The jury chaired by filmmaker Ferzan Ӧzpetek has selected the winners of the Short Food Movie contest: 

the awards to videos from Italy, the Philippines, China and Switzerland

The jury chaired by filmmaker Ferzan Ӧzpetek has announced the winners of Short Food Movie, the global project organized by the Fondazione Cinema per Roma and the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, chosen by Expo Milano 2015 (Italy, May 1^st – October 31^st) to promote the Universal Exposition around the world. The winning videos, selected among the most voted short films on the portal www.shortfoodmovie.expo2015.org, on the theme of Expo Milano 2015 “Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life”, are Back to the Food by Michael Donatone (Italy), Col cibo non si scherza by Francesco Fanuele and Gianluca Santoni (Italy), and My promise by Alfonso Orioste Jr. (Philippines). The authors win a trip to Milan and admission tickets to the Universal Exposition.

The jury, which in addition to Ӧzpetek, included members Davide Rampello, curator of the Zero Pavilion at Expo Milano 2015, Rossella Citterio, Director of Communication for Expo Milano 2015 S.p.A.​, Laura Delli Colli, Italian journalist and author, president of the Italian SNGCI (Film Journalists Union), and Diamara Parodi Delfino, Short Food Movie Project Manager, assigned a Special Mention to Viva la vida by Aurora Cortopassi (Italy) and to An die freude, by the film students of the Beijing Film Academy (China). The jury also announced its verdict for the contest promoted by Technogym (Official Wellness Partner of Expo Milano 2015), reserved for videos in the category “Food & Wellness”: the winner is MELA by Federica Tantardini (Switzerland), who wins a trip to Italy and a visit to the Technogym Village in Cesena, the world’s first Wellness Campus.

All the videos that have been submitted will become part of a giant video-installation located in the Zero Pavilion of Expo Milano 2015: an immense digital and multicultural exhibit with over 800 videos on the theme of “Nutrition-Life, that will cover an area of 600 square meters and feature film clips from 61 countries, from Italy to China, from the United States to Australia, from Portugal to Argentina, from Russia to Cuba to the United Arab Emirates.