Audrey Diwan, director of French abortion drama ‘Happening,’ won the 2021 Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion. (We deleted a previous tweet erroneously identifying her as the first woman to win the award since 2010.)
The Power of the Dog. Italian director Pablo Sorrentino won the grand jury prize for his well-received autobiographical dramaSpanish star Penelope Cruz has won Venice’s best actress honor for her performance in Pedro Almodovar’s new melodramaThe Lost Daughter
. Noting that she married and had her first child in Italy, Gyllenhaal said “my life as a director and writer was born here, in this theater,” referencing Venice’s Sala Grande. Gyllenhaal’s drama, starring Olivia Coleman, is based on the novel by Italian writer Elena Ferrante.John Arcilla won best actor honors for his performance in, Michelangelo Frammartino’s cinematic exploration of one of the world’s deepest caves, won a special jury prize.
The first prize of the evening, the Audience Award Armani beauty, a new prize for Venice’s new Horizons Extra sidebar, went to Teemu Nikki’sPilgrimswon two Horizons prizes: best director for Gravel and best actress for Laure Calamy.
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