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The awards ceremony took place on June 7 at the Aula Magna of the University of Udine (Gorizia Campus, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy)
ADMITTED FILMS: International Festival “A Film for Peace” - Eighth Edition 2013
ARGENTINA
-La mirada perdida / The Missing Looks by Damián Dionisio, 2012, 11’
AUSTRALIA
-Home by Jessica Harris, 2012, 5’ 19”
AUSTRIA
-Pfitscher by Florian Kofler, 2013, 40’ 30” in co-production with Italy
-Separated by Natalie Halla, 2012, 60’ in co-production with Spain
-Still Water by Johannes Gierlinger, 2011, 58’
-The Cuban Wives by Alberto Antonio Dandolo, 2012, 60’ in co-production with Italy
BELARUS
-Earth by Victor Asliuk, 2012, 30’
BELGIUM
-Cherry Blossoms by An van Dienderen, 2012, 11’
-Kinshasa Mboka Té / Kinshasa, Wicked Land by Douglas Ntimasiemi & Raffi Aghekian, 2013, 52’
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
-OFLAG 6C by Mira Lolic Mocevic, 2012, 24’ 34”
-Time Machine by Dinno Kassalo, 2012, 30’
CAMBODIA
-Freedom Deal - The Story of Lucky by Jack RO, 2013, 25’ 30”
CYPRUS
-Buffer Zone by Pawel Pstragowski, 2012, 33’
COLOMBIA
-Colombia invisible / Unseen Colombia by Unai Aranzadi, 2013, 63’ in co-production with Spain
-Jardin de Amapolas by Juan Carlos Melo Guevara, 2012, 87’
EGYPT
-I AM Tremendously Happy That I Am Going to Play Golf by Sameh Estefanos, 2013, 51’ 17”
FRANCE
-Chi è lo Strani€uro? by Dario Sajeva & Tiziano Pierulivo, 2013, 95’ 25” in co-production with Italy, Netherlands
FINLAND
-Scorpions by Simo Hakalisto, 2012, 75’
-The Growing Season by Sampsa Huttunen, 2012, 70’
GERMANY
-Anna & Saihou - A Love Story by Denise Dismer, 2013, 43’ 25”
-Hermes & Aphrodite by Gregor Zootzky, 2013, 9’ 55”
-Nasnameyek Hesin by Mumin Baris, 2012, 19’ 41”
-Weisst du, was ich mir wünsche? by Irina Arms, 2012, 17’ 28”
-When New Year Comes on Shabbat by Nikita Pavlov, 2012, 83’
INDIA
-Nessuno escluso by Caterina Congia, 2011, 84’ in co-production with Italy
IRAN
-Maybe Another Time by Amirhossein Asgari, 2012, 15’
-More Than Two Hours by Ali Asgari, 2013, 15’
ISRAEL
-One Day After Peace by Erez Laufer & Miri Laufer, 2012, 71’ in co-production with South Africa
-The Stolen Wish by Nika Armani, 2013, 96’
ITALY
-Amir by Jerry D’Avino, 2013, 10’
-Anti War by Flavio Sciole’, 2003, 1’ 50”
-Aulò: Roma postcoloniale by Simone Brioni, Ermanno Guida and Graziano Chiscuzzu, 2012, 47’
-Cercando le parole by Paolo Comuzzi & Andrea Trangoni, 2012, 57’
-Chi è lo Strani€uro? by Dario Sajeva & Tiziano Pierulivo, 2013, 95’ 25” in co-production with France, Netherlands
-Dalle onde del mondo by Lisa Tormena & Matteo Lolletti, 2013, 38’
-Damiano - Al di là delle nuvole iniziano i sogni by Giovanni Virgilio, 2012, 15’
-Dreaming Alaska by Emanuele Valla, 2012, 111’
