The Awards Ceremony took place on Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012 at the "Ara Pacis Mundi" Memorial on the hill of Medea (GO)
ADMITTED FILMS: International Festival “A Film for Peace” - Seven Edition 2012
ARGENTINA
-Fotos de familia by Eugenia Izquierdo, 2012, 59’
AUSTRIA
-1+8 by Cynthia Madansky & Angelika Brudniak, 2012, 131’ in co-production with the United States
BELGIUM
-Bons Baisers de la Colonie by Nathalie Borgers, 2011, 74’
BRAZIL
-Return to a City of Rhyme by Kurt Shaw, 2011, 30’
BYELORUSSIA
-Enough! To Freedom by Andrei Kutsila & Viachaslaw Rakitski, 2012, 50’ in co-production with Poland
CANADA
-If I Should Fall by Brendon Culliton, 2011, 83’
CHINA
-When It Rains by Kek Huat Lau, 2012, 28’ 30” in co-production with Malaysia
-Shanghai, Red Day by Haiping Liu, 2011, 27’
CUBA
-Flügel in Gedanken / Thinking Wings by Rike Holtz, 2011, 5’ in co-production with Germany
-Neighbour’s chicken by Eleni Katsoni, Gledi Bica, Nerta Veliu, 2011, 17’
DENMARK
-A Life as Jimmy by Mai Rasmussen & Rachel Charlotte Smith, 2011, 27’
EGYPT
-Fluffy Pink Bunnies by Ava Lanche, 2012, 3’ 33” in co-production with Tuvalu
ESTONIA
-”Vahetus” / “Shift” by Haiping Liu, 2010, 15’
FRANCE
-El tren de las moscas by Ferdinando López Castillo & Nieves Prieto Tassier, 2010, 14’
-Formiche in equilibrio by Mirko Mucilli, 2011, 22’ in co-production with Italy
-Gas Threats in Labour Disputes by Pairemaure Karel, 2011, 85’
-Happiness... Promised Land by Laurent Hasse, 2011, 93’
-Mar de arena by Ferdinando López Castillo & José Ramón Gómez, 2010, 76’
-Nos jours, abolument doivent être illuminés / Our Days, Absolutely, Have Do Be Enlightened by Jean-Gabriel Périot, 2012, 22’
GERMANY
-Flügel in Gedanken / Thinking Wings by Rike Holtz, 2011, 5’ in co-production with Cuba
INDIA
-Sabdha Rekha / A Voice Proof by Nirmal Soman, 2011, 14’
IRAN
-Barbie by Alì Asgari, 2012, 12’ 30”
-Into Thin Air by Mohammadreza Farzad, 2011, 26’
-White Will Take No Other Hue by Ahmad Langroudi, 2012, 3’ 24”
IRELAND
-Hitler’s drug (La droga di Hitler) by Alessandro Molatore, 2011, 10’ 20”
ISRAEL
-Outsiders in Israel by Juliano Mer-khamis, Ran Tal e Tomer Heymann, 2012, 90’
-The Last Zionist by Avi Dabach, 2011, 49’
-The Queen Has No Crown by Tomer Heymann, 2011, 82’
-Next Stop. Life by Manara Nivron, 2010, 7’ 51”
ITALY
-Ab-Fonte di vita by Nicola Raffaetà, 2010, 24’
-Adieu by Alberto Castiglione, 2011, 45’
-Aicha è tornata by Lisa Tormena & Juan Martin Baigorria, 2011, 34’
-Altra Europa by Rossella Schillaci, 2011, 75’
-Andante ma non troppo by Enrico Cerasuolo, 2011, 118’
-Bambini in esilio saharawi rifugiati, figli di rifugiati by Fiorella Bendoni, 2010, 19’
-Blow by Hermes Mangialardo, 2006, 3’ 10”
-Carnia 1944. Il sangue degli innocenti by Dino Ariis, 2011, 105’
-C’è la guerra sulle Stelle? by Luca Pedretti, 2011, 27’
-148 stefano by Maurizio Cartolano, 2011, 63’
