films, some in restored versions, that saw him collaborate with directors such as Federico Fellini, Vittorio De Sica, Ettore Scola, Pietro Germi; documentaries on the life and works of the great interpreter; exhibitions and displays set up between the Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone and the Casa del Cinema; and a meeting with the actress Chiara Mastroianni - daughter of the actor and Catherine Deneuve - to whom the Festa will dedicate a special tribute. He will also be the protagonist of the official image of the nineteenth edition.

### Master classes

* Viggo Mortensen, American actor, musician, and filmmaker
* Dennis Lehane, American author
* Chiara Mastroianni, French actress and singer

### Events relating to social issues

In 2024, the film festival continued its dedication to social issues and environmental concerns. Events took place at the Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS with MediCinema Italia ETS, Rebibbia Penitentiary Complex, the Rebibbia "Germana Stefanini" women’s prison, the Latina prison, and the Casal del Marmo juvenile penal institute.
Save the Children was the Social Partner for the nineteenth edition, showcasing a screening of its projects.
During Pink October, which focuses on breast cancer awareness, Novartis presented the DISTANCES series: Life always finds a way.
A Charity Gala Dinner was organized to support the Italian Red Cross.
The Fondazione Cinema per Roma, in collaboration with Azienda Comunale Elettricità e Acque—Electricity and Water Municipal Utility (ACEA), launched the contest "I mille volti dell'acqua" (The Thousand Faces of Water) to explore the theme of water through the perspectives of young filmmakers and renowned directors. Additionally, the event included a retrospective section titled "Drops of Cinema," featuring seven films designed to raise public awareness about the importance of water as a resource.

### Celebration of world of music

* Screenings of series on the life and work of artists such as Bruce Springsteen American rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist, Vinicio Capossela Italian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist, Mario Merola Italian singer and actor, Franco Califano Italian lyricist, composer, singer-songwriter, author and actor, and Pivio, and Aldo De Scalzi two Italian composers.
* The guitarist for American rock band Talking Heads, Jerry Harrison, will meet Fest audiences on the occasion of the screening of 1984 American concert film, Stop Making Sense – 40th Anniversary by American filmmaker Jonathan Demme.
* At the Teatro Olimpico, the Italian Association of Composers of Music for Film puts on an event devoted to soundtracks and film scores.
* Every day, the festival red carpet thrilled to the sound design of Federico Sacchi Musicteller.

## Official sections

Source:
* Progressive Cinema Competition
* Freestyle
* Grand public
* Special screenings
* Best of 2024
* History of cinema
* Special events

### Pre-opening and Opening films

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) |
| Pre-opening film ||||
| Megalopolis | Megalopolis | Francis Ford Coppola | United States |
| Opening film ||||
| The Great Ambition | Berlinguer. La grande ambizione | Andrea Segre | Italy, Belgium, Bulgaria |

### Progressive Cinema Competition - Visions for the World of Tomorrow

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) |
| 100 Litres of Gold | 100 Litres of Gold | Teemu Nikki | Finland, Italy |
| The Tree | L’albero | Sara Petraglia | Italy |
| The Art of Nothing | L'Art d'être heureux | Stefan Liberski | Belgium, France |
| Bound in Heaven | Kun bang shang tian tang | Huo Xin | China |
| The Great Ambition | Berlinguer. La grande ambizione | Andrea Segre | Italy, Belgium, Bulgaria |
| Bring Them Down | Bring Them Down | Christopher Andrews | Ireland, UK, Belgium |
| The Choice | Le Choix | Gilles Bourdos | France |
| About Luis | Es geht um Luis | Lucia Chiarla | Germany |
| Greedy People | Greedy People | Potsy Ponciroli | United States |
| The Island of Idealists | L'isola degli idealisti | Elisabetta Sgarbi | Italy |
| Jazzy | Jazzy | Morrisa Maltz | United States |
| Reading Lolita in Tehran | | Eran Riklis | Italy, Israel |
| Night Call | La nuit se traine | Michiel Blanchart | Belgium, France |
| They Will Be Dust | Polvo serán | Carlos Marqués-Marcet | Spain, Italy, Switzerland |
| Dear Topic | Querido trópico | Ana Endara | Panama, Colombia |
| Spirit World | Spirit World | Eric Khoo | France, Singapore, Japan |
| Paradise for Sale | | Luca Barbareschi | Italy, France |
| The Trainer | The Trainer | Tony Kaye | United States |

