The MATTADOR Cultural Association opens the 15th MATTADOR International Screenwriting Award dedicated to Matteo Caenazzo, a young talented artist from Trieste who passed away prematurely on 28th June 2009 while studying and working with the aim of embarking on a career as a screenwriter.
The Award is open to Italian and foreign young authors aged from 16 to 30. It includes five sections:
- MATTADOR Award for Best Feature-Film Screenplay.
- MATTADOR Award for Best Story.
- MATTADOR Series Award for best TV Series project.
- DOLLY Award “Screenwriting with Pictures” for Best Story illustrated through Images.
- CORTO86 Award for Best Short-Film Screenplay.
The following prizes will be awarded:
- MATTADOR Award for best feature-film screenplay: 5,000 Euros*.
- MATTADOR Award for best story: 1,500 Euros*. The top finalists will be awarded a Training Grant and will be supervised by professional screenwriters in developing their projects. At the end of the training programme the best-developed story will be awarded 1,500 Euros.
- MATTADOR Series Award for best TV Series project: 1,000 Euros*. The finalists, awarded with a Training Grant, will be accompanied by professional screenwriters in developing their projects. At the end of the training course, the best development work will receive a prize of 1,000 euros*.
- DOLLY “Screenwriting with Pictures” Award for best story portrayed visually. The winner will be awarded a Training Grant and will be tutored by professionals in developing his/her story according to the original idea, leading to the preparation of a complete dossier for a feature or animated film project. At the conclusion of the training programme, depending on the results achieved, an additional prize of 1,000 Euros* may be awarded.
- CORTO86 Award for best short-film screenplay offers a Training Grant and the production of a short film based on the winning short-film screenplay. The author will be supervised by professional tutors throughout the pre-production, shooting and post-production stages. He/she will sign the direction of the film. The theme of the Competition for the 2023/2024 edition is “The border: a geographical, emotional and human concept to be explored in its different declinations”.
The winning projects will be published in the editorial series “Scrivere le immagini. Quaderni di sceneggiatura” (EUT/Mattador).
Works must be sent exclusively online on the https://iscrizioni.premiomattador.it/ platform starting from 15th February 2024. The subscription fee is confirmed. The delivery deadline is 15th April 2024.
The Award Ceremony of the 15th MATTADOR Competition will take place on Wednesday 17thJuly 2024 in the Sale Apollinee at La Fenice Theatre, Venice.
*Subject to withholding tax under Article 30 of Presidential Decree DPR 29/9/73 n.600
Advisory Committee Members
Elena Bertocchi – Teacher of History – Nordio Art School, Trieste
Elisabetta Brusa – Director Fucina Performing Arts – Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Riccardo Caldura – Director of the Academy of Fine Arts, Venice
Laura Carlini Fanfogna – Former Director of Museum and Library Services, Trieste
Paola di Biagi – Professor of Urban Planning – University of Trieste
Fulvio Falzarano – Actor
Armando Fumagalli – Director of the Master in International Screenwriting and Production – Catholic University of Milan
Maria Stella Malafronte – Journalist
Gianluca Novel – Location Manager – FVG Film Commission, Trieste
Federico Poillucci – President – FVG Film Commission, Trieste
Stella Rasman – Journalist, Film Critic
Mauro Rossi – Manager EUT University of Trieste
Pierluigi Sabatti – Journalist
Elisabetta Vezzosi – Professor of History of the United States – University of Trieste
JURY 2022-2023
Minnie Ferrara – Director of Civica Scuola di Cinema “Luchino Visconti”, President of the Jury
Mario Alberti – Cartoonist
Paola Mammini – Writer and Screenwriter
Sophie Chiarello – Director
Luca Mastrogiovanni – Screenwriter, Mattador Award Winner in 2016, 2018
MATTADOR International Screenwriting Award 2023
