lifestyle MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2016 AWARDS

Director Lav Diaz holds the Golden Lion award for Best Film for the movie “The Woman Who Left” during the Director Amat Escalante (left) and director Andrei Konchalovsky both receive the Silver Lion award for Best awards ceremony of the 73rd Venice Film Festival. — AP/AFP photos Director respectively for their movies “The Untamed” (La Region Salvaje) and “Paradise”. ‘The Woman Who Left’ by Filipino auteur Lav Diaz wins Venice Film Festival Golden Lion

he Woman Who Left,” a revenge drama Actor by Filipino auteur Lav Diaz about the Oscar Martinez (“The Distinguished Citizen,” ‘Tstruggle of a wrongly convicted school- Argentina, Spain) teacher in the outside world after 30 years behind bars, is the winner of the 73rd Venice Film Actress Festival’s Golden Lion. Shot in black and white Emma Stone (“La La Land,” US) and lasting nearly four hours “Woman Who Left” Marcello Mastroianni Prize for Young Performer was praised by Variety critic Guy Lodge as a “pow- Paula Beer (“Frantz,” France) erful and, by his [Diaz’s] standards, refreshingly contained moral study.” “This is for my country, for Best Screenplay the Filipino people; for our struggle and the Noah Oppenheim (“Jackie,” US) struggle of humanity,” said Diaz, as he thanked Luigi De Laurentiis Lion of The Future the jury headed by Sam Mendes. “The Last of Us,” (Ala Eddine Slim, Tunisia) Tom Ford-directed romantic noir “Nocturnal Horizons Jury Animals,” set in the LA art scene and the Texas criminal underworld, took the fest’s Jury Grand Best Film Prize. It is the second film directed by the fashion “Liberami” (Federica di Giacomo, Italy) designer, following “A Single Man” which pre- Best Director miered in Venice in 2009. “I have a very beautiful “Home” (Fien Troch, Belgium) memory of the warn reception my first film received here seven years ago,” the former Gucci Special Jury Prize guru said speaking in Italian. “To return here is for “Big Big World” (Reha Erdam, Turkey) me the realization of a big dream.” Special Prize for Best Actor Nino Lopes (“Sao Jorge”) by Marco Martins A dystopian fairy tale (Portugal) Best director donors were split between Special Prize for Best Actress Mexican helmer Amat Escalante’s eclectic mix of Ruth Diaz (“The Fury of a Patient Man”) by Raul naturalistic drama and sci-fi erotica, “The Arevalo (Spain) Untamed,” and Veteran Russian auteur Andrei Konchalovsky’s Holocaust drama “Paradise.” The Best Screenplay Special Jury Prize went to “The Bad Batch,” a “Bitter Money,” by Wang Bing (China) dystopian fairy tale set in a Texas wasteland by Best Short Iranian-American director Ana Lily Amirpour. “La Voz Perdida,” Marcelo Mantinessi (Paraguay) Lodge called it a “blood-spattered mash-up of genres, from cannibal exploitation to spaghetti Venice Classics Awards western.” Amirpour thanked festival organizers for Director Ala Eddine Slim (right) and actor Jawher Soudani (center) receive the Lion of the Future “Luigi de Laurentiis” Venice award for the Best Documentary on Cinema “bringing me and my weird, twisted fairy tale to movie “The Last of Us”. “Le Councours,” (Claire Simon) Venice; it’s been a dream.” “I wish my mom and Portman as First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, it was the first time she performed in French. age with relatively few letdowns. It reinforced the Best Restored Film dad were here because they would really love this reconstructs the four-day period right after Tunisian director Ala Eddine Slim won the Luigi Lido’s status as a prime Oscar launching pad and “Break-Up-L’uomo dei cinque palloni,” (Marco shit,” she added. Emma Stone scooped the best President John F Kennedy was assassinated. De Laurentiis Lion of the Future for best first work an important sales springboard to closing deals Ferreri, Italy) —Reuters actress prize for her role as Mia, an aspiring “One of the things I like most about the Venice for drama “The Last of Us,” which screened in in Toronto. actress and playwright with a passion for the Film Festival, and all festivals-and something I Critics’ Week and has no dialogue. It tracks a Sub- magic of old movie stars,” in Damien Chazelle’s didn’t really understand from the outside-is that Saharan man through the desert to North Africa Winners of the 73nd Venice film musical “La La Land,” itself a tribute to old we can only give one award per movie,” Mendes where he steals a boat and embarks on an imagi- festival official awards: Hollywood, which opened the festival on a decid- said on stage. “Of course festivals serve the pur- nary surrealistic odyssey. International Competition edly positive note. Stone was not present at the pose of having certain films reach broader audi- The jury of the Horizons section dedicated to Golden Lion awards ceremony. ences,” Mendes later noted at the post ceremony more cutting edge works awarded its top prize to “The Woman Who Left” (Lav Diaz, Philippines) The best actor prize went to Argentinian actor press conference. “But we did not talk about this “Liberami,” a documentary about exorcism in Silver Lion Best Director (Tie) Oscar Martinez for his role as a Nobel-winning in our discussions. We talked about all movies in Sicily by Italy’s Federica di Giacomo. The Horizons “Paradise,” Andre Konchalovsky, Russia, Germany author who returns to his native village for inspi- the same way.” Special Jury Prize went to Turkish director Reha “The Untamed,” Amat Escalante, Mexico ration in directorial duo Gaston Duprat and Erdem for his dark drama “Big Big World.” The 73rd Mariano Cohn’s “The Distinguished Citizen (“El Best first work for drama edition of Venice was one of the strongest in Jury Grand Prize Actress Emma ciudadano ilustre”), a comedy about art, fame, The Marcello Mastroianni award for best recent memory combining a diverse mix of “Nocturnal Animals” (Tom Ford,) Stone winner of and petty provincial jealousy. Noah Oppenheim young performer went to German actress Paula potential Oscar contenders from the US with clas- Best Actress in won the best screenplay nod for “Jackie,” directed Beer for her role as a World War I widow in French sic auteur and more esoteric fare from other parts Special Jury Prize the film by Chilean director Pablo Larrain. Starring Natalie director Francois Ozon’s period drama “Frantz.” It of the world, and attaining a good batting aver- “The Bad Batch” (Ana Lily Amirpour, US) “La La Land”.

Actress Paula Beer receives the Marcello Mastroianni Award for the Best Director Federica Di Giacomo holds the Orizzonti Award for Best Film for Director Fien Troch holds the Orizzonti award for Best Director for his Young Actor in the movie “Frantz”. the movie “Liberami”. movie “Home”.

Director Tom Ford receives the Grand Jury Prize for the movie “Nocturnal Director Ana Lily Amirpour receives the Special Jury Prize for the movie Actor Oscar Martinez holds the Volpi Cup award for Best Actor in the film Animals”. “The Bad Batch”. “The Distinguished Citizen” (El Ciudadano Ilustre).