### Freestyle
#### Films

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) |
| Arsa | | Masbedo | Italy |
| Pierce | Cì xīn qiè gŭ | Nelicia Low | Singapore, Taiwan, Poland |
| Hello Child | | Edgardo Pistone | Italy |
| Ghostlight | Ghostlight | Kelly O'Sullivan, Alex Thompson | United States |
| Grand Theft Hamlet | Grand Theft Hamlet | Pinny Grylls, Sam Crane | United Kingdom – documentary |
| Marko Polo | Marko Polo | Elisa Fuksas | Italy |
| McVeigh | | Mike Ott | USA |
| Christmas After Hours | | Gianfranco Firriolo | Italy – documentary |
| Nottefonda | | Giuseppe Miale Di Mauro | Italy |
| On Falling | On Falling | Laura Carreira | United Kingdom, Portugal |
| Sunlight | Sunlight | Nina Conti | United States |
| Under a Blue Sun | מתחת לשמש כחולה | Daniel Mann | France, Israel – documentary |

#### Arts

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countr y(ies) |
| Waiting for King Lear | Aspettando Re Lear | Alessandro Preziosi | Italy |
| The Tirana Plot | | Manfredi Lucibello | Italy |
| Duse, The Greatest | | Sonia Bergamasco | Italy |
| Franco Califano - I Will Not Hold You Back | | Antonio Mondini | Italy |
| My dear Giulia! Giorgio | | Maria Mauti | Italy |
| I Am Martin Parr | | Lee Shulman | France, United Kingdom |
| Italo Calvino in the Cities | | Davide Ferrario | Italy |
| Leonardo da Vinci | Leonardo da Vinci | Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon | United States |
| Musicians with the Pianola | | Matteo Malatesta | Italy |
| Pellizza Painter from Volpedo | | Francesco Fei | Italy |
| Stones and Bricks | | Saeid Shahparnia | Iran, Italy |
| The King of Naples - History and Legend by Mario Merola | | Massimo Ferrari | Italy |
| Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band | Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band | Thom Zimny | United States |
| They say about me | | Isabella Mari | Italy |

#### Series

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country y(ies) |
| My Brilliant Friend | L'amica geniale | Laura Bispuri | Italy |
| This Is Not Hollywood: Avetrana | Avetrana - Qui non è Hollywood | Pippo Mezzapesa | Italy |
| Bellas Artes | | Gastón Duprat & Mariano Cohn | Spain, Argentina |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | Le Comte de Monte Cristo | Bille August | Italy, France |
| La Máquina | | Gabriel Ripstein | Mexico |
| Miss Fallaci | Miss Fallaci | Luca Ribuoli, Giacomo Martelli, Alessandra Gonnella | Italy |
| Life of Carlo | Vita da Carlo | Carlo Verdone, Valerio Vestoso | Italy |

### Grand public

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country y(ies) |
| The House of Gazes | La casa degli sguardi | Luca Zingaretti | Italy |
| Conclave | Conclave | Edward Berger | United Kingdom, United States |
| Eternal Visionary | | Michele Placido | Italy, Belgium |
| Here Now | Fino alla fine | Gabriele Muccino | Italy |
| Hey Joe | Hey Joe | Claudio Giovannesi | Italy |
| Libre | | Mélanie Laurent | France |
| Longlegs | Longlegs | Oz Perkins | United States |
| Bare Hands | Mani nude | Mauro Mancini | Italy |
| The Thieving Magpie | La pie voleuse | Robert Guédiguian | France |

#### In co-production with Alice nella città

The autonomous parallel section unfolding within Rome Film Fest dedicated to younger generations.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country y(ies) |
| The Boy with Pink Pants | Il ragazzo dai pantaloni rosa | Margherita Ferri | Italy |
| The Children's Train | | Cristina Comencini | Italy |
| The Dead Don't Hurt | The Dead Don't Hurt | Viggo Mortensen | United States |
| Modì, Three Days on the Wing of Madness | Tre giorni sulle ali della follia | Johnny Depp | United Kingdom, Hungary, Italy |
| The Return | The Return | Uberto Pasolini | France, Greece, Italy, United Kingdom |
| Saturday Night | Saturday Night | Jason Reitman | United States |
| Story of a Night | | Paolo Costella | Italy |
| Superheroes | | Stefano Chiantini | Italy, France |
| U.S. Palmese | U.S. Palmese | Manetti Bros. | Italy |
| La Vallée des fous | | Xavier Beauvois | France |
| We Live in Time | We Live in Time | John Crowley | United Kingdom |