Nuvole ferme by Giulio Faccini – Best Screenplay Ex-aequo Award
Pallade Lola by Rebecca Maglie –Best Screenplay Ex-aequo Award
Anche Nina vuole morire by Miranda Angeli – Winner of the MATTADOR Tutoring Award
Pesce fuor d’acqua by Chiara De Angelis and Alice Sagrati – Winners of the MATTADOR Tutoring Award
Sofia non piange mai by Laura Pinato – Winner of the MATTADOR Tutoring Award
Le forzate by Sofia Cocumazzo e Laura Pinato – Winner of the SERIES Tutoring Award
Il bel mondo by Edoardo Carboni e Daniele Morelli – Winner of the SERIES Tutoring Award
Filigrana by Cecilia Chiappetto – Winner of the DOLLY Tutoring Award
Mic Drop by Federica Corti e Pierpaolo Moscatello – Special SERIES Mention
Stay Joy by Martina Alice Valenti – Special DOLLY Mention
Tutors 2022-2023
Daniele Auber – Concept Designer
Vinicio Canton – Story Editor, Screenwriter
Maurizio Careddu – Screenwriter
Alejandro De La Fuente – Screenwriter, Script Doctor
Andrea Magnani – Screenwriter, Producer, Director
Gianluca Novel – Location Manager
JURY 2021-2022
Carlo Lucarelli – Writer, Screenlayer, President of the Jury
Marina Zangirolami Mazzacurati – Founder and Director of Scuola di cinema “Carlo Mazzacurati”
Mario Balsamo – Director, Writer
Ada Bonvini – CEO & Partner of The Family
Giulio Poidomani – Director and Screenwriter, Mattador Award Winner in 2014
MATTADOR International Screenwriting Award 2022
Una scelta personale by Marta Irene Rosato – Best Screenplay Award
Milo e la morte by Pierpaolo Moscatello – Winner of the MATTADOR Tutoring Award
Notti con l’alba by Federica Corti – Winner of the MATTADOR Tutoring Award
Le tracce di mio fratello by Arianna Santorsola e Chiara Aversa – Winners of the MATTADOR Tutoring Award
Da Trieste in su by Roberta Martinelli – Best Screenplay for short film Award CORTO86
Punti di Vista by Valentina Perrone – Winner of the DOLLY Tutoring Award
Tutors 2021-2022
Daniele Auber – Concept Designer
Vinicio Canton – Story Editor, Screenwriter
Maurizio Careddu – Screenwriter
Alejandro De La Fuente – Screenwriter, Script Doctor
Andrea Magnani – Screenwriter, Producer, Director
Gianluca Novel – Location Manager
JURY 2020-2021
Enzo Monteleone – Screenwriter, Director, President of the Jury
Elisabetta Trautteur – Delegate producer, Head of development
Gianluca Novel – Friuli Venezia Giulia Film Commission
Davide Lisino –Screenwriter, Writer
Valentina Strada – Screenwriter
MATTADOR International Screenwriting Award 2021
Matteo Brembani, impiegato della memoria by Costanza Bongiorni – Best Screenplay Award
La strada per l’isola by Diletta Dan and Rebecca Gatti – Winners of the MATTADOR Tutoring Award
Quel che ci hai lasciato by Eleonora Galasso and Simone Pietro Ruocco – Winners of the MATTADOR Tutoring Award
Necrologie a domicilio by Niccolò Gangi de Thierry – Winner of the MATTADOR Tutoring Award
Fine partita by Luca Leone – Best Screenplay for short film Award CORTO86
Luce by Irene Sarà – Winner of the DOLLY Tutoring Award
Comunist* by Davide Crudetti – Special Mention for the Best Story Section
Tutors 2020-21
Daniele Auber – Concept Designer
Stefano Bessoni – Director, Illustrator, Teacher of Stop-Motion Animation
Vinicio Canton – Story Editor, Screenwriter
Maurizio Careddu – Screenwriter
Alejandro De La Fuente – Screenwriter, Script Doctor
Andrea Magnani – Screenwriter, Producer, Director
Gianluca Novel – Location Manager
Matteo Oleotto – Director and Actor
Alessandra Pastore – Project Manager LAND Local Audiovisual Network & Development
JURY 2019-2020
Wilma Labate – Director, President of the Jury
Armando Fumagalli – Director of the Master in International Screenwriting and Production – Catholic University of Milan
Andrea Rocco – Board member Cineuropa – Bruxelles
Tamara Prandi – Story editor, delegate producer Cattleya
Sara Cavosi – Screenwriter, teathrical and radio author
MATTADOR International Screenwriting Award 2020
Oltre la terra che fuma by Sara Parentini – Best Screenplay Award
Il diario rosso by Alessandra Martellini – Special Mention for the Screenplay Section
La differenza by Michele Gallone – Best Story Award and winner of the MATTADOR Tutoring Award
