Awards & Juries

Artistic committee 2023

Valentina Tomada

Artistic director

Actress, director, screenwriter, she works in several TV dramas with which she becomes known to the general public (“Incantesimo”, “Provaci ancora Prof”, “Centovetrine”, “Vivere”, “Un passo dal cielo”, “Il Paradiso della Signore” and others). She begins to write for the theater and her plays are produced by Gigi Proietti at the Brancaccio theater. Her first short film, for which she writes the screenplay and directs, is “Loop” in 2008. Among the others, “Do ut des” which wins three awards at the “Tulipani di Seta Nera” festival, up to “Ecce mater£ her latest work. All her films have a strong social connotation. In 2017 her first novel “Poker di donne in cerca di cuori” was published. She has been the creator and artistic director of the Fabriano Film Fest since 2013.

Gianni Quaranta

Set designer

Director and set designer, Oscar winner in 1987 for the set design of the film A room with a view by James Ivory, received after three nominations, boasts a long and esteemed career as a director, set designer, costume designer and designer in the world of cinema and theater (lyric, prose and ballet), in advertising, in the development of creative projects as well as for exhibitions and events. He works in the most prestigious theaters in Italy and around the world. His scenography for Aida, at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, is so acclaimed that it is still used today, after over 30 continuous years. It is impossible to mention the countless successes in the various areas of his brilliant career obtained thanks to his undoubted artistic sensitivity and versatile technical professionalism, supported by the awarding of the highest awards worldwide.

Mimmo Calopresti

Director

Director, made his cinema debut in 1995 with the film La seconda volta with Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, whose screenplay won the Solinas prize, while the film was presented in the official section of the Cannes festival. His second work La parola amore esiste, won the prize Nastro d’Argento for Best Original Story. He continues his career as a director of feature films and documentaries, such as L'abbuffata, Uno per tutti, Volevo solo vivere, Aspromonte – La terra degli altri, Romanzo Radicale (2022) and as an actor in films by Comencini, Peréz, and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi.

Massimiliano Bruno

Actor and director

Director, screenwriter and actor, made his directorial debut in 2011 with the film Nessuno mi può giudicare, with which he received five nominations for the David di Donatello prize and won the Nastro d'Argento prize for best comedy. The following year his second film, Viva l'Italia with which he obtained two nominations for the David di Donatello prize. Gli ultimi saranno ultimi received three nominations for the David di Donatello prize and two for the Nastri d’Argento prize. Beata ignoranza obtains a nomination for the Nastri d’Argento for best subject. He is the author, director and actor of the crime trilogy: Non ci resta che il crimine, Ritorno al crimine and C’era una volta il crimine starring Giallini, Gassmann, Tognazzi, Pastorelli Buccirosso.

Paola Mammini

Screenwriter

Screenwriter, won the David di Donatello prize in 2016 together with Paolo Genovese and the other screenwriters, for the hit movie Perfetti sconosciuti. He also signs with Paolo Genovese, who is also the director, Tutta colpa di Freud, the subject of which is taken from his novel Stavolta giuro è diverso. Her professionalism leads her to teach at the “Luchino Visconti” Civic School of Cinema in Milan and to collaborate with some of the best-known names in the Italian cinema scene: Fausto Brizzi, Neri Marcorè, Maurizio Careddu, Maria Di Biase, Beniamino Catena, Liliana Cavani, Paolo Costella , Carlo Verdone, Rolando Ravello.

Quality juries

The short films selected for the Women empowerment, Marchigiani, Kids special awards also compete in the other categories.

Short film jury

Augusto Fornari

Actor and director

He begins his career studying with Gigi Proietti and Luca Ronconi. Subsequently he divides his time between theatre, television and cinema, making his debut with Ettore Scola in the film Concorrenza Sleale. There are many films in which he works as an actor, for directors such as Pupi Avati, Sergio Castellitto, Woody Allen, Massimiliano Bruno, Rocco Papaleo. He writes screenplays and, in 2017, he directs his first feature film, “The Family House”. His versatility also leads him to direct operas, such as La Bohème and The Merry Widow for the Carlo Felice theater in Genoa.

Gino Sgreva

Cinematographer

Cinematographer since 1990, he initially creates the images of a large number of Italian and European advertising campaigns and more than forty music videos for various Italian artists (Zucchero, Gianna Nannini, Antonello Venditti, Laura Pausini). On television he takes care of the photography of tv series such as “Padre Pio” and “Ferrari” by Carlo Carlei, “Piccolo Mondo Antico” by Cinzia Torrini, “Beyond the Borders” by Maurizio Zaccaro, “Giuseppe Moscati” by Giacomo Campiotti and many others, also collaborating with Angelo Longoni, Francesco Vicario, Enrico Oldoini, Vittorio De Sisti, Luca Manfredi and many others directors. At the cinema he has designed the images of more than thirty films, collaborating, among others, with Giulio Manfredonia, Luca Barbareschi, Neri Parenti, Fausto Brizzi.

