Venice Film Festival: The Awards
The 71st Venice Film Festival awards results are in –
Venezia 71
The Venezia 71 jury has chosen its winners for 2014. Chaired by Alexandre Desplat and featuring Joan Chen, Philip Gröning, Jessica Hausner, Jhumpa Lahiri, Sandy Powell, Tim Roth, Elia Suleiman and Carlo Verdone, the jury have viewed all 20 films in competition to find their winners. In the past, the Venice jury have been known to choose unfavourably, but this year they are on the mark. The full list of winners are:
GOLDEN LION for Best Film:
EN DUVA SATT PÅ EN GREN OCH FUNDERADE PÅ TILLVARON (A PIGEON SAT ON A BRANCH REFLECTING ON EXISTENCE) by Roy Andersson (Sweden, Germany, Norway, France)
Our review.
SILVER LION for Best Director:
Andrej Končalovskij for the film BELYE NOCHI POCHTALONA ALEKSEYA TRYAPITSYNA (THE POSTMAN’S WHITE NIGHTS) (Russia)
GRAND JURY PRIZE:
THE LOOK OF SILENCE by Joshua Oppenheimer (Denmark, Finland, Indonesia, Norway, United Kingdom)
COPPA VOLPI for Best Actor:
Adam Driver in the film HUNGRY HEARTS by Saverio Costanzo (Italy)
Our review.
COPPA VOLPI for Best Actress:
Alba Rohrwacher in the film HUNGRY HEARTS by Saverio Costanzo (Italy)
Our review.
MARCELLO MASTROIANNI AWARD for Best Young Actor or Actress:
Romain Paul in the film LE DERNIER COUP DE MARTEAU by Alix Delaporte (France)
AWARD FOR BEST SCREENPLAY:
Rakhshan Banietemad and Farid Mostafavi for the film GHESSEHA (TALES) by Rakhshan Banietemad (Iran)
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE:
SIVAS byKaan Müjdeci (Turkey, Germany)
LION OF THE FUTURE – “LUIGI DE LAURENTIIS” VENICE AWARD FOR A DEBUT FILM:
COURT by Chaitanya Tamhane (India)
ORIZZONTI AWARDS
The Orizzonti jury of the 71st Venice Film Festival, chaired by Ann Hui and featuring Moran Atias, Pernilla August, David Chase, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Roberto Minervini and Alin Taşçiyan have seen 29 films and awarded:
ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST FILM:
COURT by Chaitanya Tamhane (India)
ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR:
Naji Abu Nowar for THEEB (Jordan, U.A.E., Qatar, United Kingdom)
SPECIAL ORIZZONTI JURY PRIZE:
BELLUSCONE. UNA STORIA SICILIANA by Franco Maresco (Italy)
SPECIAL ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR OR ACTRESS:
Emir Hadžihafizbegović in the film TAKVA SU PRAVILA (THESE ARE THE RULES) by Ognjen Sviličić(Croatia, France, Serbia, Macedonia)
ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM:
MARYAM by Sidi Saleh (Indonesia)
VENICE SHORT FILM NOMINATION FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2014:
PAT – LEHEM(DAILY BREAD) by Idan Hubel (Israel)
VENEZIA CLASSICI AWARDS
The Venezia Classici jury, chaired by Giuliano Montaldo has awarded:
VENEZIA CLASSICI AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY ON CINEMA:
ANIMATA RESISTENZA by Francesco Montagner and Alberto Girotto(Italy)
VENEZIA CLASSICI AWARD FOR BEST RESTORED FILM:
UNA GIORNATA PARTICOLAREby Ettore Scola (1977, Italy, Canada)
GOLDEN LION FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT 2014:
Thelma Schoonmaker
Frederick Wiseman
JAEGER-LECOULTRE GLORY TO THE FILMMAKER AWARD 2014:
James Franco
PERSOL TRIBUTE VISIONARY TALENT AWARD 2014:
Frances McDormand
L’ORÉAL PARIS PER IL CINEMA AWARD:
Valentina Corti
