Matthew Mcconaughey and Scarlett Johansson win top prizes in Rome

The 44-year-old actor and the 28-year-old actress, who had recently teamed up to play lovers in a new Dolce and Gabbana scent ad, won for their role in ‘Dallas Buyers Club' and ‘Her', respectively, Contactmusic reported.

Matthew Mcconaughey and Scarlett Johansson (Pic/Santa Banta)

‘In Dallas Buyers Club', MCConaughey plays a real-life Aids victim and activist, while Johansson portrayed the voice of a computer operating system in ‘Her'.

Other winners included documentary ‘Tir', which won the Best Film prize, Japan's Kiyoshi Kurosawa won the Best Director award for ‘Seventh Code' and ‘Dallas Buyers Club' also won the Audience Prize.