Fabrique du Cinema Awards Finalists Announced

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Beautiful Friend, Directed by Truman Kewley

VERDICT: Awards Ceremony to be held on December 12

FABRIQUE DU CINÉMA AWARDS has been promoting the creativity of young and talented directors, actors and writers. Filmmakers from all over the world are invited to submit their work.

With more than 1,300 submissions every year from more than 70 countries, the FABRIQUE DU CINÉMA AWARDS recognizes Italian and International Filmmaking.

2023 Finalists include:

Best International Feature Film

Backstage
Afef Ben Mahmoud and Khalil Benkirane
(Marocco)

Beautiful Friend
Truman Kewley
(United States)

Dignity
Dimitris Katsimiris
(Greece)

The Dry Fable
Zhengchao Xu
(China)

Best Italian First Work

Castelrotto
Damiano Giacomelli
Like Sheep Among Wolves / Come pecore in mezzo ai lupi
Lyda Patitucci

Piano piano
Nicola Prosatore

Fireworks / Stranizza d’amuri
Giuseppe Fiorello

Best Italian Innovative Feature Film

Disco Boy
Giacomo Abbruzzese

Fragments of a Life Loved / Frammentiun percorso amoroso
Chloé Barreau

Non credo in niente
Alessandro Marzullo

An Endless Sunday / Una sterminata domenica
Alain Parroni

Best Italian Short film

Black Eyed Dog
Alessandro Cino Zolfanelli

Bordovasca
Giuseppe Zampella

Everyday dicks
Silvia Giambrone

My name is Aseman
Ali Asgari e Gianluca Mangiasciutti

Best International Short Film

Dog Days
Carlotta Beck Peccoz
(UK)

Ivalu
Anders Walter, Pipaluk K. Jørgensen
(Denmark)

Pina
Jeremy Depuydt e Giuseppe Accardo
(Belgium)

Please Hold the Line
Tan Ce Ding
(Malaysia)

Best Italian Actor

Andrea Arcangeli
(Like Sheep Among Wolves / Come pecore in mezzo ai lupi)

Luigi D’Oriano
(Mixed by Erry)

Gabriele Pizzurro
(Fireworks / Stranizza d’amuri / Fireworks)

Gianmarco Saurino
the Hottest Summer / L’estate più calda)

Best Italian Actress

Deva Cassel
(The Beautiful Summer / La bella estate)

Sara Ciocca
(Nina dei lupi)

Dominique Donnarumma
(Piano piano)

Denise Tantucci
(Io e mio fratello)

Best International Documentary

After the bridge
Davide Rizzo, Marzia Toscano
(Italy)

Destiny of a truck driver
Yssouf Kousse
(Burkina Faso)

L’eredità perduta di Tony Gaudio
Alessandro Nucci
(Italy)

Sew to Say Rakel Aguirre
(UK)

Best Italian Soundtrack

Denti da squalo

Life is (not) a game

Piano piano

The Spring of My Life / La primavera della mia vita

Best Italian TV Series

Per Elisa

The Good Mothers

Un’estate fa

The Lying Life of Adults / La vita bugiarda degli adulti

Best Series Concept

Cloak

Chelsea Cassio

Hotel Valadier

Alessandro Montali

Kyla’s War

Hank Isaac

Il meccanismo di Kozai

Emanuele Sana

Best Short Film Screenplay

Ancòra
Andrea Castelli

Come le alici
Valerio Maria Sessa

Minuteria
Alessandra Salvoldi e Giulia Noè

Showtime
Francesco Giardiello