-Chanel by Corrado Calda, 2011, 12’ 40”
-Coprifuoco by Ildebrando Improta, 2012, 13’
-Fagiolino e il cavaliere by Gianluca Testa, 2010, 7’
-Fiaba tricolore by Eugenio Tanfani, 2011, 5’ 30”
-Formiche in equilibrio by Mirko Mucilli, 2011, 22’ in co-production with France
-Fratello d’Italia by Mario Romanazzi, 2012, 76’
-Frontiers by Hermes Mangialardo, 2010, 2’ 10”
-Fuga dall’indifferenza by Sergio D’Orsi, 2011, 38’
-Gamba Trista by Francesco Filippi, 2010, 8’
-Ghorfat Hamdan (La Stanza di Hamdan) by Abdullah Al Atrash, 2011, 18’ 45”
-Giuliana e il Capitano by Vanni Vallino, 2011, 61’
-Il bambino e il soldato by Loris Arpini, 2011, 12’ 37”
-Il cacciatore di anatre by Egidio Veronesi, 2011, 90’
-Il regista del mondo (prequel) by Carlo Fumo, 2011, 14’ 47”
-Il sole tramonta a mezzanotte by Christian Canderan, 2009, 80’
-I viaggiatori della Luna by Mariangela Fasciocco, 2012, 14’ 58”
-Keine Berlin. La piccola Berlino by Trieste by Deborah Viviani & Cristina Millovan, 2011, 20’
-L’acqua e la pazienza by Edoardo Leo, 2011, 18’
-La lettera by Franco Di Domenico, 2011, 8’ 40”
-La mia bandiera by Salvo Lucchese & Giuliano Bugani, 2011, 52”
-L’amico delle bestie by Federico Alotto, 2011, 36’
-La morte bianca by Giacomo Becherini, 2011, 7’ 30”
-La speranza è nel mare by Arisa Vecchiet, 2012, 26’ 10”
-Life in Italy Is OK by Gianfranco Marino, 2011, 38’
-L’ultimo partigiano by Claudio Sestili, 2010, 19’
-Lontano dagli occhi, lontano dal cuore by Demetrio Pisano, 2011, 20’
-L’oro bianco e altri racconti by Lorenzo Apolli, 2012, 25’
-Lo straniero by Alberto D’Agnano, 2011, 19’ 30”
-Luciano e il centro sociale by Gabriele Gismondi, 2011, 8’
-Massimo by Ciro D’Emilio, 2011, 13’
-Norne e Valchirie by Daniele Caon, 2010, 6’ 13”
-Nostos by Alessandro D’Ambrosi & Santa De Santis, 2011, 24’
-One More Soldier by Sebastiano Sacco, 2012, 4’ 41”
-Pro-memoria. Una riflessione sulla Shoah by Maurizio Teatro, 2011, 16’ 40”
-Sotto lo stesso cielo by Mary Griggion & Piero Cognasso, 2011, 76’
-Speranza di un domani by Daniel Mercatali, 2011, 5’ 33”
-Stateless by Mauro Mondello & Nunzio Gringeri, 2012, 33’
-Tempus by Ivano Fachin, 2011, 14’ 23”
-The Soldier by Marcello Bonini, 2011, 4’
-The Summit by Franco Fracassi, 2011, 95’
-Tramonto by Roberto Urbani, 2012, 14’
-Uno di noi by Donatella Altieri, 2011, 50’
-Uno stato di cose by Domenico De Ceglia, 2011, 47’
-Un giorno come tanti by Alessio Pasqua, 2012, 15’
-Venezia 1797. La storia da riconquistare by Tommaso Giusto, 2012, 75’
JAPAN
-Goodbye UR - Japanese Social Housing Crisis by Yumiko Hayakawa, 2011, 73’
-The Magic Rabbit 2 by Tatsuhiro Kimijima, 2012, 4’ 58”
LITHUANIA
-Our Father by Marius Ivaskevicius, 2010, 28’
-Shanghai Banzai by Jurate Samulionyte, 2010, 25’ 20”
MALAYSIA
-When It Rains by Kek Huat Lau, 2012, 28’ 30” in co-production with China
MOROCCO
-Al-Madina (La città) by Gonzalo Ballester, 2011, 14’ in co-production with Spain
