27th Torino Film Festival
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The 27th Torino Film Festival
was held 13 November – 21 November 2009 in Turin
, Italy and was directed by Gianni Amelio
, in his first year as director of the festival.
Torino Film Festival
The Torino Film Festival is an international film festival held annually in Turin, Italy. Held every November, it is the second largest film festival in Italy, following the Venice Film Festival...
was held 13 November – 21 November 2009 in Turin
Turin
Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...
, Italy and was directed by Gianni Amelio
Gianni Amelio
Gianni Amelio is an Italian film director.-Biography:Amelio was born in San Pietro di Magisano, province of Catanzaro, Calabria. His father moved to Argentina soon after his birth. He spent his youth and adolescence with his mother and his grandmother...
, in his first year as director of the festival.
Films in competition
- Chi L'Ha Visto (Claudia Rorarius)
- Children Metal Divers (Ralston Jover)
- Crackie (Sherry White)
- Get LowGet Low (film)Get Low is a 2009 drama film directed by Aaron Schneider, written by Chris Provenzano and C. Gaby Mitchell, and starring Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek, Lucas Black, Gerald McRaney, Bill Cobbs, Lori Beth Edgeman, Andrea Powell, Rebecca Grant, Scott Cooper, and Chandler Riggs...
(Aaron Schneider) - Guy and Madeline on a Park BenchGuy and Madeline on a Park BenchGuy and Madeline on a Park Bench is a 2009 American jazz musical film directed by Damien Chazelle, that recasts the MGM musical tradition in a gritty, vérité style...
(Damien Chazelle) - Jalainur (Zhao Ye)
- The King of Escape (Alain Guiraudie)
- The MaidThe Maid (2009 film)The Maid is a 2009 comedy-drama film, directed by Sebastián Silva and co-written by Silva and Pedro Peirano. It has won numerous awards since its premiere at the 25th Annual Sundance Film Festival...
(Sebastián SilvaSebastián SilvaSebastián Ignacio Silva Pérez is a Chilean footballer currently playing for Audax Italiano of the Primera División in Chile.-References:...
) - Medal of Honor (Călin Peter Netzer)
- The Mouth of the WolfThe Mouth of the WolfThe Mouth of the Wolf is a 2009 biographical drama/documentary film written and directed by Pietro Marcello. It premièred at the 2009 Torino Film Festival in Turin, and won the FIPRESCI Prize for 'Best Film' and the Prize of the City of Torino...
(Pietro Marcello) - NorthNorth (2009 film)Nord is a Norwegian film from 2009 written by Erlend Loe and directed by Rune Denstad Langlo.Nord was nominated for the 2009 Nordic Council Film Prize....
(Rune Denstad Langlo) - Santina (Gioberto Pignatelli)
- Torso (Yutaka Yamazaki)
- Transmission (Roland Vranik)
- Van Diemen's LandVan Diemen's Land (film)Van Diemen's Land is a 2009 Australian thriller set in 1822 in colonial Tasmania. It follows the story of the infamous Australian convict, Alexander Pearce, played by Oscar Redding and his escape with seven other convicts.-Plot:...
(Jonathan auf der Heide) - You Won't Miss Me (Ry Russo-YoungRy Russo-YoungRy Russo-Young is an American independent filmmaker. Her film You Wont Miss Me appeared at the Sundance Film Festival in 2009 and won a Gotham Award for Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You. Her first feature, Orphans, won a special jury prize at South by Southwest in 2007...
)
Awards
- Prize of the City of Torino:
- The Mouth of the WolfThe Mouth of the WolfThe Mouth of the Wolf is a 2009 biographical drama/documentary film written and directed by Pietro Marcello. It premièred at the 2009 Torino Film Festival in Turin, and won the FIPRESCI Prize for 'Best Film' and the Prize of the City of Torino...
(Pietro Marcello)
- The Mouth of the Wolf
- Jury Special Prize:
- Crackie (Sherry White)
- Special Mention:
- Victor RebengiucVictor RebengiucVictor Rebengiuc is an award-winning Romanian film and stage actor, also known as a civil society activist. Since 1957, he has been a member of the Bulandra Theater company, acting in more than 200 roles on that stage alone...
(Medal of Honor)
- Victor Rebengiuc
- Best Female Performance:
- Catalina SaavedraCatalina SaavedraCatalina Saavedra Pérez is a Chilean film, stage and television actress. She is better known to international audiences as the title character in the 2009 film The Maid, for which she received several awards and nominations.-Career:...
(The MaidThe Maid (2009 film)The Maid is a 2009 comedy-drama film, directed by Sebastián Silva and co-written by Silva and Pedro Peirano. It has won numerous awards since its premiere at the 25th Annual Sundance Film Festival...
)
- Catalina Saavedra
- Cipputi Award:
- Children Metal Divers (Ralston Jover)
- Holden Award for the Best Script:
- Călin Peter Netzer (Medal of Honor)
- Audience Award:
- Medal of Honor (Călin Peter Netzer)
- FIPRESCI Prize:
- The Mouth of the WolfThe Mouth of the WolfThe Mouth of the Wolf is a 2009 biographical drama/documentary film written and directed by Pietro Marcello. It premièred at the 2009 Torino Film Festival in Turin, and won the FIPRESCI Prize for 'Best Film' and the Prize of the City of Torino...
(Pietro Marcello)
- The Mouth of the Wolf
External links
- 2009 Torino Film Festival at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...