Come un fiore d’acciaio by Lorenzo Garofalo – Best Story Award and winner of the MATTADOR Tutoring Award
Fare il morto by Camilla Maino – Best Screenplay for short film Award CORTO86
Mefisto by Virginia Carucci – Winner of the DOLLY Tutoring Award
Tutors 2019-20
Daniele Auber – Concept Designer
Stefano Bessoni – Director, Illustrator, Teacher of Stop-Motion Animation
Vinicio Canton – Story Editor, Screenwriter
Maurizio Careddu – Screenwriter
Alejandro De La Fuente – Screenwriter, Script Doctor
Andrea Magnani – Screenwriter, Producer, Director
Gianluca Novel – Location Manager
Matteo Oleotto – Director and Actor
Alessandra Pastore – Project Manager LAND Local Audiovisual Network & Development
JURY 2018-2019
Gianluca Arcopinto – Film Producer, President of the Jury
Valentina Pedicini – Director
Giampiero Rigosi – Novelist and Screenwriter
Tonino Zera – Set Designer
Francesca Scanu – Set Designer, Film Producer
MATTADOR International Screenwriting Award 2019
Giugno by Paolo Bontempo, Andrea Bondioli, Stefano Origgi, Gianluca Dario Rota – Best Screenplay Award
Prognosi Riservata by Francesco Logrippo, Giorgio Maria Nicolai Mastrofrancesco – Winners of the MATTADOR Tutoring Award
Tutto si trasforma di Giulia Betti, Mattia Gradali – Best Story Award and winners of the MATTADOR Tutoring Award
Un paese diviso di Fu JiaLiang – 2019 DOLLY Award and winner of the DOLLY Tutoring Award
Grado Zero di Matteo Borsato, Emma Bresciani, Diletta Meoni, Roberto Todone – Special Mention for the DOLLY Section
Tutors 2018-19
Daniele Auber – Concept Designer
Stefano Bessoni – Director, Illustrator, Teacher of Stop-Motion Animation
Vinicio Canton – Story Editor, Screenwriter
Maurizio Careddu – Screenwriter
Alejandro De La Fuente – Screenwriter, Script Doctor
Andrea Magnani – Screenwriter, Producer, Director
Gianluca Novel – Location Manager
Jury 2017-2018
Mirko Locatelli – Film Director, Screenwriter, Film Producer, President of the Jury
Marina Zangirolami Mazzacurati – Coordinator of the Teaching Team – Carlo Mazzacurati Master in Screenwriting
Giampiero Rigosi – Novelist, Screenwriter, Educational Director – Bottega Finzioni
Andrea Sperandio – Developer of Lucky Red projects
Lorenzo Mattotti – Cartoonist, Illustrator
MATTADOR International Screenwriting Award 2018
Lòcch by Luca Mastrogiovanni – Best Screenplay Award
Il poeta di varietà by Francesco Alino Guerra – Special Mention for the Screenplay Section
Cagnudei by Alessandro Padovani – Winner of the tutoring for the Best Stories Section MATTADOR
È tutta colpa nostra by Mary Stella Brugiati e Alessandro Bosi – Best Story Award and winners of the tutoring for the Best Stories Section MATTADOR
Sulla Sabbia by Enrico Maria Riccobene – Best Screenplay Award for CORTO86
Il muro by Jacopo De Giuseppe – 2018 DOLLY Award and winner of the DOLLY tutoring Award
M.Ugo by Gaia Petra Sana – Special Mention for the Dolly section
Tutors 2017-2018
Daniele Auber – Concept Designer
Stefano Bessoni – Film Director, Illustrator, Teacher of stop-motion animation
Vinicio Canton – Screenwriter
Maurizio Careddu – Screenwriter
Alejandro De La Fuente – Screenwriter, Script Doctor
Andrea Magnani – Screenwriter, Producer and Film Director
Gianluca Novel – Location Manager
Matteo Oleotto – Film Director, Manager
Alessandra Pastore – Project Manager – LAND Local Audiovisual Network & Develop
Jury 2016-2017
Pupi Avati – Film Director, Screenwriter, Writer, Film Prodoucer, President of the Jury
Marina Zangirolami Mazzacurati – Coordinator of the Teaching Team – Carlo Mazzacurati Master in Screenwriting
Salvatore De Mola – Film and Fiction Screenwriter, Professor
Emilia Bandel – Producer of Cinemaundici, Cinema Professor
Stefano Bessoni – Film Director, Illustrator, Teacher of stop-motion animation
MATTADOR International Screenwriting Award 2017
Titano by Vincenzo Cascone e Lorenzo Ongaro – Best Screenplay Award
100 by Ilaria Pedoni e Adriano Ricci – Special Mention for the Screenplay Section
Faccia di gomma by Lorenzo Bagnatori – Best Story Award and winner of the tutoring for the Best Stories Section