### Special screenings
#### In co-production with Alice nella città

The autonomous parallel section unfolding within Rome Film Fest dedicated to younger generations.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country y(ies) |
| 100 of These Years | 100 di questi anni | Michela Andreozzi, Massimiliano Bruno Claudia Gerini, Edoardo Leo, Francesca Mazzoleni, Rocco Papaleo, Sydney Sibilia | Italy |
| Ago | | Giangiacomo De Stefano | Italy |
| Antidote | | James Jones | United Kingdom |
| Everyone's House | | Manetti Bros. | Italy – short film |
| Bad Masters | | Roberto Orazi | Italy – documentary |
| As if there were no tomorrow | | Riccardo Cremona, Matteo Keffer | Italy – documentary |
| Shattered Things Shine | | Marta Basso , Sara Cecconi , Carlotta Cosmai , Alice Malingri , Lilian Sassanelli | Italy – documentary |
| Blanket Wearer | Damyoreul ibeun saram | Park Jeong-mi | South Korea – documentary |
| Dike – Life as a Magistrate | | Caterina Crescini | Italy – documentary |
| Heroic! 100 years of passion and sports stories | | Giuseppe Marco Albano | Italy – documentary |
| Sharp Corner | Sharp Corner | Jason Buxton | Canada, Ireland |
| State of Silence | | Santiago Maza | Mexico – documentary |
| Ferrari: Fury and the Monster | | Steve Hoover | United States – documentary |
| The Island of Care | | Alex Grazioli | Italy – documentary |
| Liliana | | Ruggero Gabbai | Italy – documentary |
| Ukrainian Lyrics | | Francesca Mannocchi | Italy – documentary |

### Best of 2024

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) |
| Anora | Anora | Sean Baker | United States |
| Architecton | Architecton | Viktor Kossakovsky | Germany, France |
| The Balconettes | Les Femmes au Balcon | Noémie Merlant | France |
| Emilia Pérez | Emilia Pérez | Jacques Audiard | France, Mexico |
| En fanfare | En fanfare | Emmanuel Courcol | France |
| Ernest Cole: Lost and Found | Ernest Cole: Lost and Found | Raoul Peck | France, United States |
| Les Femmes au balcon | Les Femmes au balcon | Noémie Merlant | France |
| Megalopolis | Megalopolis | Francis Ford Coppola | United States |
| Nasty | Nasty | Tudor Giurgiu, Cristian Pascariu, Tudor D. Popescu | Romania |
| On Becoming a Guinea Fowl | On Becoming a Guinea Fowl | Rungano Nyoni | Ireland, United Kingdom, United States, Zambia |
| The Seed of the Sacred Fig | دانه انجیر مقدس | Mohammad Rasoulof | Iran, Germany, France |
| Small Things like These | Small Things like These | Tim Mielants | Ireland, Belgium |
| The Substance | The Substance | Coralie Fargeat | United Kingdom, United States, France |

### History of cinema
#### Documentary

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) |
| Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes | Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes | Kathryn Ferguson | United States |
| Once Upon a Time in Naples | Once Upon a Time in Naples | Ciro Ippolito, Marco Giusti | Italy |
| Being Godard and de Beauregard | Dans la tete de Godard et de Beauregard | Hind R. Boukli | France |
| Delon/Melville, la solitude de deux samouraïs | | Laurent Galinon | France |
| Homosexualité au cinema, les chemins de la victoire | | Sonia Medina | France |
| John Cassavetes par Thierry Jousse | | Camille Clavel | France |
| Mario Verdone: The Traveling Critic | | Luca Verdone | Italy |
| Le scenario de ma vie, François Truffaut | | David Teboul | France |
| Titanus 1904 | | Giuseppe Rossi | Italy |
| Valerio Zurlini, painter of feelings | | Sandra Marti | France |

### Special events
#### Marcello Mastroianni 100

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) |
| Hello Marcello! | Ciao Marcello! | Edited by Paolo Luciani | Italy |
| Hello Marcello. Mastroianni the Anti-Star | Ciao Marcello. Mastroianni l'antidivo | Fabrizio Corallo | Italy |
| Ghosts of Rome | Fantasmi a Roma | Antonio Pietrangeli | Italy |
| Dirty Hands Three-part TV series | Le mani sporche | Elio Petri | Italy |
| Mastroianni. A Casanova of Our Times | | Antonello Branca | Italy |
| Everybody's Fine | Stanno tutti bene | Giuseppe Tornatore | Italy, France |

