Fond. Cinema Roma - The Official Festival Awards

THE PRIZES AWARDED BY THE INTERNATIONAL JURY
They are assigned to the 15 films competing in the Official Selection. The international jury is chaired by Oscar® prize winner Ennio Morricone assisted by director Susanne Bier, the ballet star Roberto Bolle, the English actress, director and author Carmen Chaplin the producer David Puttnam, the photographer and visual artist Pierre Thoretton and the actress Debra Winger. The international jury awards:

-         The Marc'Aurelio Jury Award for Best Film

-         The Marc'Aurelio Jury Award for Best Actor

-         The Marc'Aurelio Jury Award for Best Actress

-         The Marc'Aurelio Grand Jury Award

THE AWARD ASSIGNED BY THE AUDIENCES
The Festival also expects all spectators to take part in awarding the BNL Audience Award for Best Film. Each ticket holder, on entering the hall, will be provided with a card relative to the film being screened with which they may express their own degree of appreciation. The films entitled to being awarded the prize are those competing in the Official Selection. The public awards:

-         The BNL Audience Award for Best Film

MARC'AURELIO AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY IN THE EXTRA SECTION
A special international jury, chaired by Francesca Comencini will be awarding the Marc'Aurelio award for best documentary in competition in the Extra Section.

THE AWARDS ASSIGNED BY THE CHILDRENS' JURIES
The two prizes are awarded to the best film in the Alice nella Città section. They will be voted by two juries, one comprised of children under the age of 13 and one of youngsters above the age of 13. The prizes will involve a financial contribution of 10,000 euros each.  The children's juries award the:

-         Marc'Aurelio Alice nella città Under 13 Award .

-         Marc'Aurelio Alice nella città Over 13 Award.

 

MARC'AURELIO AWARD FOR EMERGING NEW TALENTS
Thanks to the collaboration with the Department of Youth of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, the Marc'Aurelio Award for Emerging New Talents will be awarded to the director of the best first work included in any of the Festival sections.

MARC'AURELIO ACTING AWARD
The  Marc'Aurelio Acting Award will be given to Richard Gere, the Hollywood star who has fought so many humanitarian battles and has played the lead in many popular films such as American Gigolo, An Officer and a Gentleman, Pretty Woman as well as performing for great film directors including Robert Altman, Akira Kurosawa, Sidney Lumet, Francis Ford Coppola, Todd Haynes and Terrence Malick.

MARC'AURELIO AWARD BY THE ISTITUTO POLIGRAFICO E ZECCA DELLO STATO
For the 2011 edition of the International Rome Film Festival the Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato has created the awards that are assigned to the Festival winners. These are representations (in a scale 1:16) of the famous equestrian statue, the bronze copy of which has dominated the Campidoglio square since 1997. This is a project conceived by the School of Medallion Arts, produced in collaboration with the State Mint. The copy of the statue is made by using a special indirect reproduction technique which has used a photo model of the monument done by the Central Institute for Restoration of the Ministry for Cultural Affairs. The surface of the work thus created was then modelled by the students of the school, while the moulding, the casting and final assembly of the bronze monument was overseen by Mint technicians.