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BEST PICTURE
MICHAEL FITZGERALD
ANDREA IERVOLINO
MONIKA BACARDI
OLGA SEGURA
BEST ACTOR
MARK RYLANCE
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
JOHNNY DEPP
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
CHRIS MENGES
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
CARLO POGGIOLI
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
DOMENICO SICA
CRISPIAN SALLIS
BEST PICTURE
MICHAEL FITZGERALD
ANDREA IERVOLINO
MONIKA BACARDI
OLGA SEGURA
BEST ACTOR
MARK RYLANCE
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
JOHNNY DEPP
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
CHRIS MENGES
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
CARLO POGGIOLI
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
DOMENICO SICA
CRISPIAN SALLIS
Directed by CIRO GUERRA
Based on the novel by J.M. COETZEE 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature
Written by J.M. COETZEE
Synopsis
The MAGISTRATE looks forward to retirement until the arrival of COLONEL JOLL, whose task it is to report on the ‘barbarians’ and security on the frontier. The torture of the ‘barbarians’ by the Colonel leads the Magistrate to a crisis of conscience and a quixotic act of rebellion.
“Johnny Depp is unexpectedly sublime.”
GERALD PEARY, THE ARTS FUSE
“A stunning portrait of quiet humanity by Mark Rylance.”
JOHN BLEASDALE, SIGHT & SOUND MAGAZINE
“A powerful lead performance by Mark Rylance.”
JOHN BLEASDALE, SIGHT & SOUND MAGAZINE
BEST ACTOR
MARK RYLANCE
Sir Mark Rylance is an English actor, theatre director, and playwright. He was the first artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe in London, between 1995 and 2005. His film appearances include Prospero’s Books (1991), Angels and Insects (1995), Institute Benjamenta (1996), and Intimacy (2001). Rylance won the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Rudolf Abel in Bridge of Spies directed by Steven Spielberg (2015). Rylance played the title role in Steven Spielberg’s The BFG(2016), a live-action film adaptation of the children’s book by Roald Dahl, and appeared in Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk (2017), based on the British evacuation in World War II. He appeared as James Halliday in Spielberg’s 2018 film Ready Player One, based on the novel of the same name.
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After training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, Rylance made his professional debut at the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow in 1980. He appeared in the West End productions of Much Ado About Nothing in 1994 and Jerusalem in 2010, winning the Olivier Award for Best Actor for both. He has also appeared on Broadway, winning three Tony Awards: two for Best Actor for Boeing Boeing in 2008 and Jerusalem in 2011, and one for Best Featured Actor for Twelfth Night in 2014.
On television, he won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor for his role as David Kelly in the 2005 Channel 4 drama The Government Inspector and for playing Thomas Cromwell in the 2015 BBC Two mini-series Wolf Hall. For Wolf Hall, he also received Emmy and Golden Globe Award nominations. Rylance is a patron Survival, the International movement for Tribal Peoples He is also a patron of the London-based charity Peace Direct, which supports peace-builders in areas of conflict, and of the British Stop the War Coalition. In 2016, he was named in the Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world.
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BEST ADAPTADED SCREENPLAY
J.M. COETZEE
BEST ACTRESS
GANA BAYARSAIKHAN
BEST DIRECTOR
CIRO GUERRA
BEST FILM EDITING
JACOPO QUADRI
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
MARTA ROGGERO
ARMIDO PEZZATO
BEST MUSIC (ORIGNAL SCORE)
GIAMPIERO AMBROSI
MARCO BELTRAMI
BUCK SANDERS