In umana concezione by Aurora Piaggesi – Winner of the tutoring for the Best Stories Section
La serata perfetta by Daniele Napoli – Best Screenplay Award for CORTO 86
RearViewMirror by Riccardo Marchetto – Special Mention for the CORTO Screenplay 86 Section
YS – La città del silenzio by William Perera – 2017 DOLLY Award and winner of the DOLLY tutoring Award Section
Tutors 2016-2017
Daniele Auber – Concept Designer
Stefano Bessoni – Film Director, Illustrator and Teacher of stop-motion animation
Maurizio Careddu – Story Editor, Screenwriter
Giulio Kirchmayr – Executive Producer
Andrea Magnani – Screenwriter, Producer, Film Director
Gianluca Novel – Location Manager
Matteo Oleotto – Film Director, Actor
Giovanni Robbiano – Screenwriter, Film Director
Nicos Panayotopoulos – Screenwriter, Writer
Jury 2015-2016
Ivan Cotroneo – Author, Screenwriter, Film Director, President of the Jury
Armando Fumagalli – Director of the Master in International Screenwriting and Production – Catholic University of Milan
Alessandro Rossetto – Film Director, Documentary Filmmaker
Simonetta Amenta – Eurofilm Producer
Stefano Bessoni – Film Director, Illustrator
MATTADOR International Screenwriting Award 2016
ll Piano del Coyote by Luca Arseni e Giuseppe Brigante – Best Screenplay Award
Il Grande Buio by Marco Ori – Special Mention for the Screenplay Section
Bingo by Serena Pia Perla e Giulio Rizzo – Winner of the tutoring for the Best Stories Section
Cono d’Ombra by Luca Mastrogiovanni – Best Story Award and winner of the tutoring for the Best Stories Section
Ascolta i tuoi occhi by Marcello Pedretti – Best Screenplay Award for CORTO 86
Don’t stop creating by Camilla Scignano – Best Story for the Dolly Section
Tutors 2015-2016
Daniele Auber – Concept Designer
Maurizio Careddu – Story Editor, Screenwriter
Giulio Kirchmayr – Executive Producer
Andrea Magnani – Screenwriter, Producer, Film Director
Nicos Panayotopoulos – Screenwriter, Writer
Pavel Jech – Screenwriter, Director of FAMU, Prague
Jury 2014-2015
Stefano Mordini – Film Director, President of the Jury
Monica Mariani – Screenwriter
Alessandro Corsetti – Script Editor – Rai Cinema
Davide Toffolo – Screenwriter, Illustrator
Gianpaolo Smiraglia – Film Producer
MATTADOR International Screenwriting Award 2015
Haifai by Riccardo Marchetto – Best Screenplay Award
Timelapse by Pier Lorenzo Pisano – Special Mention for the Screenplay Section
King of the road by Claudia De Angelis – Winner of the tutoring for the Best Stories Section
Parla in silenzio by Camilla Buizza – Winner of the tutoring for the Best Stories Section
L’amor fu by Sara Cavosi e Fabio Marson – Best Story Award and winner of the tutoring for the Best Stories Section
Consigli pre-appuntamento dal futuro by Giacomo Caceffo – Best Screenplay Award for CORTO 86
Doppelgänger by Pedro Dias – Best story for the Dolly Section
Noa noa by Chiara Ionta – Best story for the Dolly Section
Tutors 2014-2015
Daniele Auber – Concept Designer
Vinicio Canton – Screenwriter
Maurizio Careddu – Story Editor, Screenwriter
Laura Cotta Ramosino – Story Editor, Screenwriter
Dante Palladino – Screenwriter
Nicos Panayotopoulos – Screenwriter, Writer
Pavel Jech – Screenwriter, Director of FAMU, Prague
Jury 2013-2014
Barbara Petronio – Screenwriter, Member of WGI (Writers Guild Italia) Board, President of the Jury
Armando Fumagalli – Director of the Master in International Screenwriting and Production – Catholic University of Milan
Luca Lucini – Film Director
Daniele Orazi – Founding Partner of Consorzio Officine Artistiche
Gianpaolo Smiraglia – Film Producer
MATTADOR International Screenwriting Award 2014
Crisci ranni by Giulio Poidomani – Best Screenplay Award
The show must go on by Roberto Moliterni – Special Mention for the Screenplay Section
L’abito migliore by Francesco Alessandro Galassi – Winner of the tutoring for the Best Stories Section
Da domani cambio vita by Gianluca Nocenti – Winner of the tutoring for the Best Stories Section
Il borgo by Mirko Ingrassia e Marcello Bisogno – Best Story Award and winner of the tutoring for the Best Stories Section
