The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) Award to three winning filmmakers from Orizzonti for a residency programme, and the Fundación Casa Wabi – Mantarraya Award to the winning director of the Venice Award for a Debut Film
La Biennale di Venezia has announced that the Venice International Film Festival will add two new international collateral awards: the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) Award and the FundaciónCasa Wabi – Mantarraya (Mexico) Award. Both will be bestowed upon filmmakers at the Venice Film Festival and provide winners with residency opportunities.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) Award will be presented to three filmmakers (director, producer) from the Orizzonti category awarded for Best Film, Best Director and the Special Jury Prize, who will participate from January 2-23, 2019, in a three-week long residency program in Los Angeles. The program will consist of master classes and workshops in partnership with Film Independent. The selected filmmakers will be mentored individually by tutors to hone their skills, and will attend screenings and educational events hosted by Film Independent. Three other filmmakers will be selected for the same programme by the Filmmaker Lab of the Toronto Film Festival.
The HFPA, founded in 1943, in the association of foreign entertainment journalists in Hollywood, representing world media from 56 countries. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association organizes the Golden Globe® Awards every year.
Film Independent is the non-profit artistic organization responsible for the Film Independent Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival.
The Fundación Casa Wabi – Mantarraya (Mexico) prize will be awarded to the director winner of the Award for a Debut Film of the 75th Venice Film Festival, and will consist in a month-and-a-half residency at Casa Wabi (Puerto Escondido). The chosen filmmaker will have the opportunity to develop a project in collaboration with the artists in residence and nearby communities. The projects are designed to encourage interaction, exchange, and dialogue across other disciplines and within the community.
The Fundación Casa Wabi is a non-profit organization that aims to promote collaboration and social commitment through art.
The Mantarraya Group, founded in 1998, is one of the most influential film production companies in Mexico. It works as a platform to support a new generation of filmmakers and has earned a reputation for promoting new talent, including helping launch careers of directors Carlos Reygadas and Amat Escalante.
The full list of collateral awards of the 75th Venice Film Festival:
- HFPA Award (Hollywood Foreign Press Association)
- Casa Wabi – Mantarraya Award (Fundación Casa Wabi – Mantarraya Group)
- Prize of the International Critics [FIPRESCI Prize] (FIPRESCI – International Federation of Film Critics)
- SIGNIS (SIGNIS International [World Catholic Association for Communication])
- Leoncino d’Oro Agiscuola Award (Agiscuola)
- Francesco Pasinetti Award (Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani)
- Brian Award (UAAR – Unione degli Atei e degli Agnostici Razionalisti)
- Queer Lion Award (Associazione di Promozione Sociale Queer Lion)
- Arca Cinemagiovani Award – Best Film (Arca CinemaGiovani)
- CICT – UNESCO “Enrico Fulchignoni” Award (Conseil International du Cinema et de la Télèvision [CICT-UNESCO])
- FEDIC Award (Federazione Italiana dei Cineclub)
- Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Award (Fondazione Mimmo Rotella / Trapobana)
- Lanterna Magica Award (Associazione Nazionale C.G.S.)
- Premio Gillo Pontecorvo Award (Istituto internazionale per il cinema e l’audiovisivo dei Paesi latini)
- Premio Smithers Foundation Award (International Council of Film and Television at UNESCO [IFTC-UNESCO], and the Observatory on Cultural Communication at U.N. [OCCAM])
- Interfilm Award for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue (International Interchurch Film Organisation)
- Green Drop Award (Green Cross Italia)
- Soundtrack Stars Award (Free Event and Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani)
- Premio del Pubblico Sun Film Group (Settimana Internazionale della Critica)
- Premio Circolo del Cinema – 33. Settimana Internazionale della Critica (Settimana Internazionale della Critica)
- Premio Mario Serandrei – Hotel Saturnia (Settimana Internazionale della Critica)
- Premio al miglior cortometraggio (Best Short) SIC@SIC 2018 (Settimana Internazionale della Critica)
- Premio alla miglior regia (Best Director) SIC@SIC 2018 (Settimana Internazionale della Critica)
- Premio al miglior contributo artistico (Best Artistic Contribution) SIC@SIC 2018 (Settimana Internazionale della Critica)
- Label Europa Cinema Award (Giornate degli Autori)
- Premio del Pubblico BNL [BNP Paribas Public Choice’s Award] (Giornate degli Autori)
- Premio Giornate degli Autori [GDA Award] (Giornate degli Autori)
- Human Rights Nights Award (Associazione Human Rights Nights)
- Premio di critica sociale “Sorriso diverso Venezia 2018” (“L’Università cerca lavoro “[UCL] Students’ Association)
- Premio NuovoImaie Talent Award (NUOVOIMAIE – I diritti degli artisti, in collaboration with Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani and Sindacato Nazionale Critici Cinematografici Italiani)
- Sfera 1932 Award (Consorzio Venezia e il suo Lido with Seguso Vetri d’Arte – Murano dal 1397)
- UNIMED Award (UNIMED – Unione delle Università del Mediterraneo)
- La Pellicola d’Oro Award (Associazione Culturale S.A.S. and Associazione poliprofessionale di categoria ART. 9)
- Lizzani Award (ANAC – Associazione Nazionale Autori Cinematografici)
- Vivere da Sportivi il Fair-play al cinema Award (Associazione Vivere da Sportivi)
- Edipo Re Award (Università degli Studi di Padova and ResInt – Rete dell’Economia Sociale Internazionale)