-2011 - Odissea di P. by Andrea Falconi, 2012, 16’ 30”
-Es i tempo di Djemberem by Cinzia D’Auria, 2009, 17’
-Il conte by Adel Oberto, 2012, 23’ in co-production with UK
-Il limite by Rossella Schillaci, 2012, 55’
-Il paese dei bronzi by Vincenzo Caricari, 2011, 41’
-Jeans and Martò by Clio Sozzani & Claudia Palazzi, 2011, 52’
-Kosovo versus Kosovo by Andrea Legni & Valerio Bassan, 2012, 51’
-La fiuma by Rossella Schillaci, 2008, 67’
-La forza non basta by Valentina Arena, 2012, 2’ 45”
-La Frontiera by Franco Giraldi, 1996, 107’
-La storia di Sonia by Lorenzo Guarnieri, 2012, 21’ 59”
-La vittoria non ha le ali by Umberto Asti, 2001, 50’
-Le croci di Malta by Gilberto Mastromatteo, Giuseppe Bucca, Enzo Dimasi and Loris Zamparelli, 2008, 25’
-Lion Souls by Manu Gerosa & Salva Muñoz, 2012, 68’
-L’intruso by Filippo Meneghetti, 2012, 19’
-Loro dentro by Cristina Oddone, 2012, 42’
-L’ultimo inverno by Piero Orlandi, 2013, 17’ 50”
-Matilde by Vito Palmieri, 2013, 10’
-Memorial by Francesco Filippi, 2013, 10’
-Nessuno escluso by Caterina Congia, 2011, 84’ in co-production with India
-Musica oltre le barriere by Christian Cinetto, 2012, 10’ 36”
-Non aver paura! Donne che non si sono arrese by Cristina Monti, 2013, 46’
-Oltre il filo by Dorino Minigutti, 2012, 82’
-Perché by Franco Brega, 2012, 3’
-Perfetto by Corrado Ravazzini, 2012, 11’ 14”
-Per mano ingiusta by Cristian Natoli, 2012, 60’
-Pfitscher by Florian Kofler, 2013, 40’ 30” in co-production with Austria
-Prospekt Lenina by Mirco Marmiroli, 2013, 50’
-(R)esistenza by Francesco Cavaliere, 2011, 53’ in co-production with Netherlands
-Saharawi donna, dall’esilio alla Repubblica by Fiorella Bendoni, 2008, 20’
-Sales Macaroni! by Gilberto Mastromatteo, Giuseppe Bucca, Marco De'Francesco and Loris Zamparelli, 2008, 13’
-Sconosciuti by Tommaso Landucci, 2013, 11’ 30”
-Spiriti by Yukai Ebisuno & Raffaella Mantegazza, 2012, 24’
-Terra bruciata - Voci dalla nuova frontiera della colonizzazione by Terra Nuova Onlus, 2013, 20’ 45”
-The Cuban Wives by Alberto Antonio Dandolo, 2012, 60’ in co-production with Austria
-Tredici anni a Luglio by Sofia Esposito & Sergio Cattani, 2013, 4’
-Una bella giornata by Vincenzo Camardelli, 2012, 6’ 15”
-Undici by Maria Renna, 2013, 19’ 59”
-Un solo errore - Bologna, 2 agosto 1980 by Matteo Pasi, 2012, 65’
-Un volo per la libertà by Marcello Bandierini, 2007, 31’
-Viva Sarajevo by Simone Aleandri, 2012, 71’
KOSOVO
-Agnus Dei by Agim Sopi, 2012, 111’
NETHERLANDS
-Chi è lo Strani€uro? by Dario Sajeva & Tiziano Pierulivo, 2013, 95’ 25” in co-production with Italy, France
-(R)esistenza by Francesco Cavaliere, 2011, 53’ in co-production with Italy
-The Diaries of an Elephant by Janina Pigaht, 2012, 54’
POLAND
-The December Talks by Konrad Lecki, 2012, 14’
