Jonas Carpignano Wins Top Honor at David Awards

Monday, Mar 26, 2018

Still from A Ciambra

"A Ciambra" Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival

Alumnus Jonas Carpignano won the David di Donatello Award for Best Director last week for his film A Ciambra. A Ciambra also took home the award for Best Editing. The David di Donatello Awards are Italy's equivalent to the Academy Awards. 

The film follows a 14-year-old boy living in a small Romani community in Calabria who must step up and fill his brothers shoes when he goes missing.

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