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NABA Cinema Awards 2024: Winners Announced in Milan and Rome

award · 2026-04-26

The third edition of the NABA Cinema Awards took place at Anteo Palazzo del Cinema in Milan and Cinema Intrastevere in Rome, highlighting exceptional audiovisual projects by students in Media Design, New Technologies, and Set Design. Awards for categories like Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography were decided by NABA faculty. An external jury, including Beatrice Fiorentino and Simone Bozzelli, picked winners for Best Short Film and several other categories, including the newly introduced Jury Special Mention. Other recognitions featured the Prem1ere Film Award and the Cinematografo Special Prize in Rome. The event's design was crafted by NABA's Design Lab, with contributions from students and alumnae, guided by faculty members.

Key facts

  • Third edition of NABA Cinema Awards held at Anteo Palazzo del Cinema in Milan and Cinema Intrastevere in Rome.
  • Internal jury awarded Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Sound, Best VFX, Best Set Design.
  • External jury included Beatrice Fiorentino, Simone Bozzelli, Davide Gentile, Eleonora Giovanardi, Valentina Mazzola, Paolo Vari.
  • External jury prizes: Best Short Film, Best Short Film – Rome, Best Direction, Best Extra-Short Animation, Jury Special Prize, Jury Special Mention.
  • Special prizes: Prem1ere Film Award, Cinematografo Special Prize, WIFTMI Chantal Award.
  • Winners in Milan: ALPHA (Best Screenplay), Prisoncide and CATALINA (Best Cinematography ex aequo), Salicornia (Best Editing), Sott’acqua (Best Sound), CATALINA (Best VFX), Maieti (Best Set Design).
  • Winners in Rome: Golden and Una donna particolare (Best Screenplay ex aequo), L’Otto Nero (Best Cinematography), Golden (Best Editing), La bussola (Best Sound).
  • External jury winners: Pinoquo (Best Short Film), La bussola (Best Short Film Rome), IRUSU (Best Direction), La rabbia (Best Extra-Short Animation), Maieti (Jury Special Prize), El Cabrer (Jury Special Mention), IRUSU (Prem1ere Film Award), Golden (Cinematografo Special Prize), Kore (WIFTMI Chantal Award).

Entities

Artists

  • Beatrice Fiorentino
  • Simone Bozzelli
  • Davide Gentile
  • Eleonora Giovanardi
  • Valentina Mazzola
  • Paolo Vari
  • Bertine Constanse Emilie Høyerholt
  • Sofia Tuscan
  • Eleonora Ceresato
  • Jennifer Galli
  • Jacopo Martinoni
  • Stefania Carbonara
  • Fabio Sirna

Institutions

  • NABA – Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti
  • Anteo Palazzo del Cinema
  • Cinema Intrastevere
  • Settimana Internazionale della Critica di Venezia (SIC)
  • ASIFA Italia
  • Prem1ere Film
  • Rivista del Cinematografo
  • Women in Film, Television & Media Italia
  • Artribune

Locations

  • Milan
  • Rome
  • Italy

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