RUSSIA
-Konvoir by Dmitriy Geritsenko, 2012, 15’
-Natka. by Dmitriy Geritsenko, 2012, 27’
-Nereysha by Sergo Ustyan, 2012, 13’
-Pussy Versus Putin by Gogol's Wives Production, 2013, 63’
-Rescue Fee by Georgiy Soldatov, 2012, 59’
-Second Wind by Sergey Tsyss, 2012, 6’ 24”
-Town M by Igor Morozov, 2012, 45’
-We Are Not Slaves by Ainur Askarav, 2012, 15’
SERBIA
-The Tale of the Wall Habitants by Andrej Boka, 2012, 16’
-Wars by Ivan Bakrac, 2012, 44’ 58”
SLOVENIA
-Miloška by Rudi Uran, 2013, 41’
SOUTH AFRICA
-One Day After Peace by Erez Laufer & Miri Laufer, 2012, 71’ in co-production with Israel
SPAIN
-A Common Enemy by Jaime Otero, 2013, 78’ in co-production with Tunisia
-Ágape, Historia de un sueño / Agape. Story of a Dream by Carlos Quiles, 2012, 22’
-Apash, los de fuera by Cora Peña, 2011, 88’
-Bajo la almohada by Isabel Herguera, 2012, 8’ 25”
-Colombia invisible / Unseen Colombia by Unai Aranzadi, 2013, 63’ in co-production with Colombia
-¿Cuál es el precio? by Sergio Yunta, 2012, 8’ 17”
-En mal estado by Juan Antonio Delicado & David Delicado, 2012, 11’ 36”
-Eutanas S.A. by Victor Nores, 2013, 9’ 50”
-Haiti, tierra de esperanza / Haiti, Land of hope by Asier Reino, 2012, 54’
-Jacobo by David del Águila, 2012, 13’ 37”
-No aguanto a tus padres by Javier Cano, 2012, 4’ 55”
-Khulna, the Saltware Empire by Roser Corella & Alfonso Moral, 2012, 25’ 50”
-La luz del mundo by Fernando J. Martinez & Alfonso Garcia, 2012, 16’ 20”
-Las heridas lilas by Maria Lorente, 2012, 12’ 30”
-Max by David Perez & Pere Soles, 2012, 11’
-Monsters Do Not Exist by Paul Urkijo, 2012, 9’ 22”
-Refugio 115 by Ivan Villamel, 2012, 8’ 20”
-Separated by Natalie Halla, 2012, 60’ in co-production with Austria
-The Red Carpet by Manuel Fernández & Iosu López, 2012, 11’ 45”
-Toll Station by Vicente Pascual & Luis García, 2011, 58’
SWITZERLAND
-Volo in ombra by Olmo Cerri, 2012, 52’
TUNISIA
-A Common Enemy by Jaime Otero, 2013, 78’ in co-production with Spain
TURKEY
-The Other Town by Nefin Dinc, 2011, 45’
UK
-Il conte by Adel Oberto, 2012, 23’ in co-production with Italy
-She Moon, Love Spell by Sylvia Love Johnson, 2013, 10’
-Tierra Firme by Yuri Pirondi & Ines von Bonhorst, 2013, 95’ 24”
UKRAINE
-Overturn: Awakening of the Warrior by John Deryl, 2012, 73’ in co-production with USA
-The Beard by Dmytro Sukholytkyy - Sobchuk, 2012, 25’
USA
-Notes from the New World by Vitaly Sumin, 2011, 102’
-How to Jump Start Your War by Alan Gorg, 2010, 20’
-Overturn: Awakening of the Warrior by John Deryl, 2012, 73’ in co-production with Ukraine
-Pressure Points: Israel, Berkeley and Divestment Resolution by Anne Paxton, 2012, 50’
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SELECTED FILMS
From 115 admitted films, 84 film were selected which are shown below.
