Marcellino de Baggis was an Italian cinematographer and director. He received a Master’s degree in film directing at UCLA. He directed and shot the multi-award winning documentary “Herculaneum: diari dell’Oscurità e della Luce” (2005), and the documentaries “Spotseeker” (2004), “Mumbai Masala” (2005), “Quintosole” (2006), and “Mistero e Sgomento” (2009). During the last years of his life, de Baggis created 10 presentational videos on the efforts of the United Nations in their principal countries of interest and 18 documentaries for the FAO World Summit on Food Security (2010). Before his death, he was working on the documentary “Frammenti per una storia sulla canzone napoletana”.
THE WINNERS OF THE 2013 EDITION
CAMBI DI FUOCO CONTEST
BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM
DELL’ARTE DELLA GUERRA by Silvia Luzi, Luca Bellino
It is a very well crafted and beautifully shot film with a strong narrative structure. At a time when factories are shut down and workers lose their jobs the film shows us that solidarity and skillfull strategy can lead to victory.
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JURY AWARD FOR BEST DEBUT WORK
SLOT, LE INTERMITTENTI LUCI DI FRANCO by Dario Albertini
PLURALIA CONTEST
BEST WORK OF SOCIAL COMMUNICATION
NUOVI ITALIANI by Massimo Garlatti-Costa
The web more voted work.
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LASCIANDO LA BAIA DEL RE by Claudia Cipriani
The film tells the story of two lost souls who further get lost in the most distant part of the world in order to find their way back again. It is a very poetic, touching and honest film that manages to show the feelings of it’s protagonists’ in a very delicate way.
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IT WAS BETTER TOMORROW by Hinde Boujemaa
The film tells the story of a single and homeless mother and her teenager son after the so called revolution in Tunisia. While the film shows an intimate portrait of their lives it also conveys a feeling that nothing has improved for the poor and powerless during the revolution.
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ALL’OMBRA DEL GIGANTE by Adriano Cutraro, Mirko Melchiorre
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PROSPEKT LENINA by Mirco Marmiroli
CINEMADOCUMENTARIO.IT AWARD
SLOT, LE INTERMITTENTI LUCI DI FRANCO by Dario Albertini
SPECIAL ARTISTIC DIRECTION AWARD
GLI ANNI E I GIORNI by Beppe Manzi