Excellence Award

Winner: Ruth Borgobello

ICFF EXCELLENCE AWARD winner Ruth Borgobello for The Space Between was touched and overwhelmed with emotion for her award and the welcome she received for both herself and the film, as it was a North American Premiere.

Ruth Borgobello is an Italian-Austrilian director, originally from the Friulian region in Northern Italy. This is where she directed and filmed her first feature film, The Space Between, on billboard for the 2017 ICFF. Borgobello’s film tells the tail of love and loss, taking place admits the breathtaking views of the Friulian region. The Space Between represents the first ever co-production between Italy and Australia.

Ms. Borgobello is married to film producer Davide Giusto, who is also from the Friulian region.

Borgobello received the Excellence Award at the sold out Famee Furlane screening, presented by Managing Director, Maurizio Magnifico at Cineplex Cinemas in Vaughan.