Shifting the Blame wins the Bergamo film festival
- Young Lars-Gunnar Lotz’s debut wins the first prize, decided on by the public. Israeli film Rock the Casbah and Swedish Good Luck. And Take Care of Each Other also given awards.
The Bergamo Film Meeting winner is German film Shifting the Blame [+see also:
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interview: Lars-Gunnar Lotz
film profile] by Lars-Gunnar Lotz (watch the video interview), which won the audience assigned award: a financial prize of €5,000 - a concrete nod to those productions which invest in young authors, as well as a token of appreciation towards quality cinema.
The second prize went to Rock the Casbah [+see also:
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trailer
film profile] by Yariv Horowitz (Israel/France, read the article), while third position went to Good Luck. And Take Care of Each Other [+see also:
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film profile] by Jens Sjögren (Sweden, read the article).
After a 9-day programme, with 97 films coming from 29 countries and numerous events in honour of French director Robert Guédiguian, and great audience success, the 31st edition came to a close. The next edition will take place 8-16 March 2014.
(Translated from Italian)
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