Also this year's media partner of the Festival, La Repubblica, from always attentive to young people and the future, awards a young talent in the artistic field. Receiving the award is actor Michele Riondino. Born in 1979, after graduating from the Silvio D´Amico Academy of Dramatic Art and having worked in theater, directed from important directors, such as Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, Marco Bellocchio and Emma Dante, Michele Riondino made his debut in the television series Distretto di Polizia (2003-05) and La freccia nera (2006). Since 2012 he has starred in the fiction_ Il giovane Montalbano_, which has been a great success with audiences and critics. Film performances include Il passato è una terra straniera (2008), Fortapàsc (2009), _Dieci inverni _(2009). In 2013 he published the autobiographical book Stealing Life from Others. Her latest films include _Acciaio _(2012), Bella addormentata (2012), Il giovane favoloso (2014), Senza lasciare traccia and La ragazza del mondo, both 2016, and Falchi (2017). In 2017 she also participated in the docu-film Diva!, while in 2018 she starred in the film Name of a Woman and the television film The Horse's Move. For her talent and versatility she has received numerous awards.