The winner of the 35th Fulchignoni Award was conferred at the end of the 25th Euromediterranean Conference on organized by the Conseil International du cinéma, de la télévision et de la communication audiovisuelle, CICT-ICFT at UNESCO, held on September 8, 2023, at Villa degli Autori, Lido di Venezia.
The jury, composed by Pierpaolo Saporito, President of OCCAM and President a.i. of CICT ICFT UNESCO, Jasmina Boijc, Director of the United Nations Association Film Festival (UNAFF) and Stanford University’s Professor, Giacomo Mazzone, Secretary-General of Eurovisioni, Tiziana Maria Di Blasio, Professor at Pontificia Università Gregoriana, and Alessandro Mandelli, Founder of Serially, was honored to announce that the winner of the 35th CICT UNESCO “Enrico Fulchignoni” Award at the 80th Venice International Film Festival is "IO CAPITANO", by Matteo Garrone.
"For the originality of a counterview from Africa to Europe along the Mediterranean route embodied in writing pervaded with authentic testimonies of migrants while being transfigured in the pictorial-photographic formal elegance of a style freed from stereotypes and rhetoric. Matteo Garrone with Io Capitano admirably fosters undeniable principles such as the protection of human rights, the fight against social and cultural marginalization, solidarity and care for human beings, in an itinerary of hope toward other possible future opportunities for the new generations".
The UNESCO Fellini Medal for the outstanding work of "Io Capitano" was conferred to Delegate Nicola Claudio, President and Director of Rai Cinema