The Venice Film Festival is about to reveal its award winners, including the prestigious Golden Lion for best film. Last year, Jim Jarmusch took home the top prize for his family triptych “Father Mother Sister Brother,” while Benny Safdie won the Silver Lion for best director for his Dwayne Johnson-led “The Smashing Machine” and Kaouther Ben Hania’s Gaza drama “The Voice of Hind Rajab” was awarded the grand jury prize. Ben Hania is serving on this year’s competition jury, which is headed by president Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Other jury members include Hong Kong filmmaking giant Johnnie To, Afghan filmmaker Shahrbanoo Sadat, French director and screenwriter Xavier Giannoli, “The Brutalist” composer Daniel Blumberg and U.S.-based Italian film academic Francesco Casetti. Films in the running for the Golden Lion include Lance Oppenheim’s “Primetime,” Danny Boyle’s “Ink,” Casey Affleck’s “Company,” Werner Herzog’s “Bucking Fastard,” Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor’s “NAZA,” Hirokazu Kore-eda’s “Look Back,” Martin McDonagh’s “Wild Horse Nine,” Florian Zeller’s “Bunker” and more. See the list of Venice award winners below, updating live.
Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor: Luigi De Laurentis Award for Debut Film: Best Actress: Laleh Marzban, “Moragheb” (“Falling House”) Best Screenplay: Tommaso Landucci and Damiano Femfert, “I figli della scimmia” (“The Children of the Monkey”) Best Short Film: “Quelques instants de bonheur” (“A Few Moments of Happiness”), Shaden Safieddine Tazi Best Restored Film: “La lunga notte del ’43” (“Long Night of 1943”), Florestano Vancini Grand Prize: “The Pigeon Ring,” Shixin Tao and Yuqi Zhang Special Jury Prize: “Out of the Ashes,” Rory Mitchell and Nonny de la Peña Achievement Prize: “Empire at Sea,” Peter Flaherty
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