Venice International Film Festival 2019 Awards Winners: JOKER, AN OFFICER AND A SPY, ABOUT ENDLESSNESS, & More

Venice International Film Festival 2019 Awards Winners

Joker, An Officer and a Spy, About Endlessness, and the other winners of the 2019 Venice International Film Festival Awards have been announced. The 76th Annual Venice Film Festival “is the oldest film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi in 1932 as the “Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica”, the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the Lido, Venice, Italy. Screenings take place in the historic Palazzo del Cinema on the Lungomare Marconi. It is one of the world’s most prestigious film festivals and is part of the Venice Biennale, a major biennial exhibition and festival for contemporary art.”

Todd Phillips’ Joker won the top prize, the Golden Lion, at the 2019 Venice Film Festival, while Roman Polanski’s An Officer and a Spy took the Grand Jury Prize.

Venice International Film Festival 2019 Awards Winners

VENICE 76 AWARDS

Golden Lion: “Joker,” Todd Phillips

Grand Jury Prize: “J’Accuse” (“An Officer and a Spy”), Roman Polanski

Best Director: Roy Andersson, “About Endlessness”

Best Actress: Ariana Ascaride, “Gloria Mundi”

Best Actor: Luca Martinelli, “Martin Eden”

Best Screenplay: Ji Yuan Tai Qi Hao, “No. 7 Cherry Lane”

Special Jury Prize: “La Mafia Non E Piu Quella Di Una Volta,” Franco Maresco

Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best New Talent: Toby Wallace, “Babyteeth”

VENICE CLASSICS

Best Documentary on Cinema: “Babenco: Tell Me When I Die,” Barbara Faust

Best Restored Film: “Extase,” Gustav Machaty

VENICE VR

Best VR Story Award: “Daughters of Chibok,” Joel Kachi Benson

Best VR Experience: “A Linha,” Ricardo Laganaro

Best VR: “The Key,” Celine Tricart

HORIZONS AWARD

Best Film: “Atlantis,” Valentyn Vasyanovych

Best Director: Theo Cort, “Blanco en Blanco”

Special Jury Prize: “Verdict,” Raymund Ribay Gutierrez

Best Actress: Marta Nieto, “Madre”

Best Actor: Sami Bouajila, “Bik Eneich – Un fils”

Best Screenplay: “Revenir,” Jessica Palud, written by Jessica Palud, Philippe Lioret, Diasteme

Best Short Film: “Darling,” Saim Sadiq

LION OF THE FUTURE

Luigi De Laurentiis Award for best Debut Film: “You Will Die at 20,” Amjad Abu Alala

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