ARGENTINA
-La mirada perdida / The Missing Looks by Damián Dionisio, 2012, 11’
AUSTRALIA
-Home by Jessica Harris, 2012, 5’ 19”
AUSTRIA
-Separated by Natalie Halla, 2012, 60’ in co-production with Spain
-Still Water by Johannes Gierlinger, 2011, 58’
-The Cuban Wives by Alberto Antonio Dandolo, 2012, 60’ in co-production with Italy
BELARUS
-Earth by Victor Asliuk, 2012, 30’
BELGIUM
-Cherry Blossoms by An van Dienderen, 2012, 11’
-Kinshasa Mboka té / Kinshasa, Wicked Land by Douglas Ntimasiemi & Raffi Aghekian, 2013, 52’
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
-OFLAG 6C by Mira Lolic Mocevic, 2012, 24’ 34”
-Time Machine by Dinno Kassalo, 2012, 30’
CAMBODIA
-Freedom Deal - The Story of Lucky by Jack RO, 2013, 25’ 30”
COLOMBIA
-Colombia invisible / Unseen Colombia by Unai Aranzadi, 2013, 63’ in co-production with Spain
EGYPT
-I AM Tremendously Happy That I Am Going to Play Golf by Sameh Estefanos, 2013, 51’ 17”
FINLAND
-Scorpions by Simo Hakalisto, 2012, 75’
-The Growing Season by Sampsa Huttunen, 2012, 70’
FRANCE
-Chi è lo Strani€uro? by Dario Sajeva & Tiziano Pierulivo, 2013, 95’ 25” in co-production with Italy, Netherlands
GERMANY
-Hermes & Aphrodite by Gregor Zootzky, 2013, 9’ 55”
-Weisst du, was ich mir wünsche? by Irina Arms, 2012, 17’ 28”
INDIA
-Nessuno escluso by Caterina Congia, 2011, 84’ in co-production with Italy
IRAN
-Maybe Another Time by Amirhossein Asgari, 2012, 15’
-More Than Two Hours by Ali Asgari, 2013, 15’
ISRAEL
-One Day After Peace by Erez Laufer & Miri Laufer, 2012, 71’ in co-production with South Africa
-The Stolen Wish by Nika Armani, 2013, 96’
ITALY
-Amir by Jerry D’Avino, 2013, 10’
-Anti War by Flavio Sciole’, 2003, 1’ 50”
-Aulò: Roma postcoloniale by Simone Brioni, Ermanno Guida and Graziano Chiscuzzu, 2012, 47’
-Cercando le parole by Paolo Comuzzi & Andrea Trangoni, 2012, 57’
-Chi è lo Strani€uro? by Dario Sajeva & Tiziano Pierulivo, 2013, 95’ 25” in co-production with France, Netherlands
-Dalle onde del mondo by Lisa Tormena & Matteo Lolletti, 2013, 38’
-Damiano - Al di là delle nuvole iniziano i sogni by Giovanni Virgilio, 2012, 15’
-Es i tempo di Djemberem by Cinzia D’Auria, 2009, 17’
-Il conte by Adel Oberto, 2012, 23’ in co-production with UK
-Il paese dei bronzi by Vincenzo Caricari, 2011, 41’
-Jeans and Martò by Clio Sozzani & Claudia Palazzi, 2011, 52’
-Kosovo versus Kosovo by Andrea Legni & Valerio Bassan, 2012, 51’
-La fiuma by Rossella Schillaci, 2008, 67’
-La forza non basta by Valentina Arena, 2012, 2’ 45”
-La Frontiera by Franco Giraldi, 1996, 107’
-La storia di Sonia by Lorenzo Guarnieri, 2012, 21’ 59”
-La vittoria non ha le ali by Umberto Asti, 2001, 50’
-Le croci di Malta by Gilberto Mastromatteo, Giuseppe Bucca, Enzo Dimasi and Loris Zamparelli, 2008, 25’
-Lion Souls by Manu Gerosa & Salva Muñoz, 2012, 68’
-Loro dentro by Cristina Oddone, 2012, 42’
-L’ultimo inverno by Piero Orlandi, 2013, 17’ 50”
-Matilde by Vito Palmieri, 2013, 10’
-Memorial by Francesco Filippi, 2013, 10’
-Nessuno escluso by Caterina Congia, 2011, 84’ in co-production with India
-Musica oltre le barriere by Christian Cinetto, 2012, 10’ 36”
-Non aver paura! Donne che non si sono arrese by Cristina Monti, 2013, 46’
-Oltre il filo by Dorino Minigutti, 2012, 82’
-Perché by Franco Brega, 2012, 3’
-Perfetto by Corrado Ravazzini, 2012, 11’ 14”
-Per mano ingiusta by Cristian Natoli, 2012, 60’
-(R)esistenza by Francesco Cavaliere, 2011, 53’ in co-production with Netherlands
-Saharawi donna, dall’esilio alla Repubblica by Fiorella Bendoni, 2008, 20’
