71st Venice Film Festival Award Winners

The ceremony is over and the live streaming finished when Roy Andersson went out to the red carpet section to receive people's cheers and photographers craziness. As soon as Rai TV uploads the award ceremony video will embed it at the end of the post.

As far as I was able to read allover the net, not many were expecting Roy Andersson's film to win the Golden Lion as many were expecting The Look of Silence to win to have for the first time two documentaries winning in a row (last year Golden Lion is a documentary). But I'm very glad the Golden Lion went to the third installment of a trilogy that will have a fourth film (lol - is true) and can't wait to watch the 3rd and 4th installments. Sigh. Know Andersson's movies are VERY special and surely an acquired taste but if you love Scandinavian dead pan/coldish/slow-ish fantastic films, then I know you will enjoy Andersson's films.

The HUGE surprise for me comes from finding that Elio Germano did not win la Copa Volpi and that went to an American actor that has done a few independent movies, was NOT there to receive in person the award and should have been there NO matter what as he just had his career go to an upper level.

This year the festival did not excite me as there were not much movies that called my attention and the ones that did were already in my to-watch queue as I see "everything" by those directors. Hope next year La Mostra becomes a much more interesting festival for cinema lovers and public in general.

Addio ci vediamo alla prossima edizione. Ciao.

Venezia71

Golden Lion for Best Film: En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron (A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence), Roy Andersson, Sweden, Germany, Norway and France

Jury Grand Prix: The Look of Silence, Joshua Oppenheimer, Denmark, Finland, Indonesia, Norway and UK

Special Jury Prize: Sivas, Kaan Müjdeci, Turkey

Silver Lion for Best Director: Andrei Konchalovsky for Белые ночи почтальона Алексея Тряпицын Belye nochi pochtalona Alekseya Tryapitsyna (The Postman's White Nights),Russia

Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Alba Rohrwacher in Hungry Hearts, Saverio Constanzo, Italy
Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Adam Driver in Hungry Hearts, Saverio Constanzo, Italy
Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best New Young Actor or Actress: Romain Paul in Le dernier coup de marteau (The Last Hammer Blow), Alix Delaporte, France

Osella for Best Screenplay: Rakhshan Banietemad & Farid Mostafavi for قصه ها Ghesseha (Tales), Rakhshan Bani E'temād, Iran

Lion of the Future – Luigi de Laurentiis Award for Best Debut Film: Court, Chaitanya Tamhane, India

Orizzonti Awards

Best Film: Court, Chaitanya Tamhane, India
Special Jury Prize: Belluscone, Una Storia Siciliana, Franco Maresco, Italy
Best Director: Naji Abu Nowar for Theeb, Jordan, UAE, Qatar, UK
Special Award for Best Actor or Actress: Emir Hadžihafizbegović in Tavka Su Pravila (These are the Rules), Ognjen Sviličić, Croatia, France, Serbia and Macedonia
Best Short Film: Maryam, Sidi Saleh, Indonesia
Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards: Pat-Lehem (Daily Bread), Idan Hubel, Israel,

Venezia Classici
Best Documentary: Animata Resistencia, Francesco Montagner and Alberto Girotto, Italy
Best Restored Film: Una Giornata Particolare (A Special Day), Ettore Scola, Italy and Canada, 1977

Autonomous Sections

11th Giornate degli Autori - Venice Days

Venice Days Award: Retour a Ithaque, Laurent Cantet, France and Belgium
Europa Cinemas Label: I Nostri Ragazzi (The Dinner), Ivano De Matteo, Italy
SIAE Awards
Innovation Award: The Show MAS Go On, Rä di Martino, Italy
Special Prize: Gomorra TV miniseries, Stefano Sollima and Riccardo Tozzi, Italy
People's Choice Awards: Mita Tova (The Farewell Party), Tal Granit and Sharon Maymon, Israel and Germany

29th Settimana Internazionale Della Critica - Venice International Film Critics Week
Raro Video Audience Award: Ničije dete (No One's Child), Vuk Ršumović, Serbia and Croatia

Collateral Awards

FIPRESCI Award
Best Film of Venezia 71: The Look of Silence, Joshua Oppenheimer, Denmark, Finland, Indonesia, Norway and UK
Best film of Orizzonti and International Critics' Week: Ničije dete (No One's Child), Vuk Ršumović, Serbia and Croatia

SIGNIS Award: Loin des Hommes (Far From Men), David Oelhoffen, France
Special Mention: 99 Homes, Ramin Bahrani, USA

CICAE Award: Heaven Knows What, Josh Safdie and Ben Safdie, USA and France

FEDEORA Awards (Federation of Film Critics of Europe and the Mediterranean)
Venezia71
Best Euro-Mediterranean Film: The Look of Silence, Joshua Oppenheimer, Denmark, Finland, Indonesia, Norway and UK
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Best Film: Il-dae-il (One on One), Kim Ki-duk, South Korea
Best Director of a Debut Film: Asha Jaoar Majhe (Labor of Love), Adityavikram Sengupta, India
Settimana Internazionale della Critica
Best Film: Đập cánh giữa không trung (Flapping in the Middle of Nowhere), Nguyễn Hoàng Điệp, Vietnam, France, Norway and Germany
Best Cinematography: Ničije dete (No One's Child), Vuk Ršumović, Serbia and Croatia

Akai International Film Fest Prizes
Best Film: Anime Nere (Black Souls), Francesco Munzi, Italy and France
Film Revelation: 殯棺 Binguan (The Coffin in the Mountain), Xin Yukun, China
Best Actress: Iaia Forte in three films La Vita Oscena, Il Giovane Meraviglioso and The Show MAS Go On
Best Actor: Jacopo Olmo Antinori in I Nostri Ragazzi (The Dinner), Ivano De Matteo, Italy
Best Film Critic: Beatrice Fiorentino, journalist of Il Piccolo of Trieste.

