Holy Rosita, the feature debut of director Wannes Destoop (Albatros, Ferry 2) has won the festival's main 'Best Film' award at the 42nd edition of the Torino Film Festival in Italy.
Torino Film Festival is one of the largest and most established film festivals in Italy. Along with 15 other films, Holy Rosita was part of the official competition. Ex-winners of the Best Film award at the festival include Wildlife by Paul Dano and Winter's Bone by Debra Granik. Earlier this year, Holy Rosita had its world premiere as the opening film of the Ostend Film Festival, where it was enthusiastically received. The international premiere was for the renowned Torino Film Festival, where a large delegation of the cast & crew was present.
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