MOZAMBIQUE
-Itoculo 2009 by Nuno Ventura Barbosa, 2011, 61’ in co-production with Portugal
NIGERIA
-Dialogue in Nigeria: Muslims & Christians Their Future by Libby and Len Traubman, 2012, 65’ in co-production with the United States
PALESTINE
-Nine Days in Wahat al-Salam by Ahlam Shibli, 2011, 49’
-Sho Qostak (What Is Your Story) by Jamal Khalaile, 2011, 55’
POLAND
-Enough! To Freedom by Andrei Kutsila & Viachaslaw Rakitski, 2012, 50’ in co-production with Byelorussia
PORTUGAL
-Itoculo 2009 by Nuno Ventura Barbosa, 2011, 61’ in co-production with Mozambique
RUSSIA
-Hermeneutics by Alexei Dmitriev, 2012, 3’ 15”
-1937 by Svetozar Goloviev, 2011, 18’
-The Knot by Kuzma Vostrikov, 2010, 10’
SERBIA
-Dancing Shadows by Ivana Rethas, 2011, 8’ 10”
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
-The Welfare Myth by Tim Horvath, 2012, 44’
SPAIN
-Adentro / Inside by Pau Camarasa, 2011, 5’ 20”
-Al-Madina (La città) by Gonzalo Ballester, 2011, 14’ in co-production with Morocco
-El otro mundo / The Other World by Rai Fernandez, 2011, 13’
-Apaga la luz y verás by Tim Dabringhaus, 2011, 72’
-Bonsai by Oscar Martin, 2011, 14’ 32”
-Ensayo de una revolución by Pedro Sara & Antonio Labajo, 2011, 29’ 58”
-Juan by Jean-Gabriel Périot, 2012, 22’
-La Calma by David González Rudiez, 2011, 12’
-Lejos de Saint Nazaire / Far From Saint Nazaire by Lluc Güell, 2011, 52’
-Les by Aida Ramazanova, 2011, 20’
-Letter to Sasha by Javier Reverte & Andoni Jaén, 2012, 15’
-Machine Man by Roser Corella & Alfonso Moral, 2011, 15’
-Papà te quiere mucho by Lucìa Valverde, 2012, 7’ 30”
-Picnic by Gerardo Herrero, 2010, 13’
-Roads Connecting World by Carmen Alaman, 2012, 85’
-The End of the World by Chris Downs, 2011, 19’
-The Father by Patricia Venti, 2011, 8’ 56”
-Virgen negra by Raúl de la Fuente, 2011, 20’
SWITZERLAND
-Gypaetus Helveticus by Marcel Barelli, 2011, 7’
-La lumieres des étoiles by Carlo Ippolito, 2010, 13’
TAIWAN
-Self-destruction for Eternity by Wei-Ming Ho, Taiwan, 2011, 6’
TURKEY
-Kiz Cocugu / The Little Girl by Hakan Berber, 2011, 5’
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TUVALU
-Fluffy Pink Bunnies by Ava Lanche, 2012, 3’ 33” in co-production with Egypt
UNITED KINGDOM
-Running Through the City by Joe Palermo, 2012, 4’
-The Mind’s Eye by Georgius Misjura & Jarkko Jortikka, 2012, 14’
USA
-Carbon for Water by Evan Abramson, 2011, 22’
-Dialogue in Nigeria: Muslims & Christians Their Future by Libby and Len Traubman, 2012, 65’ in co-production with Nigeria
-In the Grey by Shawn Spitler, 2012, 3’
-1+8 by Cynthia Madansky & Angelika Brudniak, 2012, 131’ in co-production with Austria
-Roadmap to Apartheid by Ana Nogueira & Eron Davidson, 2012, 94’
-The Rescuers by Michael W. King, 2011, 94’
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SELECTED FILMS
From 125 admitted films, 66 film were selected which are shown below.
