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This is the list of awards given at the 2019 Biennale Cinema. To check awards at official site go here and check official collateral awards list here . Official Selection Golden Lion for Best Film: Joker , Todd Phillips, USA Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize : J'Accuse (An Officer and a Spy), Roman Polanski, France and Italy Special Jury Prize : La Mafia non è più quella di una Volta, Franco Maresco, Italy (documentary) Silver Lion for Best Director : Roy Anderson Om det oändliga (About Endlessness), Roy Andersson, Sweden Germany, and Norway Copa Volpi for Best Actress : Ariane Ascaride in Gloria Mundi , Robert Guédiguian, France and Italy Copa Volpi for Best Actor : Luca Marinelli in Martin Eden , Pietro Marcello, Italy and France Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best New Young Actress or Actor : Toby Wallace in Babyteeth , Shannon Murphy , Australia Best Screenplay : Yonfan for 继园台七号 Ji yuan tai qi hao (No.7 Cherry Lane), Yonfan, Hong Kong (animation) Lion of the Future - Luigi d...

Yesterday the 28 Times Cinemas jury voted for the GdA top award between three finalists, La LLorona by Jayro Bustamante, Only the Animals by Dominik Moll and Corpus Christi by Jan Komasa. According to the event live video, the race was between La LLorona and Corpus Christi.  At the end it was La LLorona the one that got more votes and became the Venice Festival parallel section top winner.  The following is organizers statement about the winning film. Bustamante, one of Latin American cinema's most unique voices, weaves a portrait of Guatemala's tragic history and its open wounds inspired by the legendary folk-tale of the same name. The combination of poetics and politics forges a haunting and acute fable not only about the past but of the present. La Llorona is an intimate ghost story told through a vivid female figure. It expends on the themes of loss, denial and acceptance. As the song 'La Llorona' says: Dicen que no tengo duelo, Llorona, porque no me ven llorar. Hay...

Today, Friday September 6, the Venice International Film Critics' Week, the independent and parallel section organized by the National Union of Italian Film Critics (SNCCI) during the 76th Venice International Film Festival conferred the awards for its thirty-fourth edition. The BIG winner is All This Victory by Ahmad Ghossein as film collected not only the Grand Prize but also the Audience Award plus the Best Technical Contribution award a trifecta that suggest film is appreciated by the industry and audiences plus seems will also have high production values.  Not bad at all. There is one more feature films award Verona Film Club Award that went to Scales by Shahad Ameen.  Also there are three awards for short films. Award winners are in *BLUE .  To check winners at official site go here . This year the section will run from August 28 to September 9, 2019. Feature Films Competition (*) El Príncipe (The Prince), Sebastián Muñoz, Chile, Argentina and Belgium جدار الصوت ...

The 2019 Queer Lion Award goes to Chile in a co production with Argentina and Belgium, a movie by Sebastián Muñoz that premiered in the always "strange" section of the Venice Film Festival, Settimana Internazionale della Critica.  El Príncipe (The Prince) wins with the following motivation from the jurors. " El Príncipe is a passionate portrait of life in a Chilean prison on the eve of Allende’s rise to power in 1970. The savage brutality of prison life is contrasted by intensely emotional relationships between prisoners. Led by a towering Alfredo Castro, the excellent ensemble cast give stirring performances of a powerful script which conveys the paradoxical acceptance of gay attachments in prison at a time when it was not socially acceptable. Sebastián Muñoz’s directorial debut is a bold and erotically charged exploration of recent history which reveals an unexpected tenderness at its heart. " Awards ceremony will be tonight at 6:00pm at the Sala Tropicana in the...

Somehow was able to enjoy yesterday's press conference as even if rhythm was on the slower side, eventually the end was near and finally were able to learn the films in La Mostra competition. My very-spontaneous reaction was feeling this year fest will be as exciting as last year and yes, more interesting than Cannes. This is great but you know me, I'm crazy about French cinema, so wish the French festival will pickup the past glory, leave controversies behind to become more "independent", sigh. Well, but for now, is all about the Italian festival with great movies from around the world becoming not only the Oscars predictor but the one to be consider as the leading force in world cinema Before getting into post matter, wish to share an extraordinary and outstanding fact about a country with no cinema continuous-trajectory that suddenly is catapulting into remarkable milestones. As far as was able to check from historic info, this is the first time Guatemala has o...

November 12 Update Seems yesterday Monday, November 11, the Academy notified the Austrian selection committee their verdict regarding the Austrian submission, Joy by Sudabeh Mortezai and it's bad news as AMPAS claims film dialogue is only 33% non-English. So it's the second disqualification and perhaps there could be more as news mention AMPAS is currently in the process of reviewing all the films submitted for current edition. With this disqualification tally goes down to ninety-one (91), one below the record established two years ago. Just noticed from the list below that there are 3 films strikethrough, two are disqualifications and one was not in AMPAS published list, but what's remarkable is that all three films are directed by female directors! I'm sure is just a coincidence but can't help from imagining the worst scenario, lol. November 6 Update Nigeria submission, Lionheart, has been disqualified as film is predominantly in English.  Yes, saw movie in Netfli...

In an unexpected finale the jury decided two top winners for this award that is too young to be giving ex-æquo awards. "The two films we have rewarded deal with love, exile, resistance and the you of disobeying together"  declared the jury. First L’Œil goes to a very strong and courageous debut film by a young woman.  A shock, terrifying violence of the images.  The story of a great love between a man and a woman, an open love letter to their child, the everyday life of a young heroic surgeon and his team in the hell of Syrian war.  For Sama by Waad Al Kateab. The second goes to a filmmaker who has been in exile for almost 50 years.  He has restlessly celebrated, through his body of work, the passionate momentum of Chilians in pursuit of liberty and social Justice.  La Cordillera de los Sueños by Patricio Guzmán. Winners are in *BLUE .  To check winners go official site here ; but, wait a few days until they update. ---///-- 5/11/19 2019 L’Œil d’Or ...