Four intense days of festivals, large public attendance and a high rate of enthusiasm: this is the end result of the second edition of Seeyousound International Music Film Festival.
Viewers have tripled compared to the first edition of the Festival: the inauguration on Thursday, February 25 has sold out with the screening of “B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West Berlin from 1979 to 1989” by Jorg A. Hoppe, Heinko Lange, Klaus Maeck collaborate with the English musician and producer Mark Reeder, who was in Turin for the screening and throughout the festival period.
Extraordinary also the success for the section “Music is the Weapon”, which presents six films that tell stories in which the music has been the engine and testimony of a political and social change. All too exhausted for the nice try acting superstar Al Pacino “Danny Collins” - an Italian preview.
Seeyousound presented a world premieres ("Low" an experimental film debut by Renaud Cojo, phantasmagoric celebration of David Bowie in a Philip Glass mood), three European premieres ("Quilapayun", "2045 - Carnival Folklore" and "For this is my body") and ten Italian previews.
MAIN AWARDS OF THE SECOND EDITION OF SEEYOUSOUND
COMPETITION LONGPLAY (FEATURE)
Philippe Cohen Solal, music producer and co-founder of Gotan Project, Mark Reeder, music producer and DJ and Alexander King, Program Manager of the Leeds International Film Festival has awarded the prize money of 700 € to:
MISS SHARON JONES! by Barbara Kopple
COMPETITION 7-inch (SHORT FILMS)
Jacopo Chessa, director of the National Short Film Centre, Tommaso Paradiso, leader of the group and Thegiornalisti and Wintana Rezene have awarded the prize money of 700 € to:
JOAO BATISTA by Rodrigo Meireles
SPECIAL MENTION
AUBADE by Mauro Carraro
COMPETITION Soundies (VIDEO)
The Prize Nicola Rondolino for the best international video competition of 700 euro was awarded by Emanuela Martini, director of the Turin Film Festival, Luca Pacillio film critic and the songwriter Bugo goes to:
FANTASIA FUR VOICE (SPA / FRA) by Pablo Maestres
SPECIAL MENTION
BACK ON MY FEET (GRE) L. Balafas & G.N. Zervakis by Theo Papadoulakis
ROLLING STONE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK AWARD
The jury consisted of Paolo Spaccamonti, Roberto Casalino, Marco Mathieu and Silvia Danielli awarded Rolling Stone plaque at:
MONSTERIMIES by Antti Haase
SPECIAL MENTION
JOAO BATISTA by Rodrigo Mei Eveles
AWARD FOR BEST ANIMATION
The jury of Emiliano Fasano, general secretary of ASIFA Italy - Association International du Film d'Animation, Alessandro Amaducci and Paula Dias presents the award to:
AUBADE by Mauro Carraro
SPECIAL MENTION
KNOCK KNOCK by Andrii Kovalov
TROLLBEADS PRIZE
The Turin jury of Matteo Negrin, Stefano Boni, Alessandro Gaido, Francesco Rapone and Claudia Cherubini has awarded the prize for the best storytelling to:
MISS SHARON JONES! By Barbara Kopple
MENTION
SICILY JASS by Michele Cinque
AUDIENCE AWARD
The audience of the second edition of Seeyousound International Music Film Festival has awarded as best film to:
BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS by Diederick Koopal
You can find the complete international press kit at: http://www.seeyousound.org/area-stampa