-Sales Macaroni! by Gilberto Mastromatteo, Giuseppe Bucca, Marco De'Francesco and Loris Zamparelli, 2008, 13’
-Sconosciuti by Tommaso Landucci, 2013, 11’ 30”
-Spiriti by Yukai Ebisuno & Raffaella Mantegazza, 2012, 24’
-Terra bruciata - Voci dalla nuova frontiera della colonizzazione by Terra Nuova Onlus, 2013, 20’ 45”
-The Cuban Wives by Alberto Antonio Dandolo, 2012, 60’ in co-production with Austria
-Tredici anni a Luglio by Sofia Esposito & Sergio Cattani, 2013, 4’
-Una bella giornata by Vincenzo Camardelli, 2012, 6’ 15”
-Un solo errore - Bologna, 2 agosto 1980 by Matteo Pasi, 2012, 65’
-Un volo per la libertà by Marcello Bandierini, 2007, 31’
-Viva Sarajevo by Simone Aleandri, 2012, 71’
KOSOVO
-Agnus Dei by Agim Sopi, 2012, 111’
NETHERLANDS
-(R)esistenza by Francesco Cavaliere, 2011, 53’ in co-production with Italy
-The Diaries of an Elephant by Janina Pigaht, 2012, 54’
-Chi è lo Strani€uro? by Dario Sajeva & Tiziano Pierulivo, 2013, 95’ 25” in co-production with Italy, France
POLAND
-The December Talks by Konrad Lecki, 2012, 14’
RUSSIA
-Konvoir by Dmitriy Geritsenko, 2012, 15’
-Natka. by Dmitriy Geritsenko, 2012, 27’
-Nereysha by Sergo Ustyan, 2012, 13’
-Pussy Versus Putin by Gogol's Wives Production, 2013, 63’
-Rescue Fee by Georgiy Soldatov, 2012, 59’
-Second Wind by Sergey Tsyss, 2012, 6’ 24”
-Town M by Igor Morozov, 2012, 45’
-We Are Not Slaves by Ainur Askarav, 2012, 15’
SERBIA
-The Tale of the Wall Habitants by Andrej Boka, 2012, 16’
SOUTH AFRICA
-One Day After Peace by Erez Laufer & Miri Laufer, 2012, 71’ in co-production with Israel
SPAIN
-A Common Enemy by Jaime Otero, 2013, 78’ in co-production with Tunisia
-Ágape, Historia de un sueño / Agape. Story of a Dream by Carlos Quiles, 2012, 22’
-Bajo la almohada by Isabel Herguera, 2012, 8’ 25”
-Colombia invisible / Unseen Colombia by Unai Aranzadi, 2013, 63’ in co-production with Colombia
-Jacobo by David del Águila, 2012, 13’ 37”
-Monsters Do Not Exist by Paul Urkijo, 2012, 9’ 22”
-Refugio 115 by Ivan Villamel, 2012, 8’ 20”
-Separated by Natalie Halla, 2012, 60’ in co-production with Austria
-The Red Carpet by Manuel Fernández & Iosu López, 2012, 11’ 45”
-Toll Station by Vicente Pascual & Luis García, 2011, 58’
TUNISIA
-A Common Enemy by Jaime Otero, 2013, 78’ in co-production with Spain
TURKEY
-The Other Town by Nefin Dinc, 2011, 45’
UK
-Il conte by Adel Oberto, 2012, 23’ in co-production with Italy
-She Moon, Love Spell by Sylvia Love Johnson, 2013, 10’
The selected films were submitted for evaluation to a circuit of high school and university students of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Veneto and Trentino-Alto Adige 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
-Oltre il filo by Dorino Minigutti, 2012, 82’
ISRAEL
-One Day After Peace by Erez Laufer & Miri Laufer, 2012, 71’ in co-production with South Africa
Short Films:
ARGENTINA
-La mirada perdida / The Missing Looks by Damián Dionisio, 2012, 11’
SPAIN
-Ágape, Historia de un sueño / Agape. Story of a Dream by Carlos Quiles, 2012, 22’
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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)
Special Award for Best Film "From First World War to a Peaceful Future" (films)
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SPECIAL MENTIONS
The Artistic Director has also awarded Special Mentions to the 6 films listed below that have contributed to the better understanding of important issues related to human rights, peace and justice. The directors of these films will be granted Certificates of Merit.
