Venice Film Festival 2018 (La Biennale)

Saturday the 8th

75th La Biennale Awards

Saturday the 8th also brought the closing of this year’s festival with the customary awards ceremony, here’s a quick breakdown of the night’s big winners and other prizes.

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-Golden Lion for Best Film-

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‘Roma’ by Alfonso Cuarón (Mexico)

 

 

-Silver Lion for Best Director-

Jacques Audiard for ‘The Sisters Brothers’ (France, Belgium, Romania, Spain)

 

 

-Grand Jury Prize-

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‘The Favourite’ by Yorgos Lanthimos (UK, Ireland, USA)

 

 

-Coppa Volpi for Best Actor-

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Willem Dafoe in ‘At Eternity’s Gate’ (USA, France)

 

 

-Coppa Volpi for Best Actress-

Olivia Colman in ‘The Favourite’ (UK, Ireland, USA)

 

 

-Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor/Actress-

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Baykali Ganambarr in ‘The Nightingale’ (Australia)

 

 

-Award for Best Screenplay-

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Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’ (USA)-accepted by Tim Blake Nelson

 

 

-Special Jury Prize-

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‘The Nightingale’ by Jennifer Kent (Australia)

 

 

Orizzonti Awards

–Orizzonti Award for Best Film: ‘Manta Ray’ by Phuttiphong Aroonpheng (Thailand, France, China)

–Orizzonti Award for Best Director: Emir Baigazin for ‘The River’ (Kazakhstan, Poland, Norway)

–Orizzonti Award for Best Screenplay: ‘Jinpa’ by Pema Tseden (China)

–Special Orizzonti Jury Prize: ‘The Announcement’ by Mahmut Fazil Coşkun (Turkey, Bulgaria)

–Special Orizzonti Award for Best Actor: Kais Nashef in ‘Tel Aviv On Fire’ (Luxembourg, France, Israel, Belgium)

–Special Orizzonti Award for Best Actress: Natalia Kudryashova in ‘The Man Who Surprised Everyone’ (Russia, Estonia, France)

–Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film: ‘A Gift’ by Aditya Ahmad (Indonesia)

 

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

–‘The Day I Lost My Shadow’ by Soudade Kaadan (Syrian Arab Republic, Lebanon, France, Qatar)

 

 

Watch the full 75th Venice Film Festival Awards Ceremony (courtesy of la Biennale on YouTube)

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