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Disney’s Marketing Director for , Davide Romani Mexican director Michel Franco poses with the Silver acknowledges receiving the for Best Film on Lion - Grand Jury Prize he received for “Nuevo Orden” behalf of US director Chloe Zhao for “Nomadland” during (New Order). the closing ceremony on the last day of the 77th Jury President of the 77th , Australian-US actress arrives to attend the closing cere- Film Festival. mony of the 77th Venice Film Festival.— AFP photos

omadland” by director Chloe Hollywood Reporter called the film “a Zhao scooped the top prize at unique portrait of outsider existence” “Nthe Venice film festival on while Variety said it was “a marvel of Saturday, the first woman to win the empathy and introspection”. Zhao, who Golden Lion in a decade. The film, an cast real van dwellers opposite ode to American wanderlust and the McDormand, insisted the film was not highs and lows of the open road, won the political, but many saw it as a subtle alle- top honour in a competition billed as a gory on US decline, with its humble relaunch of global cinema bruised by the heroes clinging onto the last threads of coronavirus crisis. Starring Frances the American Dream. McDormand, it is set among a motley tribe of ageing van dwellers, down on High-profile ‘test’ their luck and roaming the West. The Normally attended by more than double-Oscar winner plays a widow who 10,000 executives, critics, takes to the road after losing her home. journalists and moviegoers, the Venice Its Chinese-born director Chloe Zhao festival was the first major international picked up the coveted award 10 years movie competition to go ahead after oth- after ’s 2010 win for her ers around the world, including its main film “Somewhere”, in a year in which rival, the , were can- nearly half of the films in the main com- celled. Festival director Alberto Barbera petition were directed by women. called the event “a sort of test” for the British actress poses with the Via Zoom, Zhao and McDormand film industry, which is slowly regaining its appeared from the Rose Bowl in footing, with some production resuming (From left) Taylor Friedman, Frances McDormand, Chloa Zhao, Matthew Greenfield, David Coppa Volpi for Best Actress she received for Greenbaum, and Fox Searchlight Co-Chairman Stephen Gilula attend the Drive-In Premiere of “”. Pasadena, California-where the film had and cinemas reopening, even as Covid- a US premiere on Friday-sitting inside the 19 cases continue to rise in many parts “Nomadland” hosted by Fox Searchlight and The Telluride Film Festival at Rose Bowl on van used in the film. “Thank you so much of the world. In Italy, the festival was also September 11, 2020 in Pasadena, California. for letting us come to your festival in this viewed as a sign of hope and normalcy weird, weird world and way,” said for the first country in Europe to be bat- won a for McDormand. “We will see you down the tered by the global crisis. his wartime espionage thriler “Spy No road,” they said in unison, quoting a Nevertheless, big-budget block- Tsuma” (Wife of a Spy). Britain’s greeting used by the van dwellers in the busters that have premiered in Venice in Vanessa Kirby, best known for the film. The 77th edition of the “Mostra” fes- years past were missing, as was the series “” won best actress for tival-presided over by Australian actress bevy of Hollywood A-listers, who have her performance in “Pieces of a Woman” Cate Blanchett as jury president-took fans screaming for autographs on the by Kornel Mundruczo about a home place in a year when theatres have been sidelines of the red carpet. Instead, the birth that goes wrong. The best actor closed, film sets shut down and movie- 2020 version was decidedly low-key, award went to Italian star Pierfrancesco goers forced to embrace streaming with about half the usual number of atten- Favino in “Padrenostro” (Our Father). A video at home instead, during months of dees, fewer films and seating in theatres special award for young talent was coronavirus-imposed lockdown. that was staggered to respect social dis- awarded to Rouhollah Zamani from tancing. Masks were mandatory, hand Majid Majidi’s “Khorshid”, (Sun Hot new talent sanitiser bountiful, temperatures were Children), about child workers in . Zhao, 38, is one of Hollywood’s taken on entering the festival grounds Zamani, a street child cast as the 12- hottest new talents, with Variety maga- and ubiquitous red signs warned atten- year-old lead, was unable to attend the zine having hailed her last film, “The dees to respect the anti-coronavirus festival after testing positive for coron- Rider”, about a rodeo grunt, as a “mini- measures. avirus. Last year, “Joker” by US director masterpiece.” She is currently making Todd Phillips took home the Golden Lion the next Marvel movie, “The Eternals”. Street child winner and-in a controversial choice- won the runner-up Grand Jury Polish cinematographer Michal Sobocinski “Nomadland” was loudly applauded The festival’s Grand Jury prize was prize for “An Officer and a Spy.”— AFP acknowledges receiving the Award for Best when it premiered at Venice Friday and awarded to “Nuevo Orden” (New Order) Director Ana Rocha de Sousa acknowledges Screenplay, on behalf of Indian director had horns honking at a Pasadena drive- by director Michel Franco, an unflinching receiving the Special Jury Prize for Chaitanya Tamhane for “The Disciple”. in cinema for its US premiere. The look at a dystopian . ’s “Listen”.

Japanese Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa winner of Best director for “Wife of Iranian director Majid Majidi receives on behalf of Iranian actor Italian screenwriter Pietro Castellitto poses with the Orizzonti Award for Best a Spy” speaking via internet. Rouhollah Zamani the Special Jury Prize “” Award Screenplay he received for “I Predatori”. for Best New Young Actor for “Khorshid” (Sun Children).

Italian actor Pierfrancesco Favino poses with the Coppa Volpi for Best Actor he received Russian director poses with the Special Jury Prize Moroccan French director Ismael El Iraki poses with the Orizzonti Award for “Padresnostro”. he received for “Dear Comrades !”. for Best Actress he received on behalf of Moroccan singer and actress Khansa Batma, for “Zanka Contact”.