Turin to fete Kusturica, American Zoetrope (Variety)

ROME -- The Turin Film Festival will be feting helmer Emir Kusturica and Francis Ford Coppola's production company, American Zoetrope, during its upcoming 27th edition.

Kusturica will be on hand to receive Turin's new "8 1/2" nod, inspired by Federico Fellini's influential pic. The Sarajevo-born two-time Cannes Palme d'Or winner will bring previously unseen outtakes of his "Time of the Gypsies" and "Arizona Dream," and an eight-hour-plus director's cut of "Underground."

Coppola, who is also a two-time Palme d'Or winner, is expected in Turin to pick up a "8 1/2" nod, awarded to American Zoetrope, and for the Italo preem of his latest work "Tetro," to be released in Italy by BIM.

The fest, headed this year by auteur Gianni Amelio, will also screen Coppola's "Rumblefish," and a freshly restored print of 1948 classic "The Red Shoes," by British directorial duo Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, a film that Coppola pays homage to in "Tetro."

The fest, which is dedicated to indie cinema, will run Nov. 13-21.

"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.