Special Mentions (films)
On June 4, 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.
The members of the jury were the following:
President Alberto Bergamin, Mayor of Medea and Coordinator of the Festival
Enrico Cammarata, Artistic Director of the Festival
Silvio Celli, PhD, University of Udine
Roy Menarini, Professor of History of the Cinema, University of Udine
Federico Portelli, Provincial Councilor for Peace, Province of Gorizia
Marco Silvestri, Journalist
After viewing the films and following ample discussion, the members drafted the list of the 4 finalists.
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(Photo Copyright: Pierlugi Bumbaca Studio - SIAE 2013)
The awards ceremony took place on June 7 at the Aula Magna of the University of Udine (Gorizia Campus, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy)
The awards ceremony took place on June 7 at the Aula Magna of the University of Udine (Gorizia Campus, Friuli-Venezia Giulia). The Absolute Award was presented to the Argentinean director Damián Dionisio director of the film La Mirada Perdida / The Missing Looks, by Alberto Bergamin, Mayor of Medea and coordinator of the Festival.
FINAL WINNER FOR THE 2013 FESTIVAL “A FILM FOR PEACE”
La Mirada Perdida / The Missing Looks, by Damián Dionisio, Argentina, 2012
Alberto Bergamin, Mayor of Medea, and Coordinator of the Festival presented the award to the Argentinean director Damián Dionisio
FIRST PLACE in short film section
La Mirada Perdida / The Missing Looks, by Damián Dionisio, Argentina, 2012
Alberto Bergamin, Mayor of Medea, and Coordinator of the Festival presented the award to the Argentinean director Damián Dionisio
RUNNER-UP in short film section
Ágape, Historia de un sueño / Agape. Story of a Dream, by Carlos Quiles, Spain, 2012
Silvio Celli, PhD, University of Udine presented the award to the Spanish director Carlos Quiles
FIRST PLACE in feature film section
One Day After Peace, by Erez Laufer & Miri Laufer, Israel and South Africa, 2012
Poster of the documentary film One Day After Peace
RUNNER-UP in feature film section
Oltre il Filo / Beyond the Wire, by Dorino Minigutti, Italy, 2012
Still of Oltre il Filo
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Special Award for the Best Short Film: Recommended for Schools
Damiano - Al di là delle nuvole iniziano i sogni, by Giovanni Virgilio, Italy, 2012
Gianluigi Chiozza, President of the Foundation Cassa di Risparmio of Gorizia presented the award to the writer Susanna Tamaro, who accepted it on behalf of Italian director Giovanni Virgilio
Special Award for the Best Feature Film: Recommended for Schools
Kosovo versus Kosovo by Andrea Legni & Valerio Bassan, Italy, 2012
The high school student M. Buonarroti of Monfalcone, presented the award to the Italian director Andrea Legni
Special Award for Best Film "From First World War to a Peaceful Future"
La Frontiera by Franco Giraldi, Italy, 1996
Fulvio Salimbeni, professor of Contemporary History at the University of Udine, presented the award to the director Franco Giraldi
Special Mention
Le croci di Malta by Gilberto Mastromatteo, Giuseppe Bucca, Enzo Dimasi and Loris Zamparelli, Italy, 2008
The journalist Marco Silvestri presented the award to the Italian director Gilberto Mastromatteo
Special Mention
Saharawi donna, dall’esilio alla Repubblica by Fiorella Bendoni, Italy, 2008
