"Tony Manero", ganadora en Torino

26° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL – THE AWARDS

TORINO 26

The Jury of Torino 26 – Feature Film Competition of the 26^th Torino Film Festival, composed of Alexey German jr. (Russia), Jonathan Lethem (USA), Dito Montiel (USA), Alba Rohrwacher (Italy), Jerzy Stuhr (Poland), awards the following prizes:

· Best Film (25.000 euros) to:

TONY MANERO by Pablo Larraín (Chile/Brazil, 2008, 98 min)

· Jury Special Award (10.000 euros) to:

PRINCE OF BROADWAY by Sean Baker (USA, 2008, 100 min)

· Best Actress Award to:

EMMANUELLE DEVOS for her role in the film UNSPOKEN (NON-DIT) by Fien Troch (Belgium, 2008, 95 min)

· Best Actor Award to:

ALFREDO CASTRO for his role in the film TONY MANERO
by Pablo Larraín (Chile/Brazil, 2008, 98 min)

CIPPUTI AWARD

The Torino Film Festival, with the patronage of the Italian Ministry of Work, gives the 2008 Cipputi Award: Best Film on the World of Work (5.000 euros) to:

ENTRE OS DEDOS (Noise) by Tiago Guedes and Frederico Serra (Portugal/Brazil, 2008, 100min)

PREMIO FIPRESCI

The Jury of the Fipresci Award (International Film Critics Prize) of the 26^th Torino Film Festival, chaired by Ronald Bergan (Uk) an composed of Sergey Anashkin (Russia), Gabriele Barrera (Italy), Mahrez Karoui (Tunisia), Christian Monggaard (Denmark), awards the following prize:

Best Film from Torino 26 to:

Tony Manero by Pablo Larraín (Chile-Brazil, 2008, 98min)

For its powerful, darkly comic and obliquely political portrayal of life in a repressive police state, represented by a psychopathic wannabe disco-dancer, who is dissected by an unrelenting use of a handheld camera.