34° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL : THE PRICES

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At the Chinese Qiwu Zang and his The Donor tribute Jury and Audience

(photo courtesy of the Turin Film Festival). It ended with the affirmation of young Chinese filmmaker Qiwu Zang who won at the 34th TORINO FILM FESTIVAL both Best Picture and for the screenplay Juan Zeng Zhe / The Donor – film duro e

devastating – while Austrian Lukas Valenta Rinner author audacious Los Decentes went the Special Prize. In addition, the Jury of Turin 34 - International Feature Competition, chaired by American Ed Lachman and Canadian Don McKellar , Mariette Rissenbeek (Germany), Adrian Sitaru (Romania), Hadas Yaron (Israel),He gave a  Mention

special  The machinery Pan American messicano Joaquín El Paso. The award for Best Actress went to Rebecca Hall for the film Christine US director Antonio Campos, while the Best Actor Award went to Nicolas Duran for the film Jesus of  Chilean Fernando Guzzoni. finally the public liked Wir Sind die Flut /

We Are the Tide del tedesco Sebastian Hilger, that it was selected from a horror fantasy taking heavily from television series such as the French Came Back and adding a very personal  touch of brilliance to curry public.

As for documentaries, the Jury of INTERNAZIONALE.DOC, composta da Kamal Aljafari, Ann Carolin Renninger, Gaël Teicher identified in Houses Without Doors Syrian Avo Kaprealian Best Picture of INTERNAZIONALE.DOC selection. Instead the Jury of Italiana.doc, composta of Eleanor Dance, Luciano Rigolini, Marcello Sannino, He rewarded Saro Enrico Maria Artale as Best Film of Italiana.doc selection and a Special Prize at Moo Ya Philip Ticozzi and a special mention to: A Bitter Story di Francesca Bono. Furthermore, the FIPRESCI prize went to French

Hame Bourokba Ekoué Labitey e con il film The latest Parisian awarded by the jury composed by Frédéric Jaeger, Yael Shuv e Gianlorenzo Franzen.

The CIPPUTI AWARD it was decided by the Jury, composed by Francesco Tullio

Altan, Mariano Morace, Costanza Quatriglio, assigning the Cipputi Award 2016 – Best film about the working world to Lao Shi / Old Stone Chinese Johnny But.

As for COLLATERAL AWARDS, PRIZE SCHOOL HOLDEN - Storytelling & Performing Arts - she went to the Anglo-Saxon filmmaker William Oldroyd with Lady Macbeth. PRIZE ACHILLES Valdata awarded by a jury of "Torino Sette readers", He awarded the prize Best again Wind Sind die Flut / We Are the Tide confirming the positive view of the spectators.
Even the Jury Prize FORWARD (Agency Authors Enhancement New All Italian), formed by Rossella Schillaci (director), Alberto Valtellina (Lab80 film) Rossi and Lorenzo (Cineforum magazine), confirmed the young Chinese filmmaker Qiwu Zang author Juan Zeng Zhe / The Donor the new discovery of Asian cinema.
PRIZE GLASSES OF GANDHI -giunto the sixth edition of the prize went to French filmmaker Sébastien Lifshitz for the film Les vies de Thérèse, with a special mention to the French author Jonathan Littell Wrong Elements and allla canadase Chloé Leriche author of Avant les rues who also won the prize Interfaith Award, sponsored by the Waldensian Church and the Jewish Community of Turin. Finally a special mention to the greek : Spectres Are Haunting Europe di Maia Kourkouta e Niki Giannari.
Unfortunately CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT by Andrea De Sica, His first work as a black fable has not met the favor of the jury and the public, as well as a preview of the godmother of the last film of the Festival Jasmine Trinca Slam - All for a girl, Andrea Molaioli, It received a lukewarm reception.

Let's move on to the numbers of this edition the Festival Office commented: the overall figures for attendance at the 34th Torino Film Festival confirm the trend to growth recorded in the previous editions, brake only by the capacity of the rooms available and the reduced budget, which it has remained the same after the cuts imposed in recent years. The significant increase in pre-sales online, the increase in the number of accredited, the sale of entire and daily pass tickets testify to an ever more towards the event, for further growth would need to have access to more resources and new screening rooms. The three thousand spectators more, to be added to 75.000 the previous edition, They indicate that the Turin Film Festival is a consolidated reality for all lovers of cinema and with growth prospects that should be carefully considered and valued, turning to new sectors of the public who showed interest and curiosity about the city demonstration of the most important national and international level.

The appointment is for next year from 24 November to 2 December 2017 for the edition number 35.

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