WINNERS # GIFFONI2018: THE FILM THAT UNITES THE WHOLE FAMILY

Judges alert and prepared since small: the jury of the 48th edition of the Giffoni Film Festival the task of rewarding, non only feature films and documentaries, but also of the shorts Gryphon Award winners 2018. It starts with the youngest, gli Elements +3, who discovered – probably for the first time – the magic of movies in cinemas Giffoni. The taste of the youngest elected the animated short ANT (Julia Ocker, Germany) story of a small ant that instead of following the rules rather upset them with great creativity.

Prize “Wow” a LEMON & ELDERFLOWER of Ilene Cotardo (UK) Grounds: At the short film “surprising”

In the section Elements +6 triumphed BELLY FLOP Jeremy Collins, Kelly Dillon (Sud Africa). Perseverance pays off: a brave try different types of diving child, oblivious to the talented athlete who steals the scena.Gryphon Award – Best Film ÖTZI AND THE MYSTERY OF THE Gabriele Pignotta TIME (Italy)

Special Award – Prize “Ferrarelle” a RUNNING LIKE WIND di Zhong Hai (China) Grounds: At the movies “effervescent” Elements of the section +6.

Special Prize Griffin Aluminum – CIAL AWARD (Aluminum Packaging Consortium) ENVIRONMENTALLY SUPER Furball Joona Tena (Finland) Grounds: The CIAL Environmental Award is awarded to the film Super Furball, in particular, for the story chosen by the director, perhaps bizarre and outside the box, but very real. In a world that asks for help to children to save themselves from pollution and exploitation more merciless, the heroine Emilia, although very young, will know how to do to bring a little 'ecological peace in her seaside town and learns that fight for nature is to struggle to grow.

Special Award – AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL AWARD a CHUSKIT di Priya Ramasubban (India) Grounds: For the determination of the main character in affirming, in all possible ways, his great desire to go to school, because disability can not and must not be an obstacle to the right to education. Because of the importance that the family and the community that surrounds it, because it is their task to take action to protect and defend this right.

Continue with Elements +10: to pick up the statuette is ICE - SEVEN SUMMERS OF ICE CREAM LOVE Daniela Opp (Germany). At the beginning of the 20th century Italians conquer Germany but with ice cream, because of the war, Italians become enemies and the love story between Rose, a German girl, and Paul, son of Italian ice cream, It stops abruptly.

Gryphon Award – Best Film ZOO Colin McIvor (Ireland / United Kingdom)

Special Award – AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL AWARD a BISMILLAH di Alessandro Grande (Italy) Grounds: For the very topical issue at this historic moment in our country. For the ability to highlight a different aspect of the immigration issue, but very important, so that viewers can empathize with the fears of the characters for which also access to care, a basic right, It is still a risk. For the tenacity of the young protagonist who takes on with great courage of responsibility much bigger than her.

GENERATOR +13

Gryphon Award – Miglior Film a THIS CRAZY HEART di Marc Rothemund (Germany)

Special Award – PREMIO CGS (Socio-cultural Youth Cineclubs) – “Best Creative 2018” a CROSS MY HEART di Luc Picard (Canada) Grounds: Because the film foregrounds the importance of the bond between brothers, especially when it can be made more fragile by critical socio-political conditions, such as those of Quebec separatists crossed by the motions of the 1970, as a backdrop to the story told. The plan of kidnapping organized by an unlikely gang of boys, anticipated by narrative clues already in the incipit, It is followed with an engaging narrative that knows alternate realistic tones of the documentary to those adventure and training story, giving space to the suggestions of the imagination. The frequent use of the frame Subjective returns the prevailing point of view of Manon, while total fields and long immerse the viewer in the center of the action, alternating in a narrative fabric.

Special Award – COMIX PRIZE (for more divertenTEEN trailer) LOS BANDO di Christian Lo (Norway / Sweden) Grounds: In just thirty seconds LOS NOTICE trailer synthesizes a funny comedy that shows what matters are made the dreams of children of the world: music, friendship and hungry for adventure.

GENERATOR +16

Gryphon Award – Best Film SADIE Megan Griffiths (USA)

The appreciation of Generator +18, instead, it's all for TWEET TWEET Zhanna Bekmambetova (Russia).

Gryphon Award – Best Film BROTHERS Hanro Smitsman (Netherlands)

Gryphon Award – Best Short Film at TWEET-TWEET Zhanna Bekmambetova (Russia): To live is like walking on a tightrope: sometimes we are scared or in danger of losing balance, but when we are happy and excited we can even fly, come Luba, a little girl and her sparrow friend who knows no fear.

GEX DOC

Gryphon Award – Best Film Liyana Aaron Kopp & Amanda Kopp (Swaziland/USA/Qatar)

Parental Experience, section devoted to the family, 2ND CLASS chose Jimmy Olsson (Sweden): Charlotte, new teacher at a seventh grade, It is attacked by a Nazi. Exit hospital, It turns out that the aggressor is the father of one of her students.

Special Award – RAI CINEMA AWARD CHANNEL GIFFONI 2018 in WARRIORS OF HEALTH Luca Nappa (UK) Grounds: He won the Rai Cinema Channel at Giffoni 2018 The short film “Warriors of Sanità” for telling with profound realism the daily life of a boy who must face the difficulties of life, never stop dreaming and believing that the shouting and violence can be defeated thanks to the words…albeit incomprehensible a mystery man.

 

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