Rome Film Festival, the film “Bound in Heaven” wins. Elio Germano best actor

Here are the winners of the nineteenth edition of the Rome Film Fest awarded today

ROME – Here are the winners of the nineteenth edition of the Rome Film Fest awarded today during the ceremony held in the Sala Petrassi of the Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone.

PROGRESSIVE CINEMA COMPETITION
A jury chaired by director, screenwriter and producer Pablo Trapero, supported by editor Francesca Calvelli, French actress Laetitia Casta, producer Gail Egan and writer and screenwriter Dennis Lehane awarded the following awards to the films in the Progressive Cinema Competition:
Best Film: BOUND IN HEAVEN by Huo Xin;
Grand Jury Prize: LA NUIT SE TRAÎNE by Michiel Blanchart;
Best Director: MORRISA MALTZ for Jazzy;
Best Screenplay: CHRISTOPHER ANDREWS for Bring Them Down;
Best Actress – Monica Vitti Award: ÁNGELA MOLINA for Polvo serán;
Best Actor – Vittorio Gassman Award: ELIO GERMANO for Berlinguer. The Great Ambition;
Special Jury Award: to the female cast of READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN.

BEST FIRST WORK
A jury chaired by director and screenwriter Francesca Comencini, supported by producer, composer and writer Kaili Peng and actor Antoine Reinartz, awarded – among the titles of the Progressive Cinema, Freestyle and Grand Public Competition sections – the Best First Work Award to the films:
BOUND IN HEAVEN by Huo Xin (Progressive Cinema section) – ex aequo;
CIAO BAMBINO by Edgardo Pistone (Freestyle section) – ex aequo.
A Special Mention was also awarded to actor Liu Hsiu-Fu for Pierce by Nelicia Low.

FS AUDIENCE AWARD
Among the titles in the Progressive Cinema Competition, spectators awarded the FS Audience Award, Official Sponsor of the Fest, to the film:
READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN by Eran Riklis.
The audience at the official screening and the first repeat of a film expressed their vote using the official App of the Rome Film Fest, through the website www.romacinemafest.it and via the link on the purchased title.