The Official Awards of Giornate degli Autori
The GDA Director's Award, assigned by the Official Jury of Giornate degli Autori, which is headed by a filmmaker and composed of the participants in the European Parliament's 27 Times Cinema program. The award carries a cash prize of €20,000, to be split equally between the filmmaker and the film's international distributor, who agrees to use the sum received to promote the winning film internationally.
The People's Choice Award for the films in the Official Selection.
The Europa Cinemas Label, awarded to films produced and co-produced in Europe. The Label was created by a network of high-caliber European exhibitors, with the support of the EU's MEDIA Programme. It consists of a financial contribution towards distribution and promotion, as well as a guarantee for the winning film that it will be shown in the cinemas belonging to the network.
All the films participating in the Days are also in the running for the parallel awards, with a ceremony due to take place on the last day of the Festival.
First films are eligible for the "Luigi De Laurentiis Award" Lion of the Future, granting 100.000 USD.
The GdA Director's Award Jury
It's a large jury composed of young European film enthusiasts from the
27 Times Cinema program - a jury that in recent years has been headed by filmmakers Diego Lerman (2014), Laurent Cantet (2015), Bruce LaBruce (2016), Samira Makhmalbaf (2017), Jonas Carpignano (2018), Karim Aïnouz (2019) and Nadav Lapid (2020)
All the jury sessions are moderated by Karel Och, Artistic Director of the Karlovy Vary Festival. Och will be conducting the deliberations that will allow Mina Mileva and Vesela Kazakova and their young colleagues to decree the winner, who will receive €20,000, to be split between the director of the winning film and its international distributor.
The Label Europa Cinemas Jury
Federico Babini - Spazio Alfieri, Florence, Italy
Piotr Czerkawski - Kino Nowe Horyzonty, Wrocław, Poland
Meryl Moser - Cinérive S.A., Vevey, Switzerland
Andrea Stosiek - Sputnik Kino, Berlin, Germany
