Fox in a Hole pockets the Golden Olive in Lecce
- The 22nd European Film Festival also awarded prizes to A Good Man and When I’m Done Dying, with Only Human bagging itself the Cineuropa Award
Austrian film Fox in a Hole [+see also:
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The Special Jury Prize was jointly awarded to A Good Man [+see also:
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Best Photography went to Psychosis in Stockholm [+see also:
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Two trophies were also taken home by Igor Ivanov’s Only Human [+see also:
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The full list of winners is as follows:
Golden Olive - Cristina Soldano Prize for Best Film
Fox in a Hole [+see also:
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Special Jury Prize (ex aequo)
A Good Man [+see also:
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When I’m Done Dying [+see also:
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Best Photography
Nadim Carlsen - Psychosis in Stockholm [+see also:
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interview: Maria Bäck
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Best Screenplay
My Little Sister [+see also:
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Other Awards
SNGCI Prize for Best European Actor
Nina Hoss - My Little Sister
FIPRESCI Prize
A Good Man - Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar
Cineuropa Prize
Only Human [+see also:
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interview: Igor Ivanov
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Audience Award
Only Human - Igor Ivanov
Mario Verdone Prize
Alice Filippi - Sul più bello [+see also:
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Special Mention
Francesco Dafano and Luca Della Grotta - Trash
Emidio Greco Prize (short film)
Li Paradisi - Manuel Marini (Italy)
Lecce Rotary Club Prize
The Image Machine of Alfredo C. [+see also:
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(Translated from Italian)
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