Film Festival, today is sentencing day. Lions ready for release The Venezia80 jury, chaired by American director Damien Chazelle and consisting of Saleh Bakri, Jane Campion, Mia Hansen-Løve, Gabriele Mainetti, Santiago Miter, Martin McDonagh, Laura Poitras and Shu Qi. The games seem to be built on the basis of certain games that clearly separate others. At the top of the critics’ charts is “Poor Things!” Yorgos Lanthimos, the story of a Frankenstein woman who frees herself through sex. Lanthimos could qualify for the Golden Lion or end up in Palmares thanks to Emma Stonefor her convincing performance as Bella Baxter. Carey Mulligan is also up for the Volpi Cup as best actress.Bernstein’s wife and Bradley Cooper to the cinema “Owner”directed by an American actor who could probably also be in contention for the Volpi Cup for Best Actor.
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The surprise of the last day of the competition, which took place yesterday, “Memory size” From Michelle Franco with Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard it could make it into the awards table, perhaps for the screenplay. For male actor there’s a lot of talk there too Caleb Landry Jonesmain character “Dog Man” by Luc Besson, the story of the Joker, surrounded by dogs, in the depths of despair and revenge. The director will definitely not return to Poland empty-handed Agneska Hollandwhose “Green Border” focuses on the violence faced by migrants on the border between Belarus and his country, he moved and shook the Lido. The government accused the director of propaganda against the Poles, as was the case during Nazi times, and the Netherlands responded by condemning the Polish Minister of Justice Zbigniew Zebro. For Italy, he, of course, claims a prize. “I am the captain” by Matteo Garronethe epic story of the arrival in Italy of two Senegalese migrants, overcoming the horrors of Libyan prisons, desert and abuse, a story inspired by the true story of Fofana, who immigrated when he was 15 and became captain of the fishing boat used for the crossing.
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Here are the prizes awarded by the jury without the possibility of ex-aequo: Golden Lion for best film Silver Lion – Grand Jury Prize, Silver Lion – Prize for Best Director, Volpi Cup for Best Actress, Volpi Cup for Best Actor, Special Jury Prize, Prize for Best Screenplay, Marcello Mastroianni Award for Emerging Young Actor or Actress. Jury Horizonte under the chairmanship of Jonas Carpignano will be awarded without the possibility of ex-aequo Horizonti Prize for Best Film, Orizzonti Award for Best Director, Orizzonti Special Jury Prize, Orizzonti Award for Best Actress, Orizzonti Award for Best Actor, Orizzonti Award for Best Screenplay, Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film. The jury of the Venice First Film Award, chaired by Alice Diop, will award, without ex aequo possibility, among all the first feature films presented in the various competitive sections of the Exhibition (Official Selection, Autonomous and Parallel Sections), Lion of the Future – Venice Prize for the first work “Luigi De Laurentiis”and a US$100,000 prize provided by Filmauro, to be divided equally between the director and producer.
The ceremony is today, Saturday, September 9, at 19:00 in the Great Hall. For those who won’t be at the Lido, you can follow it on Rai Movie at number 24 of the automatic LCN digital broadcast numbering or streaming on the official website of the Venice Biennale (labiennale.org); or live on the Biennale’s Facebook profile and live on RaiPlay.