BRAZIL
-Return to a City of Rhyme by Kurt Shaw, 2011, 30’
BYELORUSSIA
-Enough! To Freedom by Andrei Kutsila & Viachaslaw Rakitski, 2012, 50’ in co-production with Poland
CANADA
-If I Should Fall by Brendon Culliton, 2011, 83’
DENMARK
-A Life as Jimmy by Mai Rasmussen & Rachel Charlotte Smith, 2011, 27’
EGYPT
-Fluffy Pink Bunnies by Ava Lanche, 2012, 3’ 33” in co-production with Tuvalu
IRAN
-Barbie by Alì Asgari, 2012, 12’ 30”
-Into Thin Air by Mohammadreza Farzad, 2011, 26’
-White Will Take No Other Hue by Ahmad Langroudi, 2012, 3’ 24”
ISRAEL
-Next Stop. Life by Manara Nivron, 2010, 7’ 51”
ITALY
-Ab-Fonte di vita by Nicola Raffaetà, 2010, 24’
-Adieu by Alberto Castiglione, 2011, 45’
-Aicha è tornata by Lisa Tormena & Juan Martin Baigorria, 2011, 34’
-Altra Europa by Rossella Schillaci, 2011, 75’
-Andante ma non troppo by Enrico Cerasuolo, 2011, 118’
-Bambini in esilio saharawi rifugiati, figli di rifugiati by Fiorella Bendoni, 2010, 19’
-Blow by Hermes Mangialardo, 2006, 3’ 10”
-C’è la guerra sulle Stelle? by Luca Pedretti, 2011, 27’
-148 stefano by Maurizio Cartolano, 2011, 63’
-Fiaba tricolore by Eugenio Tanfani, 2011, 5’ 30”
-Fratello d’Italia by Mario Romanazzi, 2012, 76’
-Frontiers by Hermes Mangialardo, 2010, 2’ 10”
-Fuga dall’indifferenza by Sergio D’Orsi, 2011, 38’
-Ghorfat Hamdan (La Stanza di Hamdan) by Abdullah Al Atrash, 2011, 18’ 45”
-Giuliana e il Capitano by Vanni Vallino, 2011, 61’
-Il bambino e il soldato by Loris Arpini, 2011, 12’ 37”
-Il cacciatore di anatre by Egidio Veronesi, 2011, 90’
-Il regista del mondo (prequel) by Carlo Fumo, 2011, 14’ 47”
-Il sole tramonta a mezzanotte by Christian Canderan, 2009, 80’
-I viaggiatori della Luna by Mariangela Fasciocco, 2012, 14’ 58”
-Keine Berlin. La piccola Berlino di Trieste by Deborah Viviani & Cristina Millovan, 2011, 20’
-L’acqua e la pazienza by Edoardo Leo, 2011, 18’
-La mia bandiera by Salvo Lucchese & Giuliano Bugani, 2011, 52”
-La morte bianca by Giacomo Becherini, 2011, 7’ 30”
-Life in Italy Is OK by Gianfranco Marino, 2011, 38’
-L’ultimo partigiano by Claudio Sestili, 2010, 19’
-Luciano e il centro sociale by Gabriele Gismondi, 2011, 8’
-Massimo by Ciro D’Emilio, 2011, 13’
-Norne e Valchirie by Daniele Caon, 2010, 6’ 13”
-Nostos by Alessandro D’Ambrosi & Santa De Santis, 2011, 24’
-One More Soldier by Sebastiano Sacco, 2012, 4’ 41”
-Stateless by Mauro Mondello & Nunzio Gringeri, 2012, 33’
-The Summit by Franco Fracassi, 2011, 95’
-Uno stato di cose by Domenico de Ceglia, 2011, 47’
-Un giorno come tanti by Alessio Pasqua, 2012, 15’
-Venezia 1797. La storia da riconquistare by Tommaso Giusto, 2012, 75’
POLAND
-Enough! To Freedom by Andrei Kutsila & Viachaslaw Rakitski, 2012, 50’ in co-production with Byelorussia
RUSSIA
-Hermeneutics by Alexei Dmitriev, 2012, 3’ 15”
-1937 by Svetozar Goloviev, 2011, 18’
SERBIA
-Dancing Shadows by Ivana Rethas, 2011, 8’ 10”
SPAIN
-El otro mundo / The Other World by Rai Fernandez, 2011, 13’
-La Calma by David González Rudiez, 2011, 12’
-Les by Aida Ramazanova, 2011, 20’
-Letter to Sasha by Javier Reverte & Andoni Jaén, 2012, 15’
-Picnic by Gerardo Herrero, 2010, 13’
-The Father by Patricia Venti, 2011, 8’ 56”
-Virgen negra by Raúl de la Fuente, 2011, 20’
SWITZERLAND
-Gypaetus Helveticus by Marcel Barelli, 2011, 7’
-La lumieres des étoiles by Carlo Ippolito, 2010, 13’
TAIWAN
-Self-destruction for Eternity by Wei-Ming Ho, Taiwan, 2011, 6’
TURKEY
-Kiz Cocugu / The Little Girl by Hakan Berber, 2011, 5’
-Where Are You Going Bro? The Exchange by Omer Asan, 2011, 77’
TUVALU
-Fluffy Pink Bunnies by Ava Lanche, 2012, 3’ 33” in co-production with Egypt
UNITED KINGDOM
-Running Through the City by Joe Palermo, 2012, 4’
-The Mind’s Eye by Georgius Misjura & Jarkko Jortikka, 2012, 14’
USA
-Carbon for Water by Evan Abramson, 2011, 22’
-In the Grey by Shawn Spitler, 2012, 3’
-Roadmap to Apartheid by Ana Nogueira & Eron Davidson, 2012, 94’
-The Rescuers by Michael W. King, 2011, 94’
The selected films were submitted for evaluation to a circuit of high school and university students from Dams-University of Udine that selected the list of finalists, respectively, two feature films and two documentaries (shorts).
