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BIOGRAFILM 2017 Awards

To Stay Alive: A Method and Oltremare declared best films in Bologna

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- Also awarded at the 13th Biografilm Film Festival were Nothingwood, The Prince, Spettacolo and Stranger in Paradise

To Stay Alive: A Method and Oltremare declared best films in Bologna
The 2017 Biografilm international jury with Catherine Le Clef, who received the Best Film Unipol Award for To Stay Alive: A Method (© Francesca Nardone / Biografilm)

It was the subtle dialogue between rock star Iggy Pop and writer Michel Houellebecq, at the centre of To Stay Alive: A Method, that won over the jury of the 13th Biografilm Film Festival in Bologna, which officially comes to a close today, 19 June. Indeed, the Dutch documentary directed by Arno Hagers, Erik Lieshout and Reinier van Brummelen was declared Best Film in the International Competition by the jury headed up by Michael Madsen. The same jury, made up of Chiara Griziotti, Clive Oppenheimer, Anna de Manincor and Menotti, awarded Nothingwood [+see also:
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by French filmmaker Sonia Kronlund the LifeTales Award for most rousing biography, specifying that the award went to actor Qurban Ali Afzali in particular. 

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Turning to the Biografilm Italia section, the award for Best Film went to Oltremare by Loredana Bianconi, on the Italian colonies in Africa during fascism, whilst the LifeTales Award went to The Prince [+see also:
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by Raffaele Passerini. The latter, which centres around two spurned artists living on the margins of society, also won the Audience Award and the Biografilm Follower Award for most well-loved film. Special Mentions also went to Italian-American title Spettacolo by Jeff Malmberg and Chris Shellen (International Competition) and Skyscraper Cinema [+see also:
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 by Marco Bertozzi (Biografilm Italia).

Spettacolo also won the Audience Award in the International Competition, as did An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power by Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk, while audiences’ favourite film in the Contemporary Lives section was another Dutch title, Stranger in Paradise [+see also:
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by Guido Hendrikx (which also won the Hera “New Talents” Award). Last but not least, the Audience Award in the Biografilm Europa section went to French film Some Like It Veiled [+see also:
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 by Sou Abadi. 

The complete list of award-winners at Biografilm 2017:

International Competition

Best Film Unipol Award | Biografilm Festival 2017 for Best Film
To Stay Alive: A Method – Arno Hagers, Erik Lieshout, Reinier van Brummelen (Netherlands)

LifeTales Award | Biografilm Festival 2017 for most rousing biography
Nothingwood [+see also:
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]
– Sonia Kronlund (the award goes to actor Qurban Ali Afzali in particular) (France/Germany)

Special Mention
Spettacolo – Jeff Malmberg, Chris Shellen (United States/Italy)

Biografilm Italia Competition

Best Film Yoga Award | Biografilm Italia 2017 for best film
Oltremare – Loredana Bianconi

LifeTales Award | Biografilm Italia 2017 for most rousing biography
The Prince – Raffaele Passerini

Special Mention
Skyscraper Cinema [+see also:
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 – Marco Bertozzi

Ucca Award – L'Italia che non si vede
The Hate Destroyer [+see also:
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– Vincenzo Caruso

Hera “New Talents” Award
Stranger in Paradise [+see also:
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trailer
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]
– Guido Hendrikx (Netherlands)

Special Mention
Nothingwood – Sonia Kronlund

Audience Awards

Audience Award for best film in the International Competition (joint)
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power –Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk (United States)
Spettacolo – Jeff Malmberg, Chris Shellen

Audience Award for best film in the Contemporary Lives section
Stranger in Paradise – Guido Hendrikx

Audience Award for best film in the Biografilm Europa section
Some Like It Veiled [+see also:
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 -Sou Abadi (France)

Audience Award for best film in the Biografilm Italia section
The Prince [+see also:
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interview: Raffaele Passerini
film profile
]
– Raffaele Passerini (Italy)

Audience Award for best film in the Biografilm Music section
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World – Catherine Bainbridge, Alfonso Maiorana (Canada)

Audience Award for best film in the Biografilm Art section
Fame [+see also:
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– Giacomo Abbruzzese, Angelo Milano (Italy/France)

Guerrilla Staff Awards

Guerrilla Staff Award for most well-loved film

Manifesto [+see also:
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Julian Rosefeldt (Germany/Australia/Hong Kong)

Guerrilla Staff Award for most well-loved guest
Francis Ford Coppola

Biografilm School Award
Piera Degli Esposti
Angus MacQueen

Biografilm Follower Award
The Prince
– Raffaele Passerini

Citem Award

Glory [+see also:
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interview: Petar Valchanov
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]
- Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov (Bulgaria/Greece)

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(Translated from Italian)

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