Emilia Pérez won six awards at the 29th Capri, Hollywood – International Film Festival, including Best Picture, Best Actress for Karla Sofia Gascon, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Ensemble Cast.
Capri, Hollywood International Film Festival
The Capri Hollywood International Film Festival is held every late December or early January in Capri, Italy. The competition section is open to international films, animation, documentaries and fiction films.
Capri, Hollywood International Film Festival started in 1995 and takes place in Anacapri, Campania, Italy
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Emilia Pérez Wins 6 Awards incl. Best Picture at 29th Capri, Hollywood – International Film Festival
Emilia Pérez. Karla Sofía Gascón as Emilia Pérez in Emilia Pérez. (Shanna Besson/PAGE 114 – WHY NOT PRODUCTIONS – PATHÉ FILMS – FRANCE 2 CINÉMA)
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“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” “Get Out” and “Darkest Hour” Win Top Awards At Capri, Hollywood International Film Festival
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Get Out won the top prize for best picture at the Capri, Hollywood International Film Festival. Indie favorite Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri was also a big winner bagging three awards including best actress for Frances McDormand, best supporting actor for Sam Rockwell and best original screenplay for Martin McDonagh. Darkest Hour also won three awards including best film editing, best original score, and best makeup and hairstyling.
Best foreign film went to Samuel Maoz’s Foxtrot and Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives won the prize for best documentary film.
2017 Capri, Hollywood International Film Festival Awards
Best Picture – Get Out Best Director – Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk Best Actor – James Franco – The Disaster Artist Best Actress – Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Best Supporting Actor – Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Best Supporting Actress – Melissa Leo – Novitiate Best Adapted Screenplay – The Disaster Artist Best Original Screenplay – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Best Animated Movie – Coco Best Documentary Feature – Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives Best Foreign Language Film – Foxtrot (Israel) Best Cinematography – Hostiles Best Film Editing – Darkest Hour Best Make-up and Hairstyling – Darkest Hour Best Production Design – Blade Runner 2049 Best Original Song – “Remember Me” – Coco Best Original Score – Darkest Hour Best Sound Editing / Best Sound Mixing – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Best Visual Effects – War for the Planet of the Apes Best Ensemble Cast – The Leisure Seeker Career Achievement Award – James Ivory
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Quentin Tarantino’s “The Hateful Eight” Dominates Awards at Capri, Hollywood – The International Film Festival
Quentin Tarantino’s “The Hateful Eight” dominated the 2015 Capri, Hollywood – The International Film Festival; apart from acknowledging the film as ‘Best Movie,’ the festival also gave awards to Samuel L. Jackson and Jennifer Jason Leigh, and to the music score composed by Ennio Morricone.
Samuel L. Jackson and Jennifer Jason Leigh are considered the Best Leading Actor and Best Supporting Actress, for their roles in “The Hateful Eight”, a film produced by Bob & Harvey Weinstein, and distributed in Italy by Leone Group’s Andrea and Raffaella Leone, who were awarded as Capri’s ‘Producers of the Year’.
Here is a detailed list of the assigned awards: Cary Fukunaga is the Best Director for acclaimed “Beasts of No Nation.” He also deserved the Best Cinematography Award whereas performer Idris Elba won as Best Supporting Actor. The film about African children soldiers was produced and distributed by the Netflix platform.
Brie Larson (“Room”) is the festival’s Best Leading Actress. The Best Original Screenplay Award goes to David O. Russel’s “Joy”, which in Capri, Hollywood enjoyed its European premiere.
Todd Haynes’ “Carol” was awarded as Best Adapted Screenplay, written by Phyllis Nagy, and for the Best Production Design by Judy Becker. Kenneth Branagh’s “Cinderella” received an award for its costumes created by three-time Oscar-winning designer Sandy Powell, who was also assigned the Legend Award and who in Capri exhibited the attires that she created for “Carol.” Pietro Scalia is the festival’s Best Editor for “The Martian.” Apart from acknowledging Ennio Morricone’s music score for “The Hateful Eight”, also “See You Again” – the song by Wiz Khalifa ft Charlie Puth, from “Fast and Furious 7” – won as Best Original Song.
The Best Animation Movie is “Inside Out”; The Best Documentary is Paolo Ruffini’s “Resilienza”, the Best Foreign Movie is “Labyrinth of Lies” by Giulio Ricciarelli, a filmmaker of Italian origin and German adoption, running for the Oscar and included in the Academy’s Short List. Enrico Iannaccone was elected by the festival as “Director of the Future” for “La Buona Uscita.”
The prestigious ‘Legend award’ went to Irish film director Jim Sheridan. Belgian performer Matthias Schoenaerts was awarded as “Revelation of the Year” for Hooper’s “The Danish Girl”. Oscar-winning screenwriter Bobby Moresco (“Crash”) – who in Capri announced his commitment to the Ambi Film-produced movie about Lamborghini – is the 2016 Italian-American Icon.
Other celebrities awarded at the 2015 Capri, Hollywood – The International Film Festival include Italian filmmakers Giuseppe M. Gaudino, Guido Chiesa, Marco Ponti, Massimiliano Bruno, Riccardo Milani; Actors Paola Cortellesi (Capri Award as Italian Actress of the Year); Alessandro Cremona (Exploit Award for “007-Spectre”); Alessandro Siani (Tv Sorrisi e Canzoni’s Special Telegatto for the 2015 Best Box Office Gross “Si accettano miracoli”) Francesco Pannofino, Giulia Elettra Gorietti, Federico R. Rossi; And pianist Giovanni Allevi for music.