Jul
Cinehill Motovun Film Festival
Birdwatchers by Marco Bechis: Amnesty International Human Rights Award
The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke: Main Programme
Durban International Film Festival
Il divo by Paolo Sorrentino: Panorama
Lorna's Silence by Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne: Panorama
Machan by Uberto Pasolini: Best Screenplay
Mid-August Lunch by Gianni di Gregorio: Panorama
The Sicilian Girl by Marco Amenta: Panorama
Three Monkeys by Nuri Bilge Ceylan: Panorama
Facs of Life by Silvia Maglioni, Graeme Thomson: In Competition
La rabbia di Pasolini - Ipotesi di ricostruzione della versione originale del film by Giuseppe Bertolucci: Les Spectres de l’Histoire
Il mio ultimo giorno di guerra by Matteo Tondini: Elements +10 - Gryphon Award
The Thin Match-Man by Marco Chiarini
15 secondi by Gianluca Petrazzi: Premio Speciale
Birdwatchers by Marco Bechis: Special Prize
Clown by Marco Pontecorvo: Best First Feature's Director
Different from Whom? by Umberto Carteni: Best First Feature Film
Il divo by Paolo Sorrentino: Best Screenplay
Fortapàsc by Marco Risi: Best Director
The friends at the Margherita Cafè by Pupi Avati: Best Comedy
Giovanna’s Father by Pupi Avati: Best Upcoming Actress (Alba Rohrwacher); Special Prize (Ezio Greggio)
Gomorrah by Matteo Garrone: Best Feature Film; Best Actor (Toni Servillo); Best Cinematography (Ex Aequo); Best Producer (Domenico Procacci)
The Last Pulcinella by Maurizio Scaparro: Best Music
Under My Garden by Andrea Lodovichetti: Best Short
Vincere by Marco Bellocchio: Best Actress (Giovanna Mezzogiorno); Best Cinematography (Ex Aequo); Foreign Press Gran Prix
We Can Do That by Giulio Manfredonia: Best Producer (Angelo Rizzoli)
We who are still alive by Daniele Cini: Best Documentary
International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala
Mothers by Barbara Cupisti: Out of Competition
Jerusalem International Film Festival
The Dust of Time by Theo Angelopoulos: Panorama
Mid-August Lunch by Gianni di Gregorio: Panorama
Vincere by Marco Bellocchio: Panorama
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
The Artist by Mariano Cohn, Gaston Duprat: Another View
The Diary of an Affiliate by Davide Barletti, Edoardo Cicchetti, Lorenzo Conte: Documentary Films in Competition
Empty nest by Daniel Burman: Horizons
Escape from the Call Center by Federico Rizzo: Forum of Independents
Freedom by Davide Ferrario: In Competition
Gabrielle by Patrice Chéreau: Tribute to Patrice Chéreau
Lecture 21 by Alessandro Baricco: Horizons
The Little One by Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel: Open Eyes
Mid-August Lunch by Gianni di Gregorio: Another View
The physics of Water by Felice Farina: Another View
Ricky by Francois Ozon: Horizons
The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke: Open Eyes
A Whole Life Ahead by Paolo Virzì: Horizons
New Zealand International Film Festival
Birdwatchers by Marco Bechis
Mid-August Lunch by Gianni di Gregorio
Giallo? by Antonio Capuano: In Competition