Alberto Bergamin, Mayor of Medea, and Coordinator of the Festival presented the award to the Italian director Fiorella Bendoni
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REVIEW OF THE AWARDS
Short Films Section
THE FILM RANKED FIRST AND THE ABSOLUTE AWARD: La Mirada Perdida by Damián Dionisio, Argentina, 2012
Synopsis: Argentina 1976. Claudio is forced to keep hidden his family because of his political ideals. The house in which they live is discovered by the soldiers. There is no time to escape, so Theresa tries to make the family perceive the reality as a fantasy, so the daughter would not see the horror they are about to experience.
Outline
Within a few minutes, the Argentinean director leads the viewer from the scene of the bloody repression of opponents of the military regime to the poetic (and saving) transfiguration of the reality through the miraculous eyeglasses of the fantasy. An extreme gesture of a mother’s love, a light of hope in a world dominated by madness.
THE RUNNER- UP FILM: Ágape, Historia de un sueño by Carlos Quiles, Spain, 2012
Synopsis: David arrived in Thailand as a Burmese refugee from one of the longest and toughest dictatorship in the world and became a father and mentor of more than 300 children. A story about education, self-improvement, strength and love. The story of a dream.
Outline
Carlos Quiles’ film reminds us that wars do not end when the weapons go silent, but when someone, lovingly, takes care of the main victims who survived the conflicts: the children. In fact, we need to start with them if we want to restore the relations between men and women on new bases. On the screen, runs the dream of an ordinary man who did not want to look the other way.
Feature Films Section
THE FILM RANKED FIRST: One Day After Peace by Erez Laufer & Miri Laufer, Israel and South Africa, 2012
Synopsis: Can the means used to resolve the conflict in South Africa be applied to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
Outline
Through this emotional and shocking film, the directors explore simultaneously a mother’s interior, complicated and painful mourning process - who finally reaches to search for a contact with her son’s murderer, and with his family - and the hatred between Palestinians and Israelis, pervasive after decades of conflict.
Can the public denunciation of the crimes committed by both parties be the starting point of a peace process, like it happened in South Africa?
With an eye always attentive, but never intrusive, the filmmakers capture on the face of Robi Damelin, Spokesman for the Parents Circle (Forum of the families of the victims of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict) and on the faces of the mothers of young Palestinians killed, the fears, uncertainties, and the tensions that can put an end to a dialog stubbornly built, day after day, with patience. The mothers, who have suffered the most, can therefore be the strongest proponents of the peace process.
THE FILM RANKED SECOND: Oltre il Filo/ Beyond the Wire by Dorino Minigutti, Italy, 2012
Synopsis: The concentration camp of Gonars (UD).
Outline
The director Minigutti became the scrupulous interpreter of the “duty to remember” by following the paths of some thousands Slovenians who were deported, and their subsequent detention under inhumane conditions in the detention camp of Gonars, in Friulia and by interviewing the survivors. The documentary is a page of necessary history aiming to unveiling a crime that was overlooked for a long time.