Venice Film Festival 2015 (La Biennale)

72nd La Biennale Awards

Saturday the 12th signaled the closing of this year’s festival with the customary awards ceremony, here’s a quick breakdown of the night’s big winners and all other prizes.

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This year’s main jury was chaired by director Alfonso Cuarón  and comprised of Elizabeth Banks, Emmanuel Carrère, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Diane Kruger, Francesco Munzi, Pawel Pawlikowski and Lynne Ramsey.

 

-Golden Lion for Best Film-

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‘Desde Allá’ (From Afar) by Lorenzo Vigas (Venezuela, Mexico)

 

 

-Silver Lion for Best Director-

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Pablo Trapero for ‘El Clan’ (Argentina, Spain)

 

 

-Grand Jury Prize-

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‘Anomalisa’ by Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson (USA)

 

 

-Coppa Volpi for Best Actor-

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Fabrice Luchini in ‘L’Hermine’ (France) (accepted by film’s producer on behalf of Fabrice Luchini)

 

 

-Coppa Volpi for Best Actress-

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Valeria Golino in ‘Per Amor Vostro’ (Italy)

 

 

-Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor-

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Abraham Attah in ‘Beasts of No Nation’ (USA)

 

 

-Award for Best Screenplay-

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Christian Vincent for ‘L’Hermine’ (Courted) (France)

 

 

-Special Jury Prize-

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‘Abluka’ (Frenzy) by Emin Alper (Turkey, France, Qatar)

 

 

Orizzonti Awards

Chaired by Jonathan Demme and composed of Anita Caprioli, Fruit Chan, Alix Delaporte and Paz Vega.

-Orizzonti Award for Best Film: ‘Free in Deed’ by Jake Mahaffy (USA, New Zealand)

-Orizzonti Award for Best Director: Brady Corbet for ‘The Childhood of a Leader’ by Brady Corbet (United Kingdom, Hungary)

– Special Orizzonti Jury Prize: ‘Boi Neon’ (Neon Bull) by Gabriel Mascaro (Brazil, Uruguay, The Netherlands) 

-Special Orizzonti Award for Best Actor: Dominique Leborne in ‘TEMPÊTE’ by Samuel Collardey

-Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film: ‘Belladonna’ by Dubravka Turic (Croatia)

 

Lion of the Future – “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film

-‘The Childhood of a Leader’ by Brady Corbet (United Kingdom, Hungary)

 

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement 2015

-Bertrand Tavernier 

 

Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to The Filmmaker Award 2015

-Brian De Palma 

 

Persol Tribute Visionary Talent Award 2015

-Jonathan Demme 

 

L’oréal Paris per il Cinema Award

-Valentina Corti

 

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