Venice, 11 September 2021 – ‘The event’ by Audrey Diwan (France) is the Golden Lion of Venice 78 assigned by the jury chaired by Bong Joon Ho and composed of Saverio Costanzo, Virginie Efira, Cynthia Erivo, Sarah Gadon, Alexander Nanau and Chloé Zhao. It is the story of a brilliant young university woman (Anamaria Vartolomei) who in France at the beginning of the 60s with an illegal abortion is still determined not to continue the pregnancy to follow her path. He knows he is risking prison, the shame of his environment and his own life but he goes on.
‘It was the hand of God’ by Paolo Sorrentino (Italy) is the Silver Lion – Special Grand Jury Prize. TO Jane Campion for the film ‘The power of the dog’ (New Zealand, Australia) the Silver Lion for Best Director.
Sorrentino thanked “the great Netflix team”, the cast, the family, “Maradona” and Servillo: “To those who tell me, make another film with Servillo, I answer ‘look where I have come by making films with him'”. Then moved, he told “of two scenes that are not in the film: a dream that I did not have, a man 1.60 meters tall in a football field who thanks you, Maradona. And then, on the day of my parents’ funeral, the principal sent only a representation of four classmates. I was disappointed. Today there is the whole class that you are “.
Another award for the film ‘It was the hand of God’ a Filippo Scotti with the Marcello Mastroianni Prize, awarded to an emerging young actor or actress. “I am honored, I am a bit moved like when Paolo hired me to make the film, especially after this period we are experiencing, the pandemic. I thank Paolo very much for the trust, the cast, Toni, Teresa, Luisa”.
The Volpi Cup for the best female interpretation she went to Penelope Cruz for the film ‘Madres Paralelas’ by Pedro Almodovar. “Thanks to your tenacity, here we are at this festival, which is difficult to achieve these days,” said the actress in Italian. The film tells the story of two women whose fates cross in a hospital room. They are both single and ending an unexpected pregnancy.
John Clay instead he won the Coppa Volpi for the best male interpretation for the film On the job: the missing 8 by Erik Matti. Film inspired by real events.
Award for the Best Screenplay to Maggie Gyllenhaal for the film ‘The lost daughter’. “I got married in Puglia, here in Italy I conceived my children and my film was born here in Italy. When I read Elena Ferrante’s novel I heard secret truths, that I am a woman in the world. We women are often Alone with this book I felt something very ancestral. I therefore decided to put it on a screen where many people could see these truths and could see it in many, perhaps crying. We made the film in full pandemic, “said the director.
The film The Hole by Michelangelo Frammartino won the Special Jury Prize. “I thank Calabria which is the most beautiful region in Italy”. Frammartino dedicated the prize to the “great Calabrian spelologist Antonio La Rocca”.
All awards:
GOLDEN LION Best Film at L’ÉVÉNEMENT by Audrey Diwan (France)
SILVER LION – Grand Jury Prize at IT WAS THE HAND OF GOD by Paolo Sorrentino (Italy)
SILVER LION Best Director Award to Jane Campion for THE POWER OF THE DOG (New Zealand, Australia)
CUP VOLPI for the best female interpretation to Penélope Cruz in the film MADRES PARALELAS by Pedro Almodóvar (Spain)
CUP VOLPI for best male interpretation to John Arcilla in the film ON THE JOB: THE MISSING 8 by Erik Matti (Philippines)
AWARD FOR BEST SCREENPLAY to Maggie Gyllenhaal for the film THE LOST DAUGHTER by Maggie Gyllenhaal (Greece, USA, UK, Israel)
SPECIAL JURY AWARD to IL BUCO by Michelangelo Frammartino (Italy, France, Germany)
MARCELLO MASTROIANNI AWARD to an emerging young actor to: Filippo Scotti in the film IT WAS THE HAND OF GOD by Paolo Sorrentino (Italy)
HORIZONS – The Orizzonti Jury of the 78th Venice International Film Festival, chaired by Jasmila Žbanić and composed of Mona Fastvold, Shahram Mokri, Josh Siegel and Nadia Terranova after having viewed the 19 feature films and 12 short films in competition, awards:
ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST FILM to PILIGRIMAI (PILGRIMS) by Laurynas Bareiša (Lithuania)
HORIZONS AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTION to Éric Gravel for the film À PLEIN TEMPS (France) –
SPECIAL PRIZE OF THE ORIZZONTI JURY to EL GRAN MOVIMIENTO by Kiro Russo (Bolivia, France, Qatar, Switzerland)
HORIZONS AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS to Laure Calamy in Éric Gravel’s film À PLEIN TEMPS
ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR to Piseth Chhun in the film BODENG SAR (WHITE BUILDING) by Kavich Neang (Cambodia, France, China, Qatar)
ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST SCREENPLAY to Peter Kerekes, Ivan Ostrochovskì for the film CENZORKA (107 MOTHERS) by Peter Kerekes (Slovak Republic, Czech Republic, Ukraine)
ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM to LOS HUESOS by Cristóbal Léon, Joaquín Cociña (Chile)
VENICE SHORT FILM NOMINATION FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2021 a THE FALL OF THE IBIS KING di Josh O’Caoimh, Mikai Geronimo (Irlanda)
LION OF THE FUTURE – The Lion of the Future Jury – Venice First Film Award “Luigi De Laurentiis” of the 77th Venice International Film Festival, chaired by Uberto Pasolini and composed by Martin Schweighofer and Amalia Ulman, assigns the LION OF THE FUTURE – VENICE OPERA FIRST AWARD (LUIGI DE LAURENTIIS) at IMACULAT by Monica Stan, George Chiper-Lillemark (Romania)
VENICE VR EXPANDED The Jury chaired by Michelle Kranot and composed by Maria Grazia Mattei and Jonathan Yeo after having viewed the 23 projects in competition, assigns the GRAND JURY PRIZE FOR THE BEST VR OPERA to GOLIATH: PLAYING WITH REALITY by Barry Gene Murphy, May Abdalla (Kingdom United Kingdom, France)
BEST VR EXPERIENCE AWARD at LE BAL DE PARIS DE BLANCA LI by Blanca Li (France, Germany, Luxembourg)
BEST VR STORY AWARD at END OF NIGHT by David Adler (Denmark, France)
ORIZZONTI EXTRA PREMIO DEGLI SPETTATORI – ARMANI BEAUTY a BLIND MAN WHO WANTED TO SEE THE TITANIC (THE BLIND MAN WHO DID NOT WANT TO SEE TITANIC) di Teemu Nikki (Finland).
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