BABYSITTER WINS THE MONTE CARLO COMEDY FESTIVAL ALSO AWARDING BEST ACTOR

GRAND FINALE FOR THE 19TH EDITION OF THE REVIEW DIRECTED BY EZIO GREGGIO

BEST DIRECTOR TO DANI DE LA ORDEN FOR MAMA' O PAPA' WITH THE FILM ALSO WINNING THE AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS

THE ITALIAN FILM A BREATH OF FRESH AIR WINS THE POPULAR JURY AWARD

MONTE-CARLO, PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO,

April 25-30, 2022

The 19th Monte-Carlo Film Festival de la Comédie, the event conceived and chaired by Ezio Greggio, scheduled from 25 to 30 April 2022 in the Principality of Monaco, concluded with enormous success.

The verdict of the Jury composed of Paul Haggis (President), Tom Leeb, Clara Ponsot, and Pierpaolo Spollon has arrived.

Canadian film Babysitter wins two awards, winning Best Film and Best Actor for Steve Laplante.

Best Director goes to Spaniard Dani De la Orden for Mamá o papá, a film that also wins the Best Actress award for Miren Ibarguren.

The Special Jury Award for an outstanding first feature film goes to the Danish film Miss Viborg.

The Jury of the Monte-Carlo Film Festival chose Odd-Magnus Williamson for Best Screenwriting with Nothing to Laugh About.

The Italian film Una Boccata d'aria directed by Alessio Lauria wins the Audience Award.

Finally, the Short Comedy Award in the short film section goes to the Kenyan film A guide to dining out in Nairobi.

Below are the reasons for the awards given at the 19th Monte-Carlo Film Festival de la Comédie.

Best Film - BABYSITTER

The Best Comedy award of the 19th edition of the Montecarlo CFF goes to Babysitter for its originality, for having been able to provoke through crude and politically incorrect irony, for an extraordinary staging and incredible dialogues. For the courageous way in which the director has chosen to tell the story of misogyny and the power with which it manages to reach the viewer.

Best Director - DANI DE LA ORDEN (Mamá o papa)

Dani De la Orden has been able to construct an extraordinary storytelling through images, managing to tell with a fast pace and perfect shots a story capable of moving and giving lots of laughter.

Best Actor - STEVE LAPLANTE (the journalist brother in Babysitter)

In an extremely difficult role to interpret, Steve Laplante knew how to measure his interpretation without falling into exaggeration. An actor who accompanies the emotional change of his character throughout the film, who takes one position first and the opposite one after, to finally return to the starting point, thus telling the stereotype of the male gender in an excellent way.

Best Actress - MIREN IBARGUREN (Mamá or Papá)

Miren Ibarguren is magnetic, real and intense to the point of making you fall in love. In the role of a mother in the moment of separation, she was able to convey in a sublime way the mood swings of everyday life, she told the anger and joy, between cynicism and tenderness. A funny, spontaneous, extraordinary performance.

Best Screenwriting: Odd-Magnus Williamson (for NOTHING TO LAUGH ABOUT)

This special award, wanted for the first time by the Monte Carlo jury, goes to the writing of Nothing to Laugh About for having been able to tell the story of hope through a surprising development of a story that, despite the sadness of the facts narrated, manages to convey joy and offer a new point of view on the meaning of life.

Special Jury Award for an outstanding first feature film: MISS VIBORG

An amazing film. A first work that is a masterpiece.

Best Comedy Short Film: A GUIDE TO DINING OUT IN NAIROBI, directed by Hugh Milton.

Reason: for the originality of the idea, the excellent direction and interpretation that in a few minutes tells a funny, unusual and out of the ordinary story

Audience Award for the Italian film A BREATH OF AIR.

GALA EVENING AND AWARDS

Never before has the audience of guests been so large on the stage of the Grimaldi Forum in Monte-Carlo to celebrate the winners of this edition. A prestigious gala evening scheduled for today hosted by Ezio Greggio together with Cristina Marino, with the participation of international and Italian guests from the small and big screen. This year, to collect the prestigious Movie Legend Award, Stefania Sandrelli, the iconic actress who has made the history of Italian cinema with more than 100 films in her curriculum (We Loved Each Other So Much, The Family, I Knew Her Well, Prosciutto Prosciutto, Divorce Italian Style). Among the winners of this edition is the talented actor Luca Argentero (Doc-nelle tue mani, Le fate Ignoranti -la serie, Come un gatto in tangenziale- ritorno a Coccia de Morto) who will be awarded for his career. The rising stars of Italian cinema, Ludovica Martino (Skam, Sotto il sole di Riccione,) and Lorenzo Zurzolo (Baby, Summertime, Eo) will receive the Special Prize Next Generation Award for best actor under 30. Special Prize, Monte Carlo Film Festival-Next Generation Comedy Award, also for Giancarlo Commare (Skam, Ancora più bello, Sempre più bello, Maschile Singolare) for his performance in Ancora più bello. In addition, the President of the Jury Paul Haggis (Crash, Million Dollar Baby) will receive the prestigious Movie Legend Award. Among the personalities who will attend the evening, the showman Piero Chiambretti, the famous journalist Cesara Buonamici, the historic Juventus footballer Andrea Barzagli, the histrionic TV presenter Alessandro Cattelan and the charming Turkish actor and model Can Yaman, who we will soon see in the role of the famous Malaysian tiger, “Sandokan”.

During the evening, Tom Leeb, member of this year's jury, will perform with the song Sun.

The event, in collaboration with EFG Bank (Monaco) has always taken place under the High Patronage of HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco and the Italian Embassy. Like last year, Radio Monte Carlo is the official Radio of the Festival.