ArcaCinemaGiovani Award
Best Film Venezia71: Loin des Hommes (Far From Men), David Oelhoffen, France
Best Italian Film: Belluscone, Una Storia Siciliana, Franco Maresco, Italy

FEDIC Award: Io Sto Con La Sposa, Antonio Auguliaro, Gabriele del Grande, Khaled Soliman Al Nassiry, Iran and Palestine
Special Mention: Un Giorno da Italini (Italy in a Day), Gabriele Salvatores, Italy and UK

Francesco Pasinetti Awards
Best Film: Anime Nere (Black Souls), Francesco Munzi, Italy and France
Best Actors: Elio Germano in Il Giovane Favoloso and Alba Rohrwacher in Hungry Hearts
Special Award: Saverio Costanzo director of Hungry Hearts, Italy
Special Award: Pierfrancesco Favino actor and producer of Senza Nessuna Pietà, Michele Alhaique, Italy
Special Award: Ivano de Matteo for I nostri ragazzi (The Dinner), Italy

Future Film Festival Digital Award: Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance, Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu, USA and France
Special Mention: Un Giorno da Italini (Italy in a Day), Gabriele Salvatores, Italy and UK

Human Rights Nights Award (tie):
Io Sto Con La Sposa, Antonio Auguliaro, Gabriele del Grande, Khaled Soliman Al Nassiry, Iran and Palestine
The Look of Silence, Joshua Oppenheimer, Denmark, Finland, Indonesia, Norway and UK

Online Critics Award
Mouse d'Oro for Best Film in Competition: The Look of Silence, Joshua Oppenheimer, Denmark, Finland, Indonesia, Norway and UK
Mouse d'Argento for Best Film out of competition: Olive Kittertidge, Lisa Cholodenko, USA (TV mini series)

Young Jury Members of the Vittorio Veneto Film Festival Awards
Best Film: 99 Homes, Ramin Bahrani, USA
Special Mention: The Cut, Fatih Akin, Germany, France, Italy, Russia, Canada, Poland and Turkey
Best Actor: Elio Germano in Il Giovane Favoloso, Mario Martone, Italy

AssoMusica "Ho visto una canzone" Award: to the song Just One Day from the film Un Giorno da Italini (Italy in a Day), Gabriele Salvatores, Italy and UK
Best Innovative Budget Award: Un Giorno da Italini (Italy in a Day), Gabriele Salvatores, Italy and UK
Brian Award-UAAR: Mita Tova (The Farewell Party), Tal Granit and Sharon Maymon, Israel and Germany
Cinecibo Award: I Nostri Ragazzi (The Dinner), Ivano De Matteo, Italy
Cinema for Unicef Award: Hungry Hearts, Saverio Costanzo, Italy
Civitas Vitae prossima Award: Dancing with Maria, Ivan Gergolet, Italy, Argentina and Slovenia
Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Award: Luigi Musini for Anime Nere (Black Souls), Francesco Munzi, Italy and France
Gillo Pontecorvo Arcobaleno Latino Award: The Show MAS Go On, Rä di Martino, Italy
Green Drop Award: Белые ночи почтальона Алексея Тряпицын Belye nochi pochtalona Alekseya Tryapitsyna (The Postman's White Nights), Andrei Konchalovsky, Russia
Interfilm Award: Loin des Hommes (Far From Men), David Oelhoffen, France
Lanterna Magica Award CGS: Le dernier coup de marteau (The Last Hammer Blow), Alix Delaporte, France
Leoncino d'Oro Agiscuola Award: Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance, Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu, USA and France
Open Award: The Show MAS Go On, Rä di Martino, Italy
Padre Nazareno Taddei Award: Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance, Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu, USA and France
Piero Piccioni Award: to the soundtrack of Il Giovane Favoloso, Mario Martone, Italy
Queer Lion: Les nuits d'été, Mario Fanfani, France
Schermi di qualità Award: Anime Nere (Black Souls), Francesco Munzi, Italy and France
Sorriso diverso Venezia 2014 Award: Io Sto Con La Sposa, Antonio Auguliaro, Gabriele del Grande, Khaled Soliman Al Nassiry, Iran and Palestine
Soundtrack Stars Award: Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance, Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu, USA and France

Final Cut Awards (Post-production support)
The Council, Yahya Alabdallah, Jordan an UAE
A Maid for Each, Maher Abi Samra, Lebanon, France and Norway
Possessed , Djinn, Dalia Al Kury, Jordan and Germany
Rollaball, Eddie Edwards, South Africa and Ghana

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement: Frederick Wiseman and Thelma Schoonmaker
Jaeger-Le Coultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award: James Franco
L'Oreal Paris per il Cinema Award: Valentina Corti
Persol Visionary Award: Frances McDormand

Red Carpet with Interviews - 17 minutes to practice your Italian.



Awards Ceremony