Winners of the 83rd Venice Film Festival announced
The 83rd Venice Film Festival has concluded on the island of Lido.
The international jury headed by American actress and director Maggie Gyllenhaal summed up the results of the prestigious film forum and distributed the awards.
The festival's main prize, the Golden Lion for Best Film, went to the psychological drama "The Unknown Woman" by Danish director May el-Toukhy. The picture tells the complex postwar story of the maid Marie in Denmark in 1945. The leading actress Mathilde Arcel Fock also took home the Volpi Cup for Best Actress.
The Grand Jury Prize was awarded to the melodrama "Possible Love" by South Korean director Lee Chang-dong. Earlier, this film also took the prestigious award from the international film critics FIPRESCI.
List of winners
- Golden Lion (Best Film): "The Unknown Woman" (dir. May el-Toukhy, Denmark)
- Grand Jury Prize: "Possible Love" (dir. Lee Chang-dong, South Korea)
- Special Jury Prize: the documentary NAZA (dir. Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, United Kingdom) — the film was also remembered at the festival for a record 25-minute ovation from the audience.
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor: John Malkovich for Martin McDonagh's black comedy "Wild Horse Nine" (USA).
- Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Mathilde Arcel Fock ("The Unknown Woman").
- Best Screenplay: Stéphane Brizé, Coralie Amedeo and Olivier Gorce for the film "A Good Little Soldier" (France).
- Marcello Mastroianni Award (Best Young Actor/Actress): Malou Khebizi for the film "A Place to Heal."
Honorary Golden Lions for contributions to world cinema were presented this year to Hollywood legends George Clooney and Ellen Burstyn.
