26th Torino Film Festival

The 26th Torino Film Festival was held 21 – 29 November 2008 in Turin, Italy, directed by Nanni Moretti.[1]

Films in competition

• Bitter & Twisted - Christopher Weekes
• Burn the Bridges (Quemar las Naves) - Francisco Franco-Alba
• Give Me Your Hand - Pascal-Alex Vincent
• Helen - Joe Lawlor, Christine Mollowy
• Momma's Man - Azazel Jacobs
• My Friend from Faro (Mein Freund aus Faro) - Nana Neul
• The New Year Parade - Tom Quinn
• Noise (Entre os Dedos) - Tiago Guedes, Frederico Serra
• Prince of Broadway - Sean Baker
• The Shaft (Dixia De Tiankong) - Zhang Chi
• Tomorrow (Demain) - Maxime Giroux
• Tony Manero - Pablo Larraín
• Unspoken - Fien Troch
• The Wave - Dennis Gansel
• We've Never Been to Venice - Blaz Kutin

Out of competition

• 24 City - Jia Zhangke (China)
• Days of the Turquoise Sky (Kurus) - Woo Ming Jin (Malaysia)
• Dream - Kim Ki-duk (South Korea/Japan)
• The Edge of Love - John Maybury (UK)
• The Escapist - Rupert Wyatt (Ireland/UK)
• Filth and Wisdom - Madonna (UK)
• Gigantic - Matt Aselton (US)
• Highway World: Living, Changing, Growing - Martin Hans Schmitt (Germany)
• Katyń - Andrzej Wajda (Poland)
• Lake Tahoe - Fernando Eimbcke (Mexico)
• Lemon Tree - Eran Riklis (Israel/Germany/France)
• Let the Right One In - Tomas Alfredson (Sweden)
• Mateo Falcone - Éric Vuillard (France)
• New Orleans, Mon Amour - Michael Almereyda (US)
• Night and Day - Hong Sang-soo (South Korea)
• Of Time and the City - Terence Davies (UK)
• Real Time - Randall Cole (Canada)
• Rumba - Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon (France)
• Shiva (7 Days) - Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz (France/Israel)
• Somers Town - Shane Meadows (UK)
• W. - Oliver Stone (US)
• Wendy and Lucy - Kelly Reichardt (US)

The State of Things

• Armando e la politica - Chiara Malta (Italy)
• The Baby Formula - Alison Reid (Canada)
• Le Chant des mariées - Karin Albou (France)
• La conquista della vita - Silvano Agosti (Italy)
• Crips and Bloods: Made in America - Stacy Peralta (US)
• Di madre in figlia - Andrea Zambelli (Italy)
• The Exiles - Kent Mackenzie (US)
• The Fire, the Blood, the Stars (Le Feu, le sang, les etoiles) - Caroline Deruas Garrel (France)
• Hunger - Steve McQueen (UK/Ireland)
• Mai 68, La Belle ouvrage - Jean-Luc and Loic Magneron (France)
• The Sun Street Boys - Gyorgy Szomjas (Hungary)
• No Son Invisibles: Maya Women and Microfinance, Featuring Muhammad Yunus - Melissa Eidson (Mexico/US)
• Religulous - Larry Charles (US)
• Sidney Poitier: Un outsider à Hollywood - Catherine Arnaud (France)
• United Red Army - Kōji Wakamatsu (Japan)

La Zona

• Birdsong (El cant dels ocells) - Albert Serra (Spain)
• Extraordinary Stories (Historias extraordinarias) - Mariano Llinas (Argentina)
• Now Showing - Raya Martin (Philippines)
• Nucingen House - Raúl Ruiz (France/Chile)
• Pane/Piazza delle Camelie - Tonino De Bernardi (Italy)
• Parade - Brandon Cahoon (US)
• Still Walking - Hirokazu Kore-Eda (Japan)
• Trilogia: il Pensiero, lo Sguardo, la Parola - Luciano Emmer (Italy)
• Wings of a Butterfly (Le Battement d'ailes d'un papillon) - Aleksandr Balagura (France/Ukraine)
• A Zona - Sandro Aguilar (Portugal)

Awards

• Jury Special Prize:
  • Prince of Broadway - Sean Baker
• Cipputi Award for Best Film:
  • Noise (Entre os Dedos) - Tiago Guedes, Frederico Serra

References

1. Camillo De Marco, "Turin FF: Moretti promises “earnest and cheerful” event". Cineuropa, November 8, 2008.

External links

• Official website
• 2008 Torino Film Festival at the Internet Movie Database