57 projects participated in the Premio Solinas – Documentario per il Cinema 2025 – in collaboration with Apollo 11 – La Casa del Documentario, an initiative that supports the writing of feature-length cinematic documentaries by assisting in the early stages of writing and development. After reviewing the submissions, the jury – composed of Fabrizio Berruti, Laura Buffoni, Mattia Colombo, Enrica Colusso, Ilaria Fraioli, Peter Marcias, Gianfranco Pannone, and Marta Tagliavia – selected 13 finalist projects, which will move on to the second phase of the competition.
The selected projects are: Autoritratto di madre (original title Alina) by Giusy BUCCHERI; Blue Girl (original title Margherita) by Marta PASQUALINI; Casa dolce casa (original title A casa) by Cécile KHINDRIA and Vittorio MORONI; Confinät (original title Boschi invadenti) by Giulia BERTULETTI; Cosa faremo da grandi (original title Avremo il tempo) by Pietro BONACCIO; Costruire (original title Una casa) by Andrea ZULIANI and Francesca SCANU; Forever Young (original title Never ending) by Nathalie SIGNORINI, Vittorio MORONI, and Amy MEYER; I cani di Palermo (original title Storia di due cani) by Andrea VALLERO; La testa sul cuscino (original title Un dio dentro) by Lucrezia LE MOLI MUNCK; L’immagine e la parola (original title La società delle immagini) by Mario BLACONÀ; Lo scisma (original title La passione di Montaner) by Edoardo CARBONI and Chiara ZAGO; Redencìon (original title Redencìon) by Carlotta PARODI and Andrea Antonio VICO; Vita interrotta (original title Il tempo sospeso) by Lorenzo SPINELLI.
The finalist authors will have the opportunity to present their projects to the jury in a Pitching session, where the winners of the Solinas Award for Best Documentary for Cinema (€4,000) and the Valentina Pedicini Development Grant (€2,000) – both sponsored by SIAE – Italian Society of Authors and Publishers – will be announced. The award ceremony will take place in September in La Maddalena.
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