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At its 35th edition, the CICT UNESCO “Enrico Fulchignoni” Award can be considered the most significant cinematographic acknowledgment awarded by the Conseil International du Cinéma et de la Télévision CICT ICFT at UNESCO to the movie presented at the Venice International Film Festival best embodying the values of peace, tolerance and inclusion promoted by UNESCO. This year, the winner of the award will be announced during an exclusive ceremony at Villa degli Autori in Venice Lido on September 8, 2023, as conclusion to the 25th Euromediterranean Conference on Cinema “Platforms and AI: the rise of global cinema?”.

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The jury, composed by Pierpaolo Saporito, President of OCCAM and President a.i. of CICT ICFT UNESCO, Jasmina Boijc, Director of the United Nations Association Film Festival (UNAFF) and Stanford University’s Professor, Giacomo Mazzone, Secretary-General of Eurovisioni, Tiziana Maria Di Blasio, Professor at Pontificia Università Gregoriana, and Alessandro Mandelli, Founder of Serially, is honored to announce that the winner of the 35th CICT UNESCO “Enrico Fulchignoni” Award at the 80th Venice International Film Festival is:

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IO CAPITANO

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 by Matteo Garrone

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With the following motivation:
For the originality of a counterview from Africa to Europe along the Mediterranean route embodied in a writing pervaded with authentic testimonies of migrants while being transfigured in the pictorial-photographic formal elegance of a style freed from stereotypes and rhetoric. Matteo Garrone with Io Capitano admirably fosters undeniable principles such as the protection of human rights, the fight against social and cultural marginalization, solidarity and care for human beings, in an itinerary of hope toward other possible future opportunities for the new generations.

 

We are therefore honoured to declare Director Matteo Garrone the winner of the 35th CICT UNESCO “Enrico Fulchignoni” Award for the outstanding work of Io Capitano, with the conferral of the UNESCO Fellini Medal to the Delegate Nicola Claudio, President and Director of Rai Cinema.