70th Venice Film Festival: Italian documentary Sacro Gra wins Golden Lion for Best Film

The 70^th annual Venice Film Festival has come to a triumphant end, with documentary Sacro Gra claiming the coveted Golden Lion award for Best Film, though a wealth of international candidates have also been awarded prestigious prizes.

GOLDEN LION for Best Film to:

Sacro Gra by Gianfranco Rosi (Italy, France)

SILVER LION for Best Director to:

Alexandros Avranas for the film Miss Violence (Greece)

GRAND JURY PRIZE to:

Jiaoyou by Tsai Ming-liang (Chinese Taipei, France)

COPPA VOLPI for:

Best Actor: Themis Panou in the film Miss Violence by Alexandros Avranas (Greece)

Best Actress: Elena Cotta in the film Via Castellana Bandiera by Emma Dante (Italy, Switzerland, France)

MARCELLO MASTROIANNI AWARD for Best Young Actor or Actress to:

Tye Sheridan in the film Joe by David Gordon Green (US)

AWARD FOR BEST SCREENPLAY to:

Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope for the film Philomena by Stephen Frears (United Kingdom)

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE to:

Die Frau Des Polizisten by Philip Gröning (Germany)

LION OF THE FUTURE – “LUIGI DE LAURENTIIS” VENICE AWARD FOR A DEBUT FILM to:

White Shadow by Noaz Deshe (Italy, Germany, Tanzania) VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM CRITICS’ WEEK

(This award included a prize of $100,000 from Filmauro di Aurelio e Luigi De Laurentiis to be shared between director and producer).

ORIZZONTI AWARDS

The ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST FILM to:

Eeastern Boys by Robin Campillo (France)

The ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR to:

Uberto Pasolini for the film Still Life (United Kingdom, Italy)

The SPECIAL ORIZZONTI JURY PRIZE to:

Ruin by Michael Cody and Amiel Courtin-Wilson (Australia)

The SPECIAL ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR INNOVATIVE CONTENT to:

Mahi Va Gorbeh by Shahram Mokri (Iran)

The ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM to:

Kush by Shubhashish Bhutiani (India)

VENEZIA CLASSICI AWARDS

The VENEZIA CLASSICI AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY ON CINEMA to:

Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater by Gabe Klinger (USA, Portugal, France)

The VENEZIA CLASSICI AWARD FOR BEST RESTORED FILM to:

La Proprietà Non È Più un Furto by Elio Petri (Italy, France)

OTHER AWARDS

EUROPEAN SHORT FILM 2013 – EFA AWARD to:

HOUSES WITH SMALL WINDOWS by Bülent Öztürk (Belgium) 

GOLDEN LION FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT 2013

William Friedkin

JAEGER-LECOULTRE GLORY TO THE FILMMAKER

Ettore Scola

PERSOL AWARD

Andrzej Wajda

L’ORÉAL PARIS PER IL CINEMA AWARD

Eugenia Costantini

Italian director of Sacro Gra Gianfranco Rosi humbly accepted the honour awarded to him for his documentary – the first documentary ever to win best film at the world’s oldest film festival!

Aoife O’Driscoll

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Watch the trailer for Golden Lion winner Sacro Gra here: