Saturday the 10th signaled the closing of night this year’s festival with the customary awards ceremony, here’s a quick breakdown of the night’s big winners and other prizes.
Venezia 73
-Golden Lion for Best Film-
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‘Ang Babaeng Humayo’(The Woman Who Left) by Lav Diaz (Philippines)
-Silver Lion for Best Director-
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Andrei Konchalovsky for ‘Paradise’ (Russia, Germany) and Amat Escalante for ‘La Región Salvaje’ (The Untamed) (Mexico, Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, Switzerland)
-Grand Jury Prize-
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‘Nocturnal Animals’ by Tom Ford (USA)
-Coppa Volpi for Best Actor-
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Oscar Martínez in ‘El Ciudadano Ilustre’ (Argentina, Spain)
-Coppa Volpi for Best Actress-
Emma Stone in ‘La La Land‘ (USA)
-Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor-
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Paula Beer in ‘Frantz’ (France, Germany)
-Award for Best Screenplay-
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Noah Oppenheim for ‘Jackie’ (UK) (accepted by Juan de Dios Larrain)
-Special Jury Prize-
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‘The Bad Batch’ by Ana Lily Amirpour (USA)
Orizzonti Awards
–Orizzonti Award for Best Film:‘Liberami’ by Federica Di Giacomo (Italy, France)
–Orizzonti Award for Best Director: Fien Troch for ‘Home’ (Belgium)
–Orizzonti Award for Best Screenplay: Wang Bing for ‘Ku Qian’(Bitter Money) (France, Hong Kong)
–Special Orizzonti Jury Prize:‘Koca Dünya’ (Big Big World) by Reha Erdem (Turkey)
–Special Orizzonti Award for Best Actor: Nuno Lopes in ‘São Jorge’ by Marco Martins (Portugal, France)
–Special Orizzonti Award for Best Actress: Ruth Díaz in ‘Tarde Para La Ira’(The Fury of a Patient Man) by Raúl Arévalo (Spain)
–Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film:‘La Voz Perdida’ by Marcelo Martinessi (Paraguay, Venezuela, Cuba)
Lion of the Future – “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film
–‘Akher Wahed Fina’(The Last of Us) by Ala Eddine Slim (Tunisia, Qatar, U.A.E., Lebanon)
Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement 2016
-Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jerzy Skolimowski
Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to The Filmmaker Award 2015
-Amir Naderi
Persol Tribute Visionary Talent Award 2015
-Liev Schreiber
L’oréal Paris per il Cinema Award
-Matilde Gioli
Watch the full 73rd Venice Film Festival Awards Ceremony (courtesy of la Biennale on YouTube)
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