THE TOP 2 FINALISTS IN EACH CATEGORY AT LAST!
Feature Films:
ITALY
-Il sole tramonta a mezzanotte by Christian Canderan, 2009, 80’
-Life in Italy Is OK by Gianfranco Marino, 2011, 38’
Short Films:
EGYPT
-Fluffy Pink Bunnies by Ava Lanche, 2012, 3’ 33” in co-production with Tuvalu
ITALY
-Massimo by Ciro D’Emilio, 2011, 13’
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SPECIAL AWARDS
"Water Rights" Special Award (films)
Special Awards for the Best Film Recommended for Schools (films)
Special Award for the Best Film on Disarmament (films)
On June 21 the artistic director of the Festival “A Film for Peace” convened the Technical Jury to view and judge the four finalists selected by the circuit of the high schools and Dams University, according to the regulations. At 9:30 pm was established the technical jury which comprises the following members:
Roy Menarini, Professor of History of Cinema, University of Udine, DAMS
President of the Jury
Anna Antonini, Visiting Lecturer at the Faculty of Education, University of Trieste
member
Alberto Bergamin, Mayor of Medea and Coordinator of the Festival
member
Artistic Director of the Festival
member
Silvio Celli, Scientific Consultant of the Association Palazzo del Cinema-Hiša filma
member
Renzo Furlano, Cultural Operator
member
Elisa Grando, Journalist at Piccolo, Trieste
member
Federico Portelli, Provincial Councillor for Culture, Province of Gorizia
member
-Marco Silvestri, Journalist at Messaggero Veneto
member
Renato Valentinuz, Cultural Operator
member
After viewing the films and following ample discussion the 4 finalists were ranked by the technical jury.
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The Awards Ceremony took place on Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012 at the "Ara Pacis Mundi" Memorial on the hill of Medea (GO)
Roy Menarini, Professor of History of Cinema, University of Udine, DAMS and President of the Tecnnical Jury of the Festival
The public at the Awards Ceremony
The award ceremony took place on July 3 at the Ara Pacis Mundi National Monument of Medea (Gorizia, Italy) in the presence of government officials and a large, engaged audience. The First Prize was awarded ex-aequo to directors Ava Lanche and Gianfranco Marino by Gorizia’s Provincial Councilor for Culture Federico Portelli.
