The 78th edition of the Venice Film Festival concluded and theFrench-Lebanese filmmaker Audrey Diwan has become the sixth female director to win the Golden Lion, with her 1963-set abortion drama L’Evénement (Happening). Chloé Zhao took last year’s Lion with Nomadland.
An emotional Diwan said Saturday: “I did this movie with anger. I did it with desire, also my heart and my head. I wanted Happening to be an experience, a journey in the skin of this young woman.”
The Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize as well as the Marcello Mastroianni Award Best New Young Actor or Actress (Filippo Scotti) went to Paolo Sorrentino’s The Hand of God.
Penélope Cruz won the Volpi Cup Best Actress prize for Pedro Almodóvar’s Parallel Mothers and Jane Campion won best director for Power of the Dog.
The jury was presided by Oscar winner, Bong Joon-ho.
Venice Film Festival Winner List:
Golden Lion for Best Film
Happening, dir. Audrey Diwan
Grand Jury Prize
The Hand of God, dir. Paolo Sorrentino
Best Director
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Best Actor
John Arcilla, On The Job: The Missing 8
Best Actress
Penelope Cruz, Parallel Mothers
Best Screenplay
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter
Best Young Actor
Filippo Scotti, The Hand of God
Special Jury Prize
Il Buco, dir. Michelangelo Frammartino
Lion of the Future for Best Debut Film
Imaculat, dirs. Monica Stan and George Chiper-Lillemark
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Best Film
Pilgrims, dir. Laurynas Bareisa
Best Director
Eric Gravel, Full Time
Special Jury Prize
The Great Movement dir. Kiro Russo
Best Actor
Piseth Chhun, White Building
Best Actress
Laure Calamy, Full Time
Best Screenplay
Peter Kerekes and Ivan Ostrochovsky, 107 Mothers
Best Short Film
Los huesos, dirs. Cristobal Leon, Joaquin Cocina
Audience Award Presented By Armani Beauty
The Blind Man Who Didn’t Want to See Titanic, dir. Teemu Nikki
Venice VR Expanded
Best VR Story
End of Night, dir. David Adler
Best VR Experience
Le bal de Paris, dir. Blanca Lee
Best VR Work
