Netflix's Beasts of No Nation wins 3 Awards at Capri, Hollywood International Film Festival - including Best Director for Cary Joji Fukunaga

January 2, 2016 - Quentin Tarantino's "The Hateful Eight" has dominated the 20th edition of Capri, Hollywood - The International Film Festival, which closes today: Apart from acknowledging the film as 'Best Movie,' the festival assigned awards to Samuel L. Jackson and Jennifer Jason Leigh - two of the actors from the extraordinary cast of genius-like Italian-American director's eighth work - and to the music score composed by Ennio Morricone. This was announced by Lina Wertmuller, Honorary President of the Festival as well as Pascal Vicedomini, Secretary General of the Institute Capri In The World, whose prestigious board includes such excellent names as Oscar recipients Bille August, Bobby Moresco, Gianni Quaranta, Indian filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, film producers Aurelio De Laurentiis, Fulvio Lucisano and Marina Cicogna, Franco Nero, Andrea Purgatori, Mimmo Calopresti, Tony Renis and Israeli singer Noa.

Samuel L. Jackson and Jennifer Jason Leigh are - respectively - the festival's Best Leading Actor and Best Supporting Actress, for their roles in "The Hateful Eight", (due out in Italian theatres on February 4 through 01 Distribution), a film produced by Bob & Harvey Weinstein, and distributed in Italy by Leone Group's Andrea and Raffaella Leone, who were awarded as Capri's 'Producers of the Year'.

Here is a detailed list of the assigned awards: Cary Fukunaga is the Best Director for acclaimed "Beasts of No Nation." He also deserved the Best Cinematography Award whereas performer Idris Elba won as Best Supporting Actor. The film about African children soldiers was produced and distributed by the Netflix platform.

Brie Larson ("Room") is the festival's Best Leading Actress. The Best Original Screenplay Award goes to David O. Russel's "Joy", which in Capri, Hollywood enjoyed its European premiere.

Todd Haynes' "Carol" was awarded as Best Adapted Screenplay, written by Phyllis Nagy, and for the Best Production Design by Judy Becker. Kenneth Branagh's "Cinderella" received an award for its costumes created by three-time Oscar-winning designer Sandy Powell, who was also assigned the Legend Award and who in Capri exhibited the attires that she created for "Carol." Pietro Scalia is the festival's Best Editor for "The Martian." Apart from acknowledging Ennio Morricone's music score for "The Hateful Eight", also "See You Again" - the song by Wiz Khalifa ft Charlie Puth, from "Fast and Furious 7" - won as Best Original Song.

The Best Animation Movie is "Inside Out"; The Best Documentary is Paolo Ruffini's "Resilienza", the Best Foreign Movie is "Labyrinth of Lies" by Giulio Ricciarelli, a filmmaker of Italian origin and German adoption, running for the Oscar and included in the Academy's Short List. Enrico Iannaccone was elected by the festival as "Director of the Future" for "La Buona Uscita."

The prestigious 'Legend award' went to Irish film director Jim Sheridan. Belgian performer Matthias Schoenaerts was awarded as "Revelation of the Year" for Hooper's "The Danish Girl". Oscar-winning screenwriter Bobby Moresco ("Crash") - who in Capri announced his commitment to the Ambi Film-produced movie about Lamborghini - is the 2016 Italian-American Icon.

Other celebrities awarded in Capri include Italian filmmakers Giuseppe M. Gaudino, Guido Chiesa, Marco Ponti, Massimiliano Bruno, Riccardo Milani; Actors Paola Cortellesi (Capri Award as Italian Actress of the Year); Alessandro Cremona (Exploit Award for "007-Spectre"); Alessandro Siani (Tv Sorrisi e Canzoni's Special Telegatto for the 2015 Best Box Office Gross "Si accettano miracoli") Francesco Pannofino, Giulia Elettra Gorietti, Federico R. Rossi; And pianist Giovanni Allevi for music.

Capri, Hollywood - The International Film Festival -which over the course of a week, presented 80 films including premieres and special screenings, symposiums and music performances - is an event founded and produced by Pascal Vicedomini. The festival is supported by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities (D.G Cinema), the Campania Region (Department of Tourism and Cultural Heritage), Italian Trade Agency, as well as by the Towns of Capri and Anacapri, with the participation of Rainbow, Ambi Group, Mediaset and Rai.