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The movie “Vera” by Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel should win the coveted award this time. This was decided on Thursday by the responsible jury made up of members of the film industry. In a semi-documentary portrait “Vera” The directing duo directs the Italian actress Vera Gemma in front of the camera.
True to their distinctive style, Frimmel and Covi walk between documentary elements and, in this case, a pronounced fictional level in which Vera Gemma, daughter of the Spaghetti Western legend Giuliano Gemma, walks through Rome and makes the acquaintance of a social class that is alien to her. “‘Vera’ is a cinematic statement that impresses with its originality and artistic power”the jury explained their choice: “It refers to the light and dark sides of the film business and is at the same time a homage to the cinema itself.”
“Vera” has already been honored with the acting and directing prizes in the Orizzonti section at the 2022 Venice Film Festival. And at the Austrian Film Prize 2023, the work also won awards in the premier categories of Best Feature Film and Best Director as well as Best Editing.
After today’s freestyle, Covi and Frimmel will be competing for Austria for the second time in the race for the foreign Oscar, which will be awarded at the festive gala in Hollywood on March 10, 2024. The directing couple was already there in 2011 “La Pivellina” was chosen, but did not make it onto the shortlist of nine works from which the nominations were subsequently selected. This time the shortlist will be announced on December 21st, before the final nomination list follows on January 23rd, 2024.
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