#### Gian Maria Volonté, thirty years after his death

Gian Maria Volonté, Italian actor and activist, who died on 6 December 1994.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) |
| The Death of Mario Ricci | La mort de Mario Ricci | Claude Goretta | Switzerland, France |

#### Anica 80

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) |
| There's Still Tomorrow | C'è ancora domani | Paola Cortellesi | Italy |
| I'm Starting from Three | Ricomincio da tre | Massimo Troisi | Italy |

#### Restorations

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) |
| From the East | D'Est | Chantal Akerman | Belgium, France |
| The Seduction of Mimi | Mimì metallurgico ferito nell'onore | Lina Wertmüller | Italy |
| The Crying of the Old Maids | Il pianto delle zitelle | Giacomo Pozzi Bellini | Italy |
| Unknown Woman | Senza sapere niente di lei | Luigi Comencini | Italy |
| Finally Sunday! | Vivement dimanche! | François Truffaut | France |

#### The Anniversaries

| Year of release | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) |
| 1974 | Watch Out, We're Mad! | ...altrimenti ci arrabbiamo! | Marcello Fondato | Italy, Spain |
| 1994 | Lamerica | Lamerica | Gianni Amelio | Italy, France, Switzerland |
| 1994 | Pulp Fiction | Pulp Fiction | Quentin Tarantino | United States |
| 1954 | Sabrina | Sabrina | Billy Wilder | United States |
| 1964 | Blood and Black Lace | Sei donne per l'assassino | Mario Bava | Italy, France, West Germany |
| 1974 | The Sugarland Express | The Sugarland Express | Steven Spielberg | United States |

#### Sony Columbia 100

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) |
| Gilda | Gilda | Charles Vidor | United States |

#### Homage to Alain Delon

Alain Delon, French actor, film producer, screenwriter, and singer who died on 18 August 2024.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) |
| Borsalino | Borsalino | Jacques Deray | France, Italy |

#### Johnny Depp

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) |
| The Brave | The Brave | Johnny Depp | United States |

#### Viggo Mortensen

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) |
| Falling | Falling | Viggo Mortensen | Canada, United Kingdom |

#### Drops of cinema

The Fondazione Cinema per Roma, in collaboration with Azienda Comunale Elettricità e Acque—Electricity and Water Municipal Utility (ACEA), is presenting a retrospective "Drops of cinema", dedicated to water. The section consists of seven films, aimed at increasing public awareness of the value of water resource.
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) |
| 1953 | From Here to Eternity | From Here to Eternity | Fred Zinnemann | United States |
| 1976 | Jaws | Jaws | Steven Spielberg | United States |
| 1944 | Lifeboat | Lifeboat | Alfred Hitchcock | United States |
| 1980 | Lightning Over Water | Lightning Over Water | Wim Wenders, Nicholas Ray | West Germany, France |
| 1983 | Nostalghia | Nostalghia | Andrei Tarkovsky | Italy, Soviet Union |
| 2017 | The Shape of Water | The Shape of Water | Guillermo del Toro | United States, Mexico |
| 2013 | Watermark | Watermark | Jennifer Baichwal and Edward Burtynsky | Canada – documentary |

## Alice nella città

The autonomous parallel section Alice nella città unfolding within Rome Film Fest dedicated to younger generations.

### Opening film

* Nickel Boys, RaMell Ross, United States

### Competition

* Bird, by Andrea Arnold, United Kingdom, France, Germany, United States
* The Courageous, Jasmin Gordon Switzerland
* Flow by Gints Zilbalodis, Belgium, France, Latvia
* Holy Cow by Louise Courvoisier, France
* Julie Keeps Quiet, by Leonardo Van Dijl, Sweden, Belgium
* Lads, by Julien Menanteau, Belgium, France
* Milano, by Christina Vandekerckhove, Belgium
* The Outrun by Nora Fingscheidt, Germany, United Kingdom
* A Real Pain by Jesse Eisenberg Poland, United States
* Rita by Paz Vega, Spain
* Three Sisters, Lisa Brühlmann, United States
* Under the Volcano by Damian Kocur, Poland
* When the Light Breaks by Rúnar Rúnarsson, Iceland, Netherlands, Croatia, France
* Non dirmi che hai paura by Yasemin Şamdereli, Italy

