“Her is very much a woman’s picture, unquestionably starting first and foremost with Scarlett Johansson’s disembodied rendition of Samantha — which, for both the gravity afforded to Joaquin Phoenix’s work and weight of its own breadth, could, in time, prove to be one of the greatest voice performances ever heard,” we remarked in our review of Spike Jonze‘s latest film. In an awards race often marked with predictability, it would certainly stir things up if an unconventional performance like this one were to go noticed and we’re off to a good start.
Following a screening at Rome Film Festival, Johansson picked up her first honors of the season, taking a Best Actress award for her voice-only performance as Samantha, the computer operating system that Phoenix’s character falls for. In other awards from the Italian ceremony, Matthew McConaughey took home Best Actor for Dallas Buyers Club, while Alberto Fasulo‘s documentary Tir, following a Bosnian man who becomes a truck driver, was awarded the top prize of Best Film. Check out the full list of winners below, along with a new behind-the-scenes still from Jonze’s film, which opens in limited release next month.
COMPETITION
The International Jury, chaired by James Gray and composed of Verónica Chen, Luca Guadagnino, Aleksei Guskov, Noémie Lvovsky, Amir Naderi, and Zhang Yuan, assigned the following awards to the films in competition:
Golden Marc’Aurelio Award for Best Film: Tir by Alberto Fasulo
Best Director Award: Kiyoshi Kurosawa for Sebunsu kodo (Seventh Code)
Special Jury Prize: Quod Erat Demonstrandum by Andrei Gruzsniczk
Best Actor Award: Matthew McConaughey for Dallas Buyers Club
Best Actress Award: Scarlett Johansson for Her
Award for Emerging Actor or Actress: the entire cast of Gass (Acrid)
Award for Best Technical Contribution: Koichi Takahashi for Sebunsu kodo (Seventh Code)
Award for Best Screenplay: Tayfun Pirselimoğlu for Ben o değilim (I Am Not Him)
Special Mention: Cui Jian for Lanse gutou (Blue Sky Bones)
CINEMAXXI
The CinemaXXI International Jury chaired by Larry Clark and composed of Ashim Ahluwalia, Yuri Ancarani, Laila Pakalnina, and Michael Wahrmann, assigned the following awards to the films in the CinemaXXI competition:
CinemaXXI Award for Best Film (reserved for feature-length films): Nepal Forever by Aliona Polunina
CinemaXXI Special Jury Prize (reserved for feature-length films):Birmingemskij ornament 2 (Birmingham Ornament 2) by Andrey Silvestrov and Yury Leiderman
CinemaXXI Award for Short Films: Der Unfertige (The Incomplete) by Jan Soldat
SpecialMention CinemaXXI Short Films: The Buried Alive Videos by Roee Rosen
PROSPETTIVE DOC ITALIA
The jury headed by Marco Visalberghi and composed of Christian Carmosino, Gerardo Panichi, Giusi Santoro, and Sabrina Varani, assigned the following awards:
Premio Doc It – Prospettive Italia Doc for the Best Italian Documentary: Dal profondo by Valentina Pedicini
Special Mention: Fuoristrada by Elisa Amoruso
AWARD FOR BEST FIRST/SECOND FILM
The jury headed by Roberto Faenza and composed of Fausto Brizzi, Carlo Freccero, Alessandra Mammì, Valerio Mieli, Camilla Nesbitt, and Andrea Occhipinti assigned the following awards:
Taodue Golden Camera Award for Best First/Second Film: Out of the Furnace by Scott Cooper
Taodue Award for the Best Emerging Producer: Jean Denis Le Dinahet and Sébastien Msika for Il sud è niente
BNL AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST FILM
Relying on an electronic system, the Festival enabled the participation of the audience in choosing the winner of the BNL Audience Award for Best Film. The films competing for this award were those in Competition. The audience awarded the:
BNL Audience Award for Best Film: Dallas Buyers Club by Jean-Marc Vallée