FINAL WINNER FOR THE 2012 FESTIVAL “A FILM FOR PEACE”, ex aequo
Fluffy Pink Bunnies, by Ava Lanche, Egypt and Tuvalu, 2012
Life in Italy Is OK, by Gianfranco Marino, Italy, 2011
The prizes were awarded to directors Ava Lanche and Gianfranco Marino by Gorizia’s Provincial Councilor for Culture and member of the Technical Jury Federico Portelli
FIRST PLACE in short film section
Fluffy Pink Bunnies, by Ava Lanche, Egypt and Tuvalu, 2012
The prizes were awarded to director Ava Lanche and to producer Rauja Amin by Mayor of Castelculier (France) Marc Boueilh
RUNNER-UP in short film section
Massimo, by Ciro D’Emilio, Italy, 2011
Still of Massimo
FIRST PLACE in feature film section
Life in Italy Is OK, by Gianfranco Marino, Italy, 2011
The prizes were awarded to director Gianfranco Marino by an operator of Emergency
RUNNER-UP in feature film section
Il sole tramonta a mezzanotte, by Christian Canderan, Italy, 2009
The prizes were awarded to director Christian Canderan by the Vice-principal of XXV Aprile High School, Portogruaro (VE), Mrs Cecilia Bassani
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Special Award for the Best Film on Disarmament
Hermeneutics, by Alexei Dmitriev, Russia, 2012
The prizes were awarded to director Alexei Dmitriev by the Deputy Mayor of Medea Flavio Gallas
Special Award for the Best Short Film: Recommended for Schools
Children in exile in Sahrawi, refugees, children of refugees, by Fiorella Bendoni, Italy, 2010
The prize was awarded to Italian director Fiorella Bendoni by the Director of the Association “La Dante in Cambridge” Ms. Giulia Portuese-Williams.
The award ceremony took place on September 21 at the University of Cambridge (Hughes Hall college)
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MOTIVATIONS FOR THE AWARDS
Short film section
THE FILM RANKED SECOND: Massimo, by Ciro D'Emilio, Italy, 2011
Synopsis. Massimo, a veteran of a Middle East mission, relives the trauma of the conflict.
Motivation
The featured film depicts the memories of Massimo, a soldier part of a peace mission in the Middle East. The film evokes the tragedy of landmines scattered across the world because of the armed conflicts and provides an opportunity to discuss the topic of disarmament, a topic that should be discussed in all appropriate forums.
THE FILM RANKED FIRST: Fluffy Pink Bunnies, by Ava Lanche, Egypt and Tuvalu, 2012
Synopsis. This is not a short film about fluffy pink bunnies.
Motivation
The short film by director Ava Lanche is inspired by a national U.S. law, the National Defence Authorization Act, which allows the military forces to arrest anyone without trial, based only on suspicion. The shorts presents an original and personal parody of the new regulations: in a home there is no toilet paper left, and newspapers are used instead; fortunately they are not missing because of all the news related to wars and conflicts taking place around the world.
Feature film section
THE FILM RANKED SECOND: Il sole tramonta a mezzanotte by Christian Canderan, Italy, 2009
Synopsis. July 13, 1944. A fifteen years old boy, Gianni Missana was hanged in his village, Valeriano. Shortly before, in Spilimbergo, nineteen years old Primo Zanetti had the same fate.
Motivation
The feature film undertakes a careful reconstruction of a historical fact, which happened in Friuli. In 1944, Gianni Missana, a 15 years old boy and Primo Zanetti, 19 years old are hanged by the SS. The film, which contains also very moving moments, gives us an opportunity to reflect on our history that is made up of individual stories and deep personal suffering.
THE FILM RANKED FIRST: Life in Italy Is OK by Gianfranco Marino, Italy, 2011
Synopsis. “Life in Italy is OK” the person declaring it is Gloria, a Nigerian patient at the Emergency clinic in Palermo. The documentary shows the tragic condition of the immigrants in Italy, whose right to treatment is often denied.
Motivation
The documentary presents several images showing medical care given to migrants in Sicily by Emergency, which was initially established to provide emergency surgery in countries at war and has now extended its humanitarian mission by promoting a culture of peace and human rights .
The director, using the simple and specific elements of the traditional reportage, is able to convey to the viewer the intimate moments of pain, and a rich set of information about the right to health care to which everyone is entitled regardless of social status and ethnicity.
First Absolute Award of the Festival “A Film for Peace”, 2012 edition
After careful analysis of the two films ranking first, the Technical Jury assigned ex-aequo the silver plate to the following films: “Fluffy Pink Bunnies” by Ava Lanche and “Life Is OK in Italy” by Gianfranco Marino.
Awarding the prize ex-aequo to the two films was necessary because of the difficulty of comparing two works of different types - Fluffy Pink Bunnies (scripted short film), and Life in Italy Is OK (feature documentary) - both deserving the highest recognition for promoting issues of peace, human rights and justice, promotion which fits perfectly the core objectives of the Film Festival “A Film for Peace”.