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Gian Luigi Rondi
Honorary President Ad Memoriam
Caterina Nascimbene
Honorary President Ad Memoriam
MARIO NASCIMBENE AWARD Presidents
Marco Bellocchio (2007)
Giancarlo Giannini (2006)
Riccardo Giagni (2009)
Francisco José Fernandez (2013)
Roman Vlad (2003)
Renzo Rossellini (2002)
Luciano De Crescenzo (2004)
Michele Placido (2005)
MARIO NASCIMBENE AWARD WINNERS
2023
8TH NASCIMBENE AWARD
1ST PRIZE
Carlomoreno Volpini
(Impruneta - FI - Italia)
2013
7TH NASCIMBENE AWARD
1ST PRIZE
Claudio Balletti Volpini
(Milano - Italia)
2009
6TH NASCIMBENE AWARD
1ST PRIZE EX AEQUO
Marco Russo (Latina - Italia)
Franco Talamo (Livorno - Italia)
2007
5TH NASCIMBENE AWARD
1ST PRIZE
Francesco Cerrato
(Asti - Italia)
2006
4TH NASCIMBENE AWARD
1ST PRIZE
Not assigned
2005
3TH NASCIMBENE AWARD
1ST PRIZE
Federico Mantovani
(Cremona - Italia)
2004
2TH NASCIMBENE AWARD
1ST PRIZE
Gabriele Bonolis
(Roma - Italia)
2003
1TH NASCIMBENE AWARD
1ST PRIZE
Giuseppe Palmeri
(Mascalucia - CT - Italia)
2002
Nascimbene composed more than 400 soundtracks
His music for timeless colossals
1961
Barabbas
Directed by Richard Fleischer
1954
The Vikings
Directed by Richard Fleischer
1956
Alexander The Great
Directed by Robert Rossen
1959
Salomone e la Regina di Saba
Directed by King Vidor
1954
The Barefoot Contessa
Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
1957
A Farewell to Arms
Directed by Charles Widor
They write about him...
I met Mario in '51, De Santis introduced him to me while he was shooting Rome 11 o'clock, he told me that on music in cinema he had really new and original ideas...
...did experimentation in filmmaking with a lot of care and a lot of passion (...) he was brave, he could give a scene a personal and rare feel...
Gian Luigi Rondi
Movie critic
Ennio Morricone
Composer
...young students in America still study Mario Nascimbene, partly because of his modernity (...) soundtrack scholars, on the other hand, remember and bring as examples the more difficult, more innovative films...
My familiarity with Mario Nascimbene is now lost in the mists of time, it seems we were both embarked on Noah's Ark and certainly witnessed side by side the coronation of Charlemagne.
Renzo Rossellini
Director
Valerio Zurlini
Director
I am grateful to Nascimbene for the sensitivity and skill with which he was able to overcome this kind of difficulty without clipping the wings of his inspiration and without betraying my assumption.
When we worked together for the first time in 1952 on the occasion of Rome 11 o'clock, Nascimbene meant for me an encounter with professionalism.
Carlo Lizzani
Director
Giuseppe De Santis
Director
A Unique Award
For supporting the MARIO NASCIMBENE AWARD in previous editions, we thank the
Patronage received during the eight editions
