Plenty of films which have participated to the last MIA Market editions have received several nominations for the “Nastri d’Argento” (Silver Ribbons) awards 2019. The appointement will take place in Ancient Theatre of Taormina Saturday, 29th June, 2019. The event is organized by the Sngci (Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists) with the support of Directorate General for Cinema of the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and the collaboration, in Rome, of Lazio Region and, in Taormina, of Sicily Region.

We are talking about The Vice of Hope (Co-production Market and Pitching Forum|MIA 2017) with eight candidacies while The Champion (What’s Next Italy|MIA 2018) is in the contest with four nominations. The following movies are longing for one award each: Ovunque Proteggimi (What’s Next Italy|MIA 2017), Little Tito and the Aliens (What’s Next Italy|MIA 2016), Il grande spirito, Il corpo della sposa – Flesh Out, Bangla (What’s Next Italy|MIA 2018).

Here all the nominees:

Best Director
Marco Bellocchio (The Traitor)
Edoardo De Angelis (The Vice of Hope)
Claudio Giovannesi (Piranhas)
Valeria Golino (Euphoria)
Luca Guadagnino (Suspiria)
Mario Martone (Capri-Revolution)
Matteo Rovere (Romolus & Remus: The First King)

Best New Director
Leonardo D’Agostini (The Champion)
Ciro D’Emilio (Un giorno all’improvviso)
Margherita Ferri (Zen on the Ice Rift)
Valerio Mastandrea (Ride)
Michela Occhipinti (Il corpo della Sposa – Flesh Out)

Best Story
La prima pietra
Il Grande Spirito
Non ci resta che il crimine
Ovunque proteggici
Little Tito and the Aliens

Best Screenplay
Francesca Marciano, Valia Santella, Valeria Golino with alter Siti (Euphoria)
Edoardo De Angelis, Umberto Contarello (The Vice of Hope)
Marco Bellocchio, Ludovica Rampoldi, Valia Santella, Francesco Piccolo with Francesco Licata (The Traitor)
Maurizio Braucci, Roberto Saviano, Claudio Giovannesi (Piranhas)
Roberto Andò, Angelo Pasquini with Giacomo Bendotti (The Stolen Caravaggio)

Best Comedy
Bangla (Phaim Bhuiyan)
Bentornato Presidente! (Carlo Fontana, Giuseppe G. Stasi)
An Almost Ordinary Summer (Simone Godano)
Dolceroma (Fabio Resinaro)
Troppa Grazia (Gianni Zanasi)

Best Producer
Bibi Film (Ricordi?, The Stolen Caravaggio, The Ruthless)
Groenlandia Film (Romolus & Remus: The First King, Il Campione)
IBC Movie – Kavak Film (Il Traditore)
Indigo Film (Capri-Revolution)
Palomar (La Paranza dei Bambini)

Best Actor
Alessandro Borghi (Romolus & Remus: The First King)
Andrea Carpenzano (The Champion)
Pierfrancesco Favino (The Traitor)
Marco Giallini – Valerio Mastandrea (Domani è un altro giorno)
Riccardo Scamarcio (Euphoria, The Invisible Witness, The Ruthless)

Best Actress
Anna Foglietta (Un giorno all’improvviso)
Marianna Fontana (Capri-Revolution)
Micaela Ramazzotti (The Stolen Caravaggio)
Thony (Momenti di trascurabile felicità)
Pina Turco (The Vice of Hope)

Best Supporting Actor
Stefano Accorsi (The Champion)
Alessio Lapice (Romolus & Remus: The First King)
Luigi Lo Cascio, Fabrizio Ferracane (The Traitor)
Edoardo Pesce (Non sono un Assassino)
Benito Urgu (L’uomo che comprò la luna)

Best Supporting Actress
Marina Confalone (The Vice of Hope)
Isabella Ferrari (Euphoria)
Valeria Golino (The Summer House)
Maria Paiato (The Invisible Witness)
Anna Ferzetti (Domani è un altro giorno)

Best Comedy Actor
Stefano Fresi (C’è tempo, L’uomo che comprò la luna)
Paolo Calabresi, Guglielmo Poggi (Bentornato Presidente!)
Corrado Guzzanti (La prima pietra)
Fabio De Luigi (When Mom is Away, Let Me Intrduce You to Sofia)
Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Alessandro Gassmann (An Almost Ordinary Summer)

Best Comedy Actress
Margherita Buy (Moschettieri del Re)
Paola Cortellesi (Don’t stop me now)
Lucia Mascino (Favola, La prima pietra)
Paola Minaccioni, Carla Signoris (Don’t stop me now)
Alba Rohrwacher (Troppa Grazia)

Best Cinematography
Daniele Ciprì (Il primo re, Piranhas)
Daria D’Antonio (Ricordi?)
Michele D’Attanasio (Capri-Revolution)
Alberto Fasulo (Menocchio the Heretic)
Vlada Radovic (The Traitor)

Best Scenography
Giancarlo Muselli (Capri-Revolution)
Dimitri Capuani (Favola)
Carmine Guarino (The Vice of Hope)
Tonino Zera (Moschettieri del Re)
Daniele Frabetti (Piranhas)

Best Costumes
Giulia Piersanti (Suspiria)
Alessandro Lai (Moschettieri del Re)
Alberto Moretti (Non ci resta che il crimine)
Ursula Patzak (Capri-Revolution)
Daria Calvelli (The Traitor)

Best Editing
Giorgio Franchini (Euphoria)
Francesca Calvelli (The Traitor)
Giuseppe Trepiccione (Piranhas)
Walter Fasano (Suspiria)
Desideria Rayner (Ricordi?)

Best Sound in Direct Grip
Alessandro Zanon (Capri-Revolution)
Angelo Bonanni (Romolus & Remus: The First King)
Gaetano Carito e Adriano Di Lorenzo (The Traitor)
Emanuele Cicconi (Piranhas)
Vincenzo Urselli (The Vice of Hope)

Best Score
Gratis Dinner by Checco Zalone (Moschettieri del Re)
Danilo Rea (C’è tempo)
Enzo Avitabile (The Vice of Hope)
Andrea Farri (Romolus & Remus: The First King)
Nicola Piovani (The Traitor)

Best Original Song
La vitaaa by Tony Tammaro (Achille Tarallo)
L’anarchico by Giulio Base e Sergio Cammariere singed by Sergio Cammariere (Il banchiere anarchico)
A’ speranza by Enzo Avitabile (The Vice of Hope)
Nascosta in piena vista by I Cani with Niccolò Contessa (Troppa Grazia)
Tic tac by Matteo Buzzanca e Lorenzo Vizzini and singed by Barbora Bobulova (Saremo giovani e bellissimi)