### Out of competition

* Luce by Silvia Luzi and Luca Bellino, Italy
* Mi bestia, Camila Beltrán, Colombia, France
* Rabia, Mareike Engelhardt, France, Germany
* Janet Planet, Annie Baker, United States
* Sur un fil, by Reda Kateb, France
* War on Education - Scelte Classe, Stefano Di Pietro, Netherlands

### Special screenings

* Megalopolis, Francis Ford Coppola, United States
* Savages, by Claude Barras, Switzerland, France, Belgium
* A Sudden Case of Christmas, by Peter Chelsom, United States
* Blitz, by Steve McQueen,
* The Boy with Pink Trousers by Margherita Ferri, Italy
* 100 di questi anni', M. Andreozzi, M. Bruno, C. Gerini, E. Leo, F. Mazzoleni, R. Papaleo, S. Sibilia, Italy
* In viaggio con mio figlio, Tony Goldwyn, United States
* A Look Through His Lens, Matthew Berkowitz, Gregory Hoblit, United States, France, United Kingdom, Ireland
* Ha toccato!, Giusi Cataldo, Italy
* Lukiskes Diletta, Di Nicolantonio, Italy

### Panorama Italia – Competition

* No More Trouble by Cosa rimane di una tempesta Tommaso Romanelli, Italy
* Il mio compleanno, Christian Filippi, Italy
* L’era d’oro, Camilla Iannetti, Italy
* L’origine del mondo Rossella Inglese Italia, 2024, 109’
* I racconti del mare Luca Severi, Italy
* Il complottista, Valerio Ferrara, Italy
* La cosa migliore, Federico Ferrone, Italy

### Panorama Italia – Out of competition

* Anime galleggianti, Maria Giménez Cavallo, Italy
* Still Here, Suranga D. Katugampala, Italy, France, Sri Lanka
* Balentes, Giovanni Columbu, Italy Germany
* Squali, Alberto Rizzi, Italy

### Panorama Italia – Special Screenings

* Ogni pensiero vola, Alice Ambrogi Italy
* Come quando eravamo piccoli, Camilla Filippi, Italy

#### Series

* Adoration by Stefano Mordini – TV series, Italy
* The Bad Guy, Giancarlo Fontana, Giuseppe G. Stasi, Italy
* The Law of Lidia Poët, Season 2 Letizia Lamartyre, Matteo Rovere, Pippo Mezzapesa, Italy
* Never Too Late, Lorenzo Vignolo, Salvatore de Chirico Italy
* Nudes Season 2, Laura Luchetti, Marco Danieli, Italy

## Awards and winners

Source:

### Progressive Cinema Competition - Visions for the World of Tomorrow

* Best Film: Bound in Heaven by Huo Xin, China
* Jury Grand Prix: Night Call by Michiel Blanchart
* Best Director: Morrisa Maltz for Jazzy
* Best Screenplay: Christopher Andrews for Bring Them Down
* Best Actress – Monica Vitti Award
** Prize: Ángela Molina for They Will Be Dust
* Best Actor – Vittorio Gassman Award
** Prize: Elio Germano for The Great Ambition
* Special Jury Prize: To the cast of women in Reading Lolita in Tehran

### Best First Film Award

* Bound in Heaven by Huo Xin, China
* Hello Child by Edgardo Pistone, Italy
* Special Mention
** Liu Hsiu-fu for Pierce by Nelicia Low

### Audience Award

* Reading Lolita in Tehran by Eran Riklis

### Lifetime Achievement Award

** Viggo Mortensen
** Johnny Depp

### Alice nella città

Source:
* Best Film Award: Bird - Andrea Arnold, United Kingdom
* Raffaella Fioretta Award for Best Italian Film in Panorama Italia: No More Trouble - Cosa rimane di una tempesta - Tommaso Romanelli, Italy
* Special Mention: My Birthday - Christian Filippi, Italy
* Colorado-Rainbow Award for Best Debut Feature: Rita by Paz Vega, Spain
* RB Casting Award for Best Young Italian Actor: Zackari Delmas - My Birthday
* UNITA Under 35 Special Mention for Best Actor in the Panorama Italia Competition: Zackari Delmas - My Birthday
* Audience Golden Ciak Award in the Onde Corte Section: Al buio - Stefano Malchiodi, Italy (short film)
* Notorious Project Award for Best Concept Series: Udon alla carbonara - Edoardo Bigazzi, Italy
* Notorious Project Award for Best Concept Movie Rainbow Gloves - Andrea Gravagnuolo and Gianluca Cravero, Italy
* SIAE Award for Best Project in the Unbox Italy category: Sparare alle angurie - Antonio di Donato