Alberto Guarnieri

Journalist

Alberto Guarnieri worked as a journalist at the Mondadori gazzette, at Resto del Carlino and at Messaggero di Roma, where he covered the world of television in general and Rai Radiotelevisione Italiana in particular. He has published two essays about media and five graphic novels. He conceived and created an exhibition on Italo Balbo showed in various Italian cities, in the United States, in Canada and in the Czech Republic. For Meridiano 00 he published three novels: “Murder at Rai”, “Last stop Dubai” and “Abu Dhabi blues ”. The novel “Le reggiane” written with the screenwriter Micol Pallucca was recently released.

MICOL PALLUCCA

Producer, director, screenwriter

After a degree in Sociology he attended some film courses at N.Y.U. and UCLA Extension. In 1997 she joined the Fiction editorial team of the Mediaset group where she worked until 2002. Then with FIDIA Film, she produced, among others: CARABINIERI, THE HOLY FAMILY and the documentaries IL VIAGGIO DI GESU' and L'ORO DI CUBA, the latter presented at the Venice Festival. He made his directorial debut with the film GROTTO, which she also produced, with which she won the GRYPHON AWARD 6+ at the GIFFONI festival. The novel LE REGGIANE was recently released, co-written with the journalist Alberto Guarnieri.

Cosimo Fusco

Actor

Member of SAG-AFTRA, Cosimo Fusco began his training in the United States in 1986, studying at the prestigious Actors Studio in Los Angeles. He has dual citizenship in Italy and the United States. His participation in the sitcom "Friends" marked his career, which continued with roles in films and TV movies such as: "Angels & Demons" by Ron Howard, "The Mentalist" and in the series "Coco Chanel" with Shirley MacLaine. In recent years, Spain has opened its doors to him and he has worked with the director Álex de la Iglesia in the film "Veneciafrenia" and in the series "30 Monedas". Recently, he joined the cast of the Netflix series "Iron Reign" and completed filming for the Spanish film "La Huella del Mal", which will premiere in March 2025.

Yasemin Sannino

Actress, singer

Born in Istanbul to a Turkish mother and an Italian father, Yasemin grew up in Libya, Australia, Turkey and Italy, living in contact with different languages and cultures. As an actress, she has worked for years in television series in Italy, Turkey and now in Spain with the series “La Pasion Turca” directed by Inaki Penafiel. Among her most recent roles are the series “Everybody loves diamonds” directed by G. Tavarelli, the Turkish series “Mezzanotte al Pera Palace” by E. Sahin, and the film “Untitled Project Icon” written and directed by Roland Joffe. She has collaborated with major Italian and foreign soundtrack composers. She is particularly known for having performed the Turkish song “Birdenbire” from the soundtrack of the film “Le Fate Ignoranti” by Ferzan Ozpetek.

Max Paiella

Italian comedian, singer, impersonator, cartoonist, musician

On television he collaborated with programs such as " Per un pugno di libri ", "Tintoria", "Telenauta '69", "Parla con me", "The Show Must Go off" by Serena Dandini. Very well known for his participation in "Ruggito del coniglio" on Rai Radio2 and for his musical group "The blues willies" with Greg (Claudio Gregori).

Silvia Luzzi

Actress, author

Graduated in philosophy, she began her career in 1977 directed by Mario Missiroli. She works with great directors including R. Guicciardini, G. Sbragia, L. Ronconi, P. Pieralli, G. Cobelli. She alternates theater with fiction, dubbing, cinema, radio, as well as being a theater author and director. She has taught for many years at the Bologna Film Academy and at the Per-corsi school in Rome with G. Scarpati. He holds courses in Reading Aloud and is an Acting coach for famous actress such as Barbora Bobulova, Greta Scacchi and Luisa Ranieri.

Animated short films jury

Enzo D’Alò

Director, screenwriter, animator

Enzo D'Alò has been a director of animated television series since 1983. In 1996 he made his directorial debut with the animated film "The Blue Arrow", which earned him two Nastri d’Argento and the David di Donatello for the best soundtrack composed by Paolo Conte. After a television stint with the TV series Pimpa, his greatest success came in 1998, with the film "The Seagull and the Cat" based on the novel by Luis Sepúlveda, winner of a Silver Ribbon. He continues his career with important films: “Momo the Conquest of Time”, “Opopomoz”, “Pinocchio”, “Pipì, Pupù e Rosmarina”. His latest animated film is “Mary and the Midnight Spirit”.

Simone Massi

Animator , director, illustrator

Today is considered one of the greatest animators at an international level, with over 200 awards won at the main national and foreign festivals. For his works he does everything "by hand on paper, like a century ago with pencils, charcoal, chalk, graphite and ink". Thanks to his 10th work Piccola mare with the narrative voice of Marco Paolini he began his international activity with French productions. In 2019 he was awarded the Flaiano prize for his animations in Stefano Savona's film La strada dei Samouni, the first time the prize was awarded to an author of animated films. In 2022 he made two new short films: A guerra finita and In quanto noi. Both works, after having obtained recognition throughout the world, were awarded ex aequo at the 2023 prize Nastri d’Argento, a unique case in the history of one of the most coveted Italian awards. His first feature film Invelle was presented in 2023 at the 80th Venice Film Festival, and won the Carlo Lizzani award.

Jury of short films from the Marche region

Gianluca Santoni