Although at this moment it seems that there is no more topic of conversation in the world of cinema and television than all the announcements that The Walt Disney Company presents at D23 Expo, in the festival circuit life continues and this Saturday, September 10, yes the 79th edition of the Venice Film Festival has ended, decreeing a tremendously heterogeneous list of winners in which, for the second time in history, a documentary has won the highest prize: the Golden Lion for Best Film. The winner was “All Beauty and Bloodshed” by Laura Poitras, a feature film that follows the life of artist Nan Goldin and the fall of the Sackler family, the pharmaceutical dynasty largely responsible for the epidemic of opioid deaths. In addition, the jury chaired by Julianne Moore also recognized the work of Cate Blanchett in ‘Tár’ and Colin Farrell in ‘The spirits of the island’ with Coppa Volpi and Luca Guadagnino and his cannibal love story ‘Bones and All ‘with the Silver Lion.
However, some of the films that have captured the most headlines such as Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale” with Brendan Fraser’s tears, “Blonde”, with her 14 minutes of ovation for Ana de Armas; or “Don’t worry, dear” and the room divider between Harry Styles and Chris Pine, they became empty.
As an interesting fact that the winners left us, Poitras is the third woman to win the Golden Lion for Best Picture after Chloé Zhao and Audrey Diwan, and the only documentary that has been made before with this award has been ‘Sacro GRA ‘by Gianfranco Rosi in 2013. For Blanchett it is his second Coppa Volpi after’ I’m Not There ‘and for Farrell, who we rarely see winning prizes, the first and we see that he competed with Fraser and Hugh Jackman for’ The Son ‘ appointed. We leave you below with the complete list of winners and winners:
Complete record
TO COMPETITION
Golden Lion for Best Film: “All the beauty and the bloodshed”, Laura Poitras
Grand Jury Prize: ‘Sant’Omer’, Alice Diop
Silver Lion for Best Director: Bones and everything, Luca Guadagnino
Special Jury Prize: “No bears”, Jafar Panahi
Best Screenplay: Inisherin’s Banshee, Martin McDonagh
Coppa Volpi for the best actress: Cate Blanchett for ‘Tar’
Coppa Volpi for the best actor: Colin Farrell for “Banbanes of Inisherin”
Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Emerging Actor or Actress: Taylor Russell for “Bones and Everything”
HORIZONS
Best Film: Jang-e Jahani Sevom by Houman Seyyedi
Best Director: Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel for “Vera”
Special Jury Prize: ‘Chleb i sól’, Damian Kocur
Best Actress: Vera Gemma for ‘Vera’
Best Actor: Mohsen Tanabandeh for ‘Jang-e Jahani Sevom’
Best Screenplay: ‘Blanquita’, by Fernando Guzzoni
Best Short Film: “Snow in September”, Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir
Luigi de Laurentiis Award for Best First Feature: ‘Sant’Omer’, Alice Diop
Audience Award EXTRA HORIZONS : ‘Nezouh’, Soudade Kaadan
CLASSICS OF VENICE
Best Documentary Film: “Shards of Heaven”, KD Davison
Best Restored Film: “Marked to Kill” by Seijun Suzuki
IMMERSIVE VENICE
The best immersive experience: ‘The Man Who Couldn’t Leave’, Chen Singing
Grand Jury Prize for an interactive work: ‘From the main square’, Pedro Harres
Special Jury Prize for an Interactive Work: ‘Eggscape’, German Heller
Source: E Cartelera
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