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Verfasst am: 16. Nov 2022 07:52 Titel: Poitras documentary wins top prize at Venice Film Festival |
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Poitras documentary wins top prize at Venice Film Festival
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Laura Poitrass epic documentary about photographer Nan Goldin and her activism against the Sackler family and their art connections has been awarded the Golden Lion for best film at the 79th Venice International Film Festival.To get more news about 日本色网站, you can visit our official website.
Poitras, the American filmmaker behind the Oscar-winning Edward Snowden documentary Citizenfour, thanked the festival for recognizing that documentary is cinema at the ceremony Saturday evening in Venice. Neon is expected to release the film in theaters this fall and HBO Documentary Films recently acquired it for a television run.
Runner up went to Alice Diops Saint Omer, the narrative debut from the documentarian about a young novelist observing the trial of a woman accused of infanticide.
Cate Blanchett and Colin Farrell won the top acting prizes. Blanchett won for her performance as a renowned conductor in Todd Fields TR and Farrell for playing a man who has broken up with by his longtime friend in Martin McDonaghs The Banshees of Inisherin.Thank you so much, its such an enormous honor, Blanchett said, having just flown back to Venice from the Telluride Film Festival where the film also played.
Her performance as a successful woman in the world of international music whose reputation comes under threat has gotten nearly universal acclaim.Im shocked to get this and thrilled, Farrell said in a live video message. McDonagh was on site to collect the prize before he got one of his own for screenplay.
Luca Guadagnino won the Silver Lion award for best director for the cannibal romance Bones and All starring Timothe Chalamet and Taylor Russell, who also was recognized for her performance for best young actress.
I have a speech prepared because Im nervous, Russell said. Im grateful beyond belief to be standing here. So many of my heroes are in this room.
The jury also gave a special jury prize to No Bears, by imprisoned Iranian director Jafar Panhi. The acclaimed director was in July ordered by Iran to serve six-year prison sentence from a decade ago that had never been enforced. The order came as the government seeks to silence criticism amid growing economic turmoil and political pressure.Julianne Moore led the jury that selected Saturdays winner from a pool of 23 films that included many Oscar hopefuls. The Oscar-winner presided over a jury that included French director Audrey Diwan, whose film Happening won the Golden Lion last year, author Kazuo Ishiguro (Never Let Me Go), who has been judging from his hotel room after testing positive for COVID-19, and Iranian actor Leila Hatami (A Separation). Also on the main jury were Italian director Leonardo Di Costanzo (The Inner Cage) Argentinian filmmaker Mariano Cohn (Official Competition) and Rodrigo Sorogoyen (The Candidate).
Premiering in competition at Venice has launched many successful Oscar campaigns in recent years, leading to nominations and even wins. Seven times in the last nine years the best director Oscar has gone to a film that world premiered at the festival, including Chlo Zhao, Alfonso Cuarn, Alejandro G. Iarritu, twice, Guillermo del Toro and Damien Chazelle. Its also debuted a handful future best picture winners like Nomadland, The Shape of Water and Birdman. |
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