The 75th Venice Film Festival 2018 Winners Announced.
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Director Alfonso Cuaron holds the Golden Lion Best Film award for 'Roma' at the closing ceremony of the 75th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy
Film Festival 2018 Awards Ceremony, Venice, Italy - 08 Sep 2018
The 75th Venice Film Festival drew to a close last night. The winners were announced from inside the Sala Grande on the Lido, where Alfonso Cuaron’s scooped the highest honour, the Golden Lion with his black-and-white Mexican drama Roma. This marks a pivotal moment for Netflix, as it is the first movie from Netflix to take the honor.
Find the list of all winners below.
Alfonso Cuaron wins the Golden Lion for ROMA
MAIN COMPETITION
Golden Lion Roma, dir: Alfonso Cuaron, U.S. Mexico Grand Jury Prize The Favourite, dir: Yorgos Lanthimos, Greece, U.K.
Silver Lion, Best Director Jacques Audiard, The Sisters Brothers, U.S.
Volpi Cup, Best Actress Olivia Colman, The Favourite, Greece, U.K.
Volpi Cup, Best Actor Willem Dafoe, At Eternity’s Gate, U.S.
Best Screenplay Joel & Ethan Coen, The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs, U.S. Special Jury Prize The Nightingale, dir: Jennifer Kent, Australia Marcello Mastroianni Award for for Best New Young Actor or Actress Baykali Ganambarr, The Nightingale, Australia Yorgos Lanthimos wins the Grand Jury Prize for THE FAVOURITE
HORIZONS Best Film Manta Ray, dir: Phuttiphong Aroonpheng, Thailand Best Director Ozen (The River), dir: Emir Baigazin, Kazakhstan Special Jury Prize Anons (The Announcement), dir: Mahmut Fazil Coskun, Turkey Best Actress Natalya Kudryashova, The Man Who Surprised Everyone, Russia
Best Actor Kais Nasif, Tel Aviv On Fire, Israel Best Screenplay Pema Tseden, Jinpa, China
Best Short Film Kado, dir: Aditya Ahmad, Indonesia
Lion of the Future – “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film The Day I Lost My Shadow, dir: Soudade Kaadan, Syria
Olivia Colman wins for THE FAVOURITE
VENICE CLASSICS Best Documentary on Cinema The Great Buster: A Celebration, dir: Peter Bogdanovich, U.S. Best Restoration La Notte Di San Lorenzo (The Night of the Shooting Stars), dir: Paolo Vittorio Taviani, Italy
William Dafoe wins for THE ETERNITY’S GATE
VIRTUAL REALITY Best VR Spheres: Chorus Of The Cosmos, dir: Eliza McNitt, U.S., France Best VR Experience Buddy VR, dir: Chuck Chae, South Korea
Best VR Story L’Ile Des Morts, dir: Benjamin Nuel, France
The festival has already announced its dates for next year. The 76th La Biennale de Venezia will commence on 28 August 2019.
