ROMA WINS VENEZIA 75 - AWARDS

By José Alberto Hermosillo 

The Mexican film "Roma" directed by Alfonso Cuarón wins the Golden Lion at the 75th edition of the Venice Film Festival. 

Alfonso Cuaron, Golden Lion @Bienale #Venezia75

 The award to "Roma" was expected for its rave reviews and the quality of its gorgeous black and white cinematography, a film also shot by the Mexican auteur who had the vision to filmed his childhood, during the 1970's, faithfully to his memories.

Alfonso Cuaron and the cast of Roma, Venezia 75.

The other Mexican director Carlos Raygadas got mixed reviews for his lavished love triangle film "Our Time." 

The president of the jury was last year's winner Mexican director Guillermo del Toro ("The Shape of Water"), who said, to give away the awards, the jury had to view the films from the audience point-of-view.

Venezia 75 - Awards

Golden Lion: ROMA, Alfonso Cuarón, México.
Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize: The Favourite, Yorgos Lanthimos
Silver Lion Best Director: Jacques Audiard, The Sisters Brothers
Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Willem Dafoe, At Eternity's Gate
Best Screenplay Award: Joel & Ethan Coen, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Special Jury Prize: The Nightingale, directed by Jennifer Kent 
Marcello Mastroianni Award: Baykali Ganambarr for The Nightingale.

Horizons Awards

Best Film: Kraben Rahu, by Phuttiphong Aroonpheng
Best Director: Emir Baigazin for Ozen.
Special Jury Prize: Anons, by Mahmut Fazil Coskun
Best Actress: Natalya Kudryashova, The Man Who Surprised Everyone
Best Actor: Kais Nashif for Tel Aviv on Fire.
Best Screenplay: Jinpa, Pema Tseden.

Lion of the Future
Lion of the Future Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Film:   
The Day I Lost My Shadow, directed by Soudade Kaadan.

Venice Classics
Best Documentary on Cinema: The Great Buster: A Celebration, Peter Bogdanovich.
Best Restored Film: La Notte di San Lorenzo / The Night of San Lorenzo - Paolo and Vittorio Taviani.

Venice VR Best VR Film: Spheres, directed by Eliza McNitt.
Best VR Experience Award: Buddy VR, by Chuck Chae.
Best VR Story Award: I'iIe des morts, by Benjamin Nuel.

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“Never Look Away” is Germany's Entry for the 91st Academy Awards®

By José Alberto Hermosillo

“Never Look Away” is the German official Oscar® submission for Best Foreign Language Film, 2019. 

Based on the real life of the well-known abstract German painter Gerhard Richter, the film vividly recreates three significant eras in Germany’s history.  

Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, who already won an Oscar® in 2006 for “The Life of Others.” Ironically, it beat out Guillermo del Toro’s masterpiece “Pan’s Labyrinth.” 

Mr. Donnersmarck came to Hollywood in 2010, to direct the French remake of “The Tourist” with Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp. The 100 million dollar flick had locations in Paris and Venice and earned $278 million at the worldwide box office. This film plus the Oscar established him as a prestigious Director.

“Never Look Away” focuses on the early days of Kurt, a naïve young artist who falls in love with Ellie, the daughter of the famous Professor Karl Seeband, who strongly opposes the relationship. