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The jury handing out the awards was headed by Oscar-winning director Milos Forman.
The best actor award went to Italy's Sergio Castellitto, who played a single parent and blue-collar worker dreaming that his son will become a boxing champ in the movie "Alza la Testa."
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Boyle was introduced Thursday as the artistic director of the ceremony to be held on July 27, 2012. The announcement was made in the shadow of the new 80,000-seat Olympic stadium in east London that will host both the opening and closing of the games.
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"It's not going to be like Beijing in terms of this overwhelming scale," Boyle said.
London organizing committee chairman Sebastian Coe said the ceremony would focus on "what we need in London, which is a games for our times."
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