Venice 2014: Winners!

A PIGEON SAT ON A BRANCH REFLECTING ON EXISTENCE

The 71st Venice Film Festival concluded on Saturday with the top prize going to the Swedish film with the most enchanting title of the year. Roy Andersson won the Golden Lion for "A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence" and i am assuming most of the votes going his way was for the poetry in his film's title. I am just kidding.

The winners below!

VENEZIA 71
The Venezia 71 Jury, chaired by Alexandre Desplat and comprised ofJoan Chen, Philip Gröning, Jessica Hausner, Jhumpa Lahiri, Sandy Powell, Tim Roth, Elia Suleiman and Carlo Verdone having viewed all 20 films in competition, has decided as follows:

GOLDEN LION (Best Film): "EN DUVA SATT PÅ EN GREN OCH FUNDER DE PÅ TILLVARON" (A PIGEON SAT ON A BRANCH REFLECTING ON EXISTENCE) by Roy Andersson (Sweden, Germany, Norway, France)

SILVER LION (Best Director):Andrej Koncalovskij, "BELYE NOCHI POCHTALONA ALEKSEYA TRYAPITSYNA" (THE POSTMAN’S WHITE NIGHTS) (Russia)

GRAND JURY PRIZE: "THE LOOK OF SILENCE" by Joshua Oppenheimer (Denmark, Finland, Indonesia, Norway, United Kingdom)

COPPA VOLP (Best Actor): Adam Driver "HUNGRY HEARTS" by Saverio Costanzo (Italy)

COPPA VOLPI (Best Actress):Alba Rohrwacher "HUNGRY HEARTS" by Saverio Costanzo (Italy)

MARCELLO MASTROIANNI AWARD for Best Young Actor or Actress to: Romain Paul
in the film "LE DERNIER COUP DE MARTEAU" by Alix Delaporte (France)

BEST SCREENPLAY: Rakhshan Banietemad and Farid Mostafavi "GHESSEHA" (TALES) by Rakhshan Banietemad (Iran)

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE: "SIVAS" by Kaan Müjdeci (Turkey, Germany)
 
LION OF THE FUTURE – “LUIGI DE LAURENTIIS” VENICE AWARD FOR A DEBUT FILM
Lion of the Future – “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film Jury at the 71st Venice Film Festival, chaired by Alice Rohrwacher and comprised of Lisandro Alonso, Ron Mann, Vivian Qu and Razvan Radulescu,  has decided to award:

COURT by Chaitanya Tamhane (India)

ORIZZONTI AWARDS
The Orizzonti Jury of the 71st Venice Film Festival, chaired by Ann Hui and composed of Moran Atias, Pernilla August, David Chase, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Roberto Minervini and Alin Tasçiyan after screening the 29 films in competition has decided to award:

BEST FILM: "COURT" by Chaitanya Tamhane (India)

BEST DIRECTOR: Naji Abu Nowar, "THEEB" (Jordan, U.A.E., Qatar, United Kingdom)

JURY PRIZE: "BELLUSCONE. UNA STORIA SICILIAN" by Franco Maresco (Italy)

BEST ACTOR OR ACTRESS: Emir Hadžihafizbegovic, "TAKVA SU PRAVILA (THESE ARE THE RULES)" by Ognjen Svilicic (Croatia, France, Serbia, Macedonia)

BEST SHORT FILM: "MARYAM" by Sidi Saleh (Indonesia)

VENICE SHORT FILM NOMINATION FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2014:
"PAT – LEHEM" (DAILY BREAD) by Idan Hubel (Israel)

VENEZIA CLASSICI AWARDS
The Venezia Classici Jury, chaired by Giuliano Montaldo composed of 28 students of Cinema History, chosen in particular from the teachers of 13 Italian Dams university programmes and from the Venice University of Ca’ Foscari, has decided to award:

BEST DOCUMENTARY ON CINEMA: "ANIMATA RESISTENZA" by Francesco Montagner and Alberto Girotto (Italy)

BEST RESTORED FILM: "UNA GIORNATA PARTICOLARE" by Ettore Scola (1977, Italy, Canada)

GOLDEN LION FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: Thelma Schoonmaker, Frederick Wiseman

JAEGER-LECOULTRE GLORY TO THE FILMMAKER AWARD: James Franco

PERSOL TRIBUTE VISIONARY TALENT AWARD: Frances McDormand

L’ORÉAL PARIS PER IL CINEMA AWARD: Valentina Corti

XXX
Raymond Lo