73rd Venice Film Festival Awards: Golden Lion to Lav Diaz

The 73rd Venice International Film Festival concluded with its awards ceremony at the Lido, hosted by actress Sonia Bergamasco. The jury, chaired by Sam Mendes, awarded the Golden Lion for Best Film to Lav Diaz's 'The Woman Who Left'. The Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize went to Tom Ford's 'Nocturnal Animals'. Best Director was shared ex aequo by Amat Escalante for 'La Region Salvaje' and Andrei Konchalovsky for 'Paradise'. Emma Stone won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress for 'La La Land', and Oscar Martinez won Best Actor for 'The Distinguished Citizen'. The Marcello Mastroianni Award for emerging young actor went to Paula Beer for 'Frantz'. Noah Oppenheim won Best Screenplay for 'Jackie'. The Special Jury Prize was awarded to Ana Lily Amirpour's 'The Bad Batch'. The Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Film went to 'The Last of Us' by Ala Eddine Slim. The Best Restored Film was Marco Ferreri's 'Break Up'. In the Orizzonti section, Federica Di Giacomo's 'Liberami' won Best Film, Fien Troch's 'Home' won Best Director, and Marcelo Martinessi's 'La Voz Perdida' won Best Short Film. Other Orizzonti winners included Wang Bing for Best Screenplay, Nuno Lopes for Best Actor, Ruth Diaz for Best Actress, and Reha Erdem's 'Big Big World' for Special Prize.