VENICE 2016: The majority of the prizewinners are actors and directors from across the pond, who divided the jury chaired by Sam Mendes.
Here is the complete list of winners at the 73rd Venice Film Festival:
Golden Lion
The Woman Who Left – Lav Diaz
Grand Jury Prize
Nocturnal Animals – Tom Ford
Silver Lion for Best Director
Amat Escalante – The Untamed, Andrei Konchalovsky – Paradise
Special Jury Prize
The Bad Batch – Ana Lily Amirpour
Volpi Cup for Best Actor
Óscar Martínez – The Distinguished Citizen
Volpi Cup for Best Actress
Emma Stone – La La Land
Marcello Mastroianni Prize for Best New Actor/Actress
Paula Beer – Frantz
Award for Best Screenplay
Noah Oppenheim – Jackie
Lion of the Future – Laurentiis Prize for a First Film
The Last of Us – Ala Eddine Slim
Orizzonti
Best Film
Liberami – Federica Di Giacomo
Best Director
Fien Troch – Home
Special Jury Prize
Big Big World – Reha Erdem
Best Actress
Ruth Díaz – The Fury of a Patient Man
Best Actor
Nuno Lopes – Saint George
Best Screenplay
Wang Bing – Bitter Money
Best Short Film
La voz perdida – Marcelo Martinessi
Venice Classics
Best Restored Film
Break Up – L’uomo dei cinque palloni – Marco Ferreri
Best Documentary on Cinema
The Graduation – Claire Simon