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WINNERS OF THE TRIESTE SCIENCE+FICTION FESTIVAL 23RD EDITION<\/b><\/p>\n
TS+FF 2023 Asteroide Award winner Statement<\/i><\/b> Premio M\u00e9li\u00e8s d\u2019argent – Feature Films M\u00e9li\u00e8s d\u2019argent Award \u2013 Short Films Statement M\u00e9li\u00e8s d\u2019argent Award \u2013 Short Films TS+FF2023 M\u00e9li\u00e8s d\u2019argent Award winner \u2013 Short Films Premio Wonderland – Rai4 TS+FF2023 Rai 4 Award winner Statement<\/i><\/b> For the astonishing tale of an imaginative but very possible future, with a masterful Chandler-like plot packed with action scenes and small details giving the sense of an oblique gaze overcoming the mainstream vision. For the accomplishment to provide entertainment and author artistry, philosophical insight and action at the same time, wrapped in a parcel of elegant visuals, the 2023 Wonderland – Rai4 Award goes to… Mars Express<\/p>\n Italian Critic Award SNCCI – Sindacato Nazionale Critici Cinematografici Italiani TS+FF2023 SNCCI winner<\/i><\/b> Statement Premio Event Horizon – INAF Event Horizon – INAF TS+FF20<\/i><\/b>23<\/i><\/b> Statement Premio CineLab Spazio Corto Vincitore Premio CineLab Spazio Corto<\/i><\/b> TS+FF2023 Motivazione<\/i><\/b> Audience Award TS+FF 2023![\"\"](\"https:\/\/sfft.noiza-assets.eu\/sfft\/2023\/10\/Mars-Exprees-science-fiction-festival-02.jpg\")
\nAsteroid Award
\n<\/b>The international competition for the best science fiction, horror and fantasy film is reserved for the first, second or third works by emerging directors. The prize is awarded by an international jury composed by Dottor Pira, Mark Kermode and Sara Lopo.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/i><\/b>\u201cMARS EXPRESS\u201d <\/i><\/b>by J\u00e9r\u00e9mie P\u00e9rin (France, 2023)<\/b><\/p>\n
\n<\/i><\/b>A film with striking visuals and stylish animation, whose tone doesn\u2019t limit the narrative to one genre and tackles timely subjects such as the evolution of mankind and the use of artificial intelligence without passing judgment.<\/em>
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\n<\/b>The competition is organized in collaboration with the M\u00e9li\u00e8s International Festivals Federation (MIFF) and is reserved for European fantastic feature films. The prize is awarded by an international jury composed by <\/span>Hedda Archbold,<\/span> Paul Sophocli and Linda Ruth Williams<\/p>\n
\n<\/i><\/b>\u201cTHE LAST SPARK OF HOPE\u201d by Piotr Biedro\u0144 <\/i><\/b>(Poland, 2023)<\/b><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
\n<\/i><\/b>The jury unanimously agreed on the winning film. It kept us on the edge of our seats throughout. We loved the warmth and humanity of the relationship between the central characters. It gave us pause for thought on the challenging issues that face us: the climate and ecological crises, the spectre of a global pandemic, the refugee crisis, the inhumanity of Kafkaesque bureaucracy, and the complex ways in which artificial intelligence affect us. Despite all of this, the film is moving and very funny. It finds the comedic even in the despair \u2013 and it is essentially a film about hope.<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/sfft.noiza-assets.eu\/sfft\/2023\/10\/What-if-i-2023-1024x580.jpg\")
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\n<\/b>The competition is organized in collaboration with the M\u00e9li\u00e8s International Festivals Federation (MIFF) and the award goes to the best European short film. The winner of the competition is chosen by the theatre audience votes and also wins the nomination to the M\u00e9li\u00e8s d\u2019or annual competition.<\/p>\n
\n<\/i><\/b>\u201cWHAT-IF-I” by Lavinia Tommasoli, Pietro Traversa<\/i><\/b> (Italia, 2023)<\/b><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/sfft.noiza-assets.eu\/sfft\/2023\/10\/Mars-Exprees-science-fiction-festival-01.jpg\")
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\n<\/b>The award is given by the Rai 4 channel of Italian television, media partner of the Trieste Science+Fiction Festival, to one of the movies of the Neon section.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/i><\/b>\u201cMARS EXPRESS\u201d by<\/i><\/b> J\u00e9r\u00e9mie P\u00e9rin (France, 2023)<\/b>
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\n<\/b>The competition is reserved for debut films. The award is given by a jury composed of three critics from the Italian National Union of Film Critics: Enrico Azzano, Marco Romagna, and Silvana Silvestri.
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\n<\/i><\/b>\u201cMARS EXPRESS\u201d by<\/i><\/b> J\u00e9r\u00e9mie P\u00e9rin (France, 2023)<\/b><\/p>\n
\n<\/i><\/b>For the very high production quality, for the ability to entertain by weaving different genres between science fiction and noir, but most of all for the ability to know how to lower us into a future populated by artificial intelligences, preferring to definitive answers a series of dilemmas already at the heart of our society.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/sfft.noiza-assets.eu\/sfft\/2023\/07\/restore-point-2023-sciencefiction-festival_01.jpg\")
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\n<\/b>The National Institute of Astrophysics assigns the prize to a feature films for its cinematic power and engaging narrative expedients in displaying notably relevant and innovative issues in the field of science.<\/p>\n
\n<\/i><\/b>\u201cRESTORE POINT\u201d by Robert Hloz\u00a0 <\/i><\/b>(Repubblica Ceca, Slovacchia, Polonia, Serbia, 2023)<\/b><\/p>\n
\n<\/i><\/b>Event Horizon INAF award for scientific achievements
\nThe National Institute of Astrophysics awards the prize to one of the feature films (excluding special events) of the Trieste Science+Fiction Festival that has dealt with filmic effectiveness and engaging narrative expedients, particularly relevant and innovative issues in the field of science.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/sfft.noiza-assets.eu\/sfft\/2023\/10\/Starr_WEB.jpg\")
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\n<\/b>The award is reserved to the best Italian short film presented in the Spazio Corto programme. The prize is awarded by a jury composed of students of DAMS (Arts, Music and Entertainment Disciplines), an intra-university degree by the University of Udine and the University of Trieste.<\/p>\n
\n<\/i><\/b>“STARR” di Riccardo Grippo <\/i><\/b>(Italia, 2023)<\/b><\/p>\n
\n<\/i><\/b>A short film that presents itself on screen as a tragicomic denunciation of the spectacularization of the individual and the consequent loss of self, to meet the demands of a dehumanizing audience that demands increasingly extreme entertainment. Grotesque, splatter violence goes hand in hand with slapstick comedy, in a mix of blood and laughter, blades and smiles.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/sfft.noiza-assets.eu\/sfft\/2023\/10\/River-science-fiction-festival-002.jpg\")
\nAudience Award
\n<\/b>This competition is reserved to fiction feature films in Neon and Spazio Italia programmes. The prize is awarded to the film which receives the most votes from the audience.<\/p>\n
\n<\/i><\/b>\u201cRIVER\u201d by Junta Yamaguchi <\/i><\/b>(Japan, 2023)<\/b><\/p>\n