Italy wins in Berlin with Favolacce and Germano

(ANSA) - ROME, FEBRUARY 29 - Italian cinema returns to win at the Berlin festival. At the 70th edition, which closed on Saturday 29 February, the jury chaired by Jeremy Irons awarded the D'Innocenzo brothers for Favolacce, the silver bear for the screenplay and Elio Germano, the silver bearer of the best actor, who turned into the painter Ligabue for Giorgio Rights' film I wanted to hide. Germano is also in the cast of Favolacce. For Rutelli, president of Anica, "it is a golden moment for Italian cinema, its creative and productive quality".
Paolo Del Brocco, CEO of RaiCinema who co-produced both films, was also happy. "The Silver Bear aifratelli D'Innocenzo rewards their ability to handle an original and very personal narrative form, experimenting with passion their idea of ​​cinema". DelBrocco talks about a new generation of authors, which Rai Cinemac contributes to discovering and growing, a constant support work that we carry on thanks to independent producers ", such as Giuseppe Saccà's Pepito Produzioni for Favolacce and Palomar for I wanted to hide. Once again recognized the great Elio Germano's talent in this new work of interpretation "with an extraordinary ability to explain himself in the depth of the character, in his suffering as in the artistic inspiration". (ANSA).