Winners of the 19th Rome Film Festival announced

Here are all the winners of the nineteenth edition Rome Film Festival announced today, Saturday, October 26, during the awards ceremony, which will take place at 17:00 in the Petrassi Hall of the Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone.

Main awards

Progressive Film Competition: Best Film “Heavenbound” by Huo Xin

Grand Jury Prize

• Night on the Train, Michel Blanchard

Best Director

Best Screenplay

• Christopher Andrews for “Knock ‘Em Down”

Best Actress

• Monica Vitti Award for Angela Molin for the film Polvo Seran

Best Actor

• Elio Germano Vittorio Gassman Award for Berlinguer. Great ambition

Other awards

Special jury prize for the female cast of the play “Reading Lolita” in Tehran. Best Debut Film: The jury, chaired by director and screenwriter Francesca Comencini, together with producer, composer and writer Kylie Pan and actor Antoine Reinartz, awarded the prize for best debut film among films from the Progressive Film Competition, Freestyle and Grand Public sections. films “Heavenbound” by Ho Xin (section “Progressive Cinema”), related to “Ciao Bambino” by Edgardo Pistone (section “Freestyle”).

Special Mentions and Voting System

Actor Hsiu-Fu Liu also received a special mention for Nelicia Lowe’s “Pierce.” FS Audience Award: Among the titles of the progressive film competition, viewers noted the FS Audience Award, the official sponsor of the festival, for Eran Riklis’ film “Reading Lolita in Tehran.” Viewers of the official screening and the first replay of the film expressed their vote using the official Rome Film Fest application, the website www.romacinemafest.it and the link provided in the title of the purchase.