Marco Bellocchio
Marco Bellocchio (Italian: [ˈmarko belˈlɔkkjo]; born 9 November 1939; Bobbio) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. Born in Bobbio, near Piacenza, Marco Bellocchio had a strict Catholic upbringing – his father was a lawyer, his mother a schoolteacher. He began studying philosophy in Milan but then decided to enter film school, making his first film, Fists in the Pocket, (I pugni in tasca, winner of the Silver Sail at the 1965 Festival del film Locarno), funded by family members and shot on family property, in 1965. Bellocchio's films include China Is Near (1967), Sbatti il mostro in prima pagina (Slap the Monster on Page One) (1972), Nel Nome del Padre (In the name of the Father – a satire on a Catholic boarding school that shares affinities with Lindsay Anderson's If....) (1972), Victory March (1976), A Leap in the Dark (1980), Henry IV (1984), Devil in the Flesh (1986), and My Mother's Smile (2002), which told the story of a wealthy Italian artist, a 'default-Marxist and atheist', who suddenly discovers that the Vatican is proposing to make his detested mother a saint. In 1991 he won the Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival for his film The Conviction. In 1995 he directed a documentary about the Red Brigades and the kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro, titled Broken Dreams. In 2003, he directed a feature film on the same theme, Good Morning, Night. In 2006 his film The Wedding Director was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. In 1999, he was awarded with an Honorable Prize for the contribution to cinema at the 21st Moscow International Film Festival. In 2009 he directed Vincere, which was in the main competition at the Cannes Film Festival. He finished Sorelle Mai, an experimental film that was shot over ten years with the students of six separate workshops playing themselves. He was awarded with the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 68th Venice International Film Festival in September 2011. His 2012 film Dormant Beauty was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 69th Venice International Film Festival.[6] On 6 September 2012, Bellocchio condemned the Catholic Church's interference in politics after the premiere of his controversial film about a high-profile euthanasia case. The film approaches the topic of euthanasia and the difficulty with legislation on end of life in Italy, which has Vatican City within its borders. The subject is inspired by Eluana Englaro's case. Following the decision of the jury of the Venice Film Festival, which excluded the film from the Golden Lion, Bellocchio has expressed strong criticism against President Michael Mann.
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European Film Award for Innovative Storytelling (2022)
Winner Exterior Night
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Honorary Palme d'Or (2021)
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3rd Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival (2006)
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European Film Academy Critics Award (2003)
Winner Good Morning, Night
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Avrupa Film Ödülleri (2003)
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Gümüş Ayı (1991)
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Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival (1967)
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Nastro d'Argento for Best Subject
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Nastro d'Argento for Best Screenplay
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Marrakech International Film Festival Awards
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Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement
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Nastro d'Argento for Best Subject
Winner My Mother's Smile
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Nastro d'Argento for Best Subject
Winner Cepteki Yumruklar
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Nastro d'Argento for Best Subject
Winner China is Near
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Nastro d'Argento for Best Subject
Winner The Wedding Director
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David di Donatello Award for Lifetime Achievement
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ANONIMUL International Independent Film Festival
Winner Good Morning, Night
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David di Donatello for Best Director
Winner A Leap in the Dark
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David di Donatello for Best Director
Winner Vincere
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Flaiano Prize
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Chicago International Film Festival Awards
Winner Vincere
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FIPRESCI Prize of the Festival de Cannes
Winner Fit to Be Untied
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FIPRESCI Prize of the Festival de Cannes
Winner La Macchina Cinema
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Gold Medal of the Italian Order of Merit for Culture and Art
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Kerala Film Critics Association Awards
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Nastro d'Argento for best director
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Moskova Uluslararası Film Festivali
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Nastro d'Argento for the director of the best film
Winner My Mother's Smile
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European Film Award for Best Film (2019)
Nominee Hain
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European Film Award for Best Screenwriter (2019)
Nominee Hain
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European Film Award for Best Director (2019)
Nominee Hain
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European Film Award for Best Director (2002)
Nominee My Mother's Smile
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European Film Award - People's Choice Award for Best Director (2002)
Nominee My Mother's Smile
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David di Donatello for Best Director
Nominee Hain
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