and do anything for. I met Antonioni three years ago in Taormina at a film festival. I introduced myself and told him that I adored his movies, his contributions to film, because he was the first guy who really started making films about the reality of the vacuity between people, the difficulty in traversing this space between lovers in modern day ... and he never gives you an answer, Antonioni—that's the beautiful thing." Filmography Feature films Short films Gente del Po (People of the Po Valley, filmed in 1943, released in 1947) – 10 minutes N.U. (Dustmen, 1948) – 11 minutes Oltre l'oblio (1948) Roma-Montevideo (1948) Lies of Love (L'amorosa menzogna, 1949) – 10 minutes Sette canne, un vestito (Seven Reeds, One Suit, 1949) – 10 minutes Bomarzo (1949) Ragazze in bianco (Girls in White, 1949) Superstizione (Superstition, 1949) – 9 minutes La villa dei mostri (The House of Monsters, 1950) – 10 minutes La funivia del Faloria (The Funicular of Mount Faloria, 1950) – 10 minutes Tentato suicido (When Love Fails, 1953) – episode in L'amore in città (Love in the City) Il provino (1965) – episode in I tre volti Inserto girato a Lisca Bianca (1983) – 8 minutes Kumbha Mela (1989) – 18 minutes Roma (Rome, 1989) – episode in 12 registi per 12 città, for the 1990 FIFA World Cup Noto, Mandorli, Vulcano, Stromboli, Carnevale (Volcanoes and Carnival, 1993) – 8 minutes Sicilia (1997) – 9 minutes Lo sguardo di Michelangelo (The Gaze of Michelangelo, 2004) – 15 minutes Il filo pericoloso delle cose (The Dangerous Thread of Things, 2004) – episode in Eros Awards and honors Academy Honorary Award (1995) Berlin International Film Festival FIPRESCI Prize (1961) Berlin International Film Festival Golden Bear (1961), for La Notte Bodil Award for Best European Film (1976), for The Passenger British Film Institute Sutherland Trophy (1960), for L'Avventura Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize (1960), for L'Avventura Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize (1962), for Eclipse Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or (1967), for Blowup Cannes Film Festival 35th Anniversary Prize (1982), for Identification of a Woman David di Donatello Award for Best Director (1961), for La Notte David di Donatello Luchino Visconti Award (1976) European Film Awards Life Achievement Award (1993) Flaiano Prize Career Award in Cinema (2000) French Syndicate of Cinema Critics Award for Best Foreign Film (1968), for Blowup Giffoni Film Festival François Truffaut Award (1991) Giffoni Film