OFFICIAL AWARDS – 74th VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

 

OFFICIAL AWARDS – 74^th VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

 

VENEZIA 74

The Venezia 74 Jury, chaired by Annette Bening, and comprised of Ildikó Enyedi, Michel Franco, Rebecca Hall, Anna Mouglalis, David Stratton, Jasmine Trinca, Edgar Wright and Yonfan having viewed all 21 films in competition, has decided as follows:

 

GOLDEN LION for Best Film to:

THE SHAPE OF WATER

by Guillermo del Toro (USA)

 

SILVER LION - GRAND JURY PRIZE to:

FOXTROT 

by Samuel Maoz (Israel, Germany, France, Switzerland)

 

SILVER LION - AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR to:

Xavier Legrand 

for the film JUSQU’À LA GARDE (France)

 

COPPA VOLPI

for Best Actress:

Charlotte Rampling

in the film HANNAH by Andrea Pallaoro (Italy, Belgium, France)

 

COPPA VOLPI

for Best Actor:

Kamel El Basha

in the film THE INSULT by Ziad Doueiri (Lebanon, France)

 

AWARD FOR BEST SCREENPLAY to:

Martin McDonagh

for the film THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI by Martin McDonagh (Great Britain)

 

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE to:

SWEET COUNTRY

by Warwick Thornton (Australia)

 

MARCELLO MASTROIANNI AWARD

for Best Young Actor or Actress to:

Charlie Plummer

in the film LEAN ON PETE by Andrew Haigh (Great Britain)

 

 

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 74^th Venice Film Festival, chaired by Benoît Jacquot and comprised of Geoff Andrew, Albert Lee, Greta Scarano and Yorgos Zois has decided to award:

 

LION OF THE FUTURE

“LUIGI DE LAURENTIIS” VENICE AWARD FOR A DEBUT FILM to:

JUSQU’À LA GARDE

by Xavier Legrand (France)

VENEZIA 74

 

as well as a prize of 100,000 USD, donated by Filmauro to be divided equally between director and producer.

 

ORIZZONTI AWARDS

The Orizzonti Jury of the 74^th Venice International Film Festival, chaired by Gianni Amelio and composed of  Rakhshan Banietemad, Ami Canaan Mann, Mark Cousins, Andrés Duprat, Fien Troch and Rebecca Zlotowski, after screening the 31 films in competition has decided to award:

 

the ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST FILM to:

NICO, 1988

by Susanna Nicchiarelli (Italy, Belgium)

 

the ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR to:

Vahid Jalilvand

for BEDOUNE TARIKH, BEDOUNE EMZA (NO DATE, NO SIGNATURE) (Iran)

 

the SPECIAL ORIZZONTI JURY PRIZE to:

CANIBA

by Véréna Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor (France, USA)

 

the ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS to:

Lyna Khoudri

in LES BIENHEUREUX by Sofia Djama (France, Belgium, Qatar)

 

the ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR to:

Navid Mohammadzadeh

in BEDOUNE TARIKH, BEDOUNE EMZA (NO DATE, NO SIGNATURE)

by Vahid Jalilvand (Iran)

 

the ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST SCREENPLAY to:

Dominique Welinski and René Ballesteros

for LOS VERSOS DEL OLVIDO by Alireza Khatami 

(France, Germany, Netherlands, Chile)

 

the ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM to:

GROS CHAGRIN

by Céline Devaux (France)

 

the VENICE SHORT FILM NOMINATION FOR THE

EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2017 to:

GROS CHAGRIN

by Céline Devaux (France)

 

VENICE VIRTUAL REALITY AWARDS

The Venice VR Jury of the 74^th Venice International Film Festival, chaired by John Landis and composed of Cécile Sciamma and Ricky Tognazzi has decided to award:

 

the BEST VR AWARD to:

ARDEN’S WAKE (EXPANDED)

by Eugene YK Chung (USA)

 

the BEST VR EXPERIENCE AWARD (FOR INTERACTIVE CONTENT) to:

LA CAMERA INSABBIATA

by Laurie Anderson and Hsin-Chien Huang (USA, Taiwan)

 

the BEST VR STORY AWARD (FOR LINEAR CONTENT) to:

BLOODLESS

by Gina Kim (South Korea, USA)

 

VENICE CLASSICS AWARDS

The Venice Classics Jury, chaired by Giuseppe Piccioni composed of 26 students of Cinema History, chosen in particular from the professors of 12 Italian Dams university programmes and from the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, has decided to award:

 

the VENICE CLASSICS AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY ON CINEMA to:

THE PRINCE AND THE DYBBUK

by Elwira Niewiera and Piotr Rosołowski (Poland, Germany)

 

the VENICE CLASSICS AWARD FOR BEST RESTORED FILM to:

IDI I SMOTRI (COME AND SEE)

by Elem Klimov (USSR, 1985)

 

GOLDEN LION FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT 2017 to:

Jane Fonda

Robert Redford

 

JAEGER-LECOULTRE GLORY TO THE FILMMAKER AWARD 2017 to:

Stephen Frears

 

COLLATERAL AWARDS

Arca CinemaGiovani Award

Venezia 74 Best Film: FOXTROT by Samuel Maoz

Best Italian Film: BEAUTIFUL THINGS by Giorgio Ferrero

BNL People's Choice Award – Giornate degli Autori

GA’AGUA (LONGING) by Savi Gabizon

Brian Award

LES BIENHEUREUX by Sofia Djama

Circolo del Cinema di Verona Award – 32nd Venice International Film Critics’ Week

TEAM HURRICANE by Annika Berg

Civitas Vitae Award

IL COLORE NASCOSTO DELLE COSE by Silvio Soldini

Fair Play Cinema Award

EX LIBRIS - THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY by Frederick Wiseman         

Special Mention: HUMAN FLOW by Ai Weiwei    

Fedeora Award (Federazione dei Critici Europei e dei Paesi Mediterranei)

Best Film: EYE ON JULIET by Kim Nguyen

Best Director of a Debut Film: SARA FORESTIER for M

Best Actor: REDOUANNE HARJANE for M

FEDIC Award

LA VITA IN COMUNE by Edoardo Winspeare

Special Mention: NICO, 1988 by Susanna Nicchiarelli

Mention FEDIC – Il giornale del cibo: LE VISITE by Elio Di Pace

FIPRESCI Award

EX LIBRIS - THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY by Frederick Wiseman         

Best Debut Film: LOS VERSOS DEL OLVIDO by Alireza Khatami

Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Award

GEORGE CLOONEY, MICHAEL CAINE and AI WEIWEI

Enrico Fulchignoni – CICT-UNESCO Award

HUMAN FLOW by Ai Weiwei

Future Film Festival Digital Award

THE SHAPE OF WATER by Guillermo del Toro

Special Mention: GATTA CENERENTOLA by A. Rak, I. Cappiello, M. Guarnieri, D. Sansone 

GdA Director’s Award - Giornate degli Autori

CANDELARIA by Jhonny Hendrix Hinestroza

Green Drop Award 

FIRST REFORMED by Paul Schrader  

HRNs Award – Special Prize for Human Rights

THE RAPE OF RACY TAYLOR by Nancy Buirski

Special Mention: L’ORDINE DELLE COSE by Andrea Segre

Special Mention: HUMAN FLOW by Ai Weiwei

Interfilm Award

LOS VERSOS DEL OLVIDO by Alireza Khatami

Label Europa Cinemas Award

M by Sara Forestier                                                                                                      

Lanterna Magica Award (CGS)

L'EQUILIBRIO by Vincenzo Marra

La Pellicola d’Oro Award

Best Production Manager in an Italian Film: DANIELE SPINOZZI for Ammore e Malavita

Best Production Manager in an International Film: RICCARDO MARCHEGIANI for Mektoub My Love: Canto Uno

Best Stagehand: ROBERTO DI PIETRO for Hannah

Leoncino d’Oro Agiscuola Award

THE LEISURE SEEKER by Paolo Virzì 

Cinema for UNICEF Award: HUMAN FLOW by Ai Weiwei

Lizzani Award

GÉRÔME BOURDEZEAU and DOMINIQUE BATTESTI

IL COLORE NASCOSTO DELLE COSE by Silvio Soldini

Lina Mangiacapre Award

LES BIENHEUREUX by Sofia Djama

Mouse d’Oro Award

MEKTOUB, MY LOVE: CANTO UNO by Abdellatif Kechiche

Mouse d’Argento Award: GATTA CENERENTOLA by A. Rak, I. Cappiello, M. Guarnieri, D. Sansone 

NuovoImaie Talent Award

FEDERICA ROSELLINI for Dove cadono le ombre

MIMMO BORRELLI for L’equilibrio

Open Award

GATTA CENERENTOLA by A. Rak, I. Cappiello, M. Guarnieri, D. Sansone

Francesco Pasinetti Award – SNGCI

AMMORE E MALAVITA by Manetti Bros.    

Special Award: GATTA CENERENTOLA by A. Rak, I. Cappiello, M. Guarnieri, D. Sansone 

Special Award: NICO, 1988 by Susanna Nicchiarelli                                                                       

Gillo Pontecorvo Award - Arcobaleno Latino

MIAO XIAOTIAN, CEO of China Film Coproduction Corporation

Queer Lion Award

MARVIN by Anne Fontaine

Mario Serandrei – Hotel Saturnia Award for the Best Technical Contribution – 32nd Venice International Film Critics’ Week

LES GARÇONS SAUVAGES by Bertrand Mandico

Sfera 1932 Award

LA MÉLODIE by Rachid Hami  

SIAE Audience Award – 32nd Venice International Film Critics’ Week

TEMPORADA DE CAZA by Natalia Garagiola

SIGNIS Award

LA VILLA by Robert Guédiguian

Special Mention: FOXTROT by Samuel Maoz

C. Smithers Foundation Award – CICT-UNESCO

THE SHAPE OF WATER by Guillermo del Toro

Sorriso Diverso Venezia 2017 Award - Ass Ucl

IL COLORE NASCOSTO DELLE COSE by Silvio Soldini

Soundtrack Stars Award

ALEXANDRE DESPLAT for The Shape of Water

Special Award: AMMORE E MALAVITA by Manetti Bros.

Lifetime Achievement Award to ANDREA GUERRA

UNIMED Award

LA VILLA by Robert Guédiguian

Special Mention: BRUTTI E CATTIVI by Cosimo Gomez

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MEET THE BLACKS

Feast your eyes on the first poster for Mike Epps’ hilarious new comedy “Meet the Blacks.” The film will release nationwide on April Fool’s Day (April 1^st) – no joke! In the meantime, check out the trailer here http://bit.ly/1PlUP8b

From writer/director/producer Deon Taylor, “Meet the Blacks” is comedy/horror hybrid spoofing the hit film “The Purge,” and stars Mike Epps (“The Hangover,” “50 Shades of Black,” “Resident Evil: Apocalypse”),George Lopez (“Lopez Tonight,” “Swing Vote,” “Balls of Fury”), Mike Tyson(“The Hangover” series “Scary Movie 5”), Bresha Webb (NBC’s “Truth Be Told”), Zulay Henao (“True Memoirs of An International Assassin”) as well as a ‘who’s who’ of pop culture personalities including Gary Owen (“Ride Along”) Charlie Murphy (“The Chappelle Show”), Tameka “Tiny” Cottle(VH1’s TI & Tiny with Rap artist husband TI), gossip columnist Perez Hilton,Paul Mooney (Richard Pryor’s longtime writing partner), Vine star Andrew Bachelor, and comedians Lil Duvall, DeRay Davis and Lavell Crawford. 

“Meet the Blacks” is written, produced and directed by former pro basketball player turned filmmaker Deon Taylor (“Supremacy” “Chain Letter,” “Dead Tone”).

Roxanne Avent (“Nite Tales,” “The Hustle,” “Free Agents”) and Shannon McIntosh (“The Hateful Eight,” “Django Unchained,” “Inglorious Basterds”) produced the film alongside Taylor. Executive producers are Mike Epps, NBA star Tony Parker, Michael Finley, Venu Kondle and Derek Dudley.  Freestyle Releasing will distribute the film nationwide.

Original music for the film is written, produced and performed by RZA, the iconic producer, multi-instrumentalist, author, rapper, actor, director, composer, and screenwriter. RZA is also an executive producer.