The awards were handed October 16 during closing ceremony of MIA 2021, with two documentary projects featuring highly.
The Lazio Region once again presented the Lazio Frames Award to a project that best enhanced the Lazio Region and its productive potential via its talent, creative use of location, impact production, potential for international development and use of local resources. The prize went to Marina Cicogna, The Producer by Andrea Bettinetti, produced by Riccardo Biadene for Kama Productions:
Jury Citation: “A young Roman production house that explores artistic expression in various forms. The work retraces the career of a woman like Marina Cicogna who has given voice to great filmmakers thanks to her personal and passionate journey within the universe of production and the history of worldwide cinema. The documentary fixes cinema and its history on screen as a tradition par excellence to be remembered and made known to the younger generations”. The award was presented by the President of Lazio Innova, Nicola Tasco.
For the fourth year National Geographic sponsored the NAT GEO Award for Best Pitch, which underlines the desire of MIA Unscripted Category to pinpoint projects that combine solid artistic and productive qualities with commercial potential. The winning project this year was Massimo Brega’s Odyssey: Behind the Myth, produced by Camilla Tartaglione for Kepach Production.
Jury citation: “An engaging historiographical project deeply in line with the research and exploration values of the National Geographic brand. We believe that applying modern methods of investigation to studies, and telling the story of Odyssey in a popular and at the same time authoritative way, can help to better understand the past and consequently the present, taking into account that as we all know, this story is one of the most important of our history, a true pillar of our civilization. We rewarded the ambition and courage of Massimo, Camilla and their team because the story of Odyssey: Behind the Myth’ has great potential to become a documentary of great impact, capable of narrating the wonderful journey of Ulysses, which is basically the history of man, to a wide-ranging global audience.” Paola Acquaviva, Programming sr. Manager Factual for National Geographic presented the award.
The seventh edition of MIA takes place in Rome from October 13 to 17, 2021 in the city center’s historical venues of Palazzo Barberini, Cinema Moderno, and Cinema Quattro Fontane, and on the MIA Digital platform online.