Bagaglio in eccesso by Mariachiara Manci – Best Screenplay Award for CORTO 86
Femme fatale by Leonardo Calanna – Special Mention for the Screenplay CORTO 86 Section
Tutors 2013-2014
Vinicio Canton – Screenwriter
Pavel Jech – Screenwriter, Director of FAMU, Prague
Nicos Panayotopoulos – Screenwriter, Writer
Laura Cotta Ramosino – Story Editor, Screenwriter
Jury 2012-2013
Stefano Basso – Project Developer for Fandango
Fabrizio Borin – Professor of History of the Italian Cinema and Cinema Philology – Ca’ Foscari University, Venice
Donatella Di Benedetto – Manager for the Development of TV Cattleya
Luca Lucini – Film Director
Anna Stoppoloni – Screenwriter, former Producer and Story Editor for RAI and Mediaset
MATTADOR International Screenwriting Award 2013
Entela by Francesca Maria Scanu – Best Screenplay Award
Attraverso il vetro by Lorenzo Zeppegno – Winner of the tutoring for the Best Stories Section
Ali di Carta by Alessandro Padovani – Best Story Award and winner of the tutoring for the Best Stories Section
e tu? by Giorgio Salamone – Best Screenplay Award for CORTO 86
Tutors 2012-2013
Vinicio Canton – Screenwriter
Maurizio Careddu – Story Editor, Screenwriter
Laura Cotta Ramosino – Story Editor, Screenwriter
Jury 2011-2012
Stefano Basso – Project Developer for Fandango
Giorgio Fabbri – Screenwriter
Daniele Orazi – Founding Partner of Consorzio Officine Artistiche
Annamaria Percavassi – Art Director of Trieste Film Festival
Maria Stella Malafronte – Representative of Associazione MATTADOR
MATTADOR International Screenwriting Award 2012
Aquadro by Stefano Lodovichi e Davide Orsini – Best Screenplay Award
Il principe dei fiori by Susanna Starna – Best Story Award and winner of the tutoring for the Best Stories Section
La giocata by Tommaso Sala – Best Screenplay Award for CORTO 86
Sociopatik by Giacomo Di Biasio – Winner of the tutoring for the Best Stories Section
Non vedo, non sento, non parlo by Francesca Scanu e Andrea Zuliani – Special Mention for the Screenplay Section
Tutors 2011-2012
Vinicio Canton – Screenwriter
Maurizio Careddu – Story Editor, Screenwriter
Jury 2010-2011
Gianluca Arcopinto, Film Producer, President of the Jury
Annamaria Percavassi, Art Director of Trieste Film Festival
Paola Randi, Film Director
Ries Straver, Video Manager Video for Fabrica
Giulio Kirchmayr, Representative of Associazione MATTADOR
MATTADOR International Screenwriting Award 2011
La mezza stagione by Danilo Caputo and Valentina Strada – Best Screenplay Award
Dirty Tony by Daniela Ciavarelli – Best Screenplay Award for CORTO 86
Jail Jazz by Paolo Ottomano – Winner of the tutoring for the Best Stories Section
Il lavoro dell’attore by Pietro Seghetti – Winner of the tutoring for the Best Stories Section
Il Caso Spampinato by Francesco Greco – Special Mention for the Screenplay Section
Soldato Bering by Davide Orsini – Special Mention for the Screenplay Section
Rituale d’amore by Beatrice Miano – Special Mention for the Screenplay Section
Pixellòve by Giacomo Trevisan – Special Mention for the Screenplay CORTO 86 Section
Tutors 2010-2011
Debora Alessi, Editor, Screenwriter
Vinicio Canton, Screenwriter
Maurizio Careddu, Editor, Screenwriter
Jury 2009-2010
Alessandro Angelini, Film Director, President of the Jury
Gianluca Arcopinto, Film Producer
Fulvio Falzarano, Actor
Marcello Fois, Writer, Screenwriter
Laura Modolo, Vice President Associazione MATTADOR
MATTADOR International Screenwriting Award 2010
Istinti by Davide Stocovaz – Best Screenplay Award
In cielo passano Bob Marley by Luca Marchetti – Best Story Award and winner of the tutoring for the Best Stories Section
Anita by Margherita Nale – Winner of the tutoring for the Best Stories Section
Scelte by Diletta Demarchi – Winner of the tutoring for the Best Stories Section
Come un cane by Giulio La Monica – Special Mention for the Screenplay Section
Maicol Jecson by Francesco Calabrese and Enrico Audenino – Special Mention for the Screenplay Section
Tutors 2009-2010
Debora Alessi, Editor, Screenwriter
Vinicio Canton, Screenwriter
Maurizio Careddu, Editor, Screenwriter