Great news!  At Festival dei Popoli in Florence, Petropolis was awarded the Prize for Distribution from the Fondazione Ente dello Spettacolo.  The prize is intended to promote the distribution of a socially minded film in Italy.  A burse of 5,000 Euros will go to its distributor (TBD).

According to Persinsala, a film industry publication in Italy, the award was deserving: “[The film] is not reduced to a statement of the tar sands, but extended to a reflection on the inhuman choices in the name of economy. . . across a worrying fresco of a world drowned in tar.”

(Note: the preceding quote is paraphrased using online translation software.  If you have a better translation, let me know!)