A film directed by and starring Canadians has taken the top award at the Rome film festival.

“Juno,” directed by Montreal-born Jason Reitman and starring Halifax’s Ellen Page, won the Golden Marcus Aurelius award for best film at the second annual Cinema Roma Fest on Saturday.

Page plays a pregnant 16-year-old trying to find suitable parents to adopt her baby. Another Canadian, Michael Cera (’Arrested Development,’ ‘Superbad’), plays the teenage father.

“The film hit the members of the jury with emotion,” organizers said.

The festival’s jury is made of up of 50 moviegoers and is chaired this year by Bosnian director Danis Tanovic.

More than 170 films from 33 countries took part during the 10-day festival.

Page has been getting a lot of buzz recently. On Monday she was named Breakthrough Actress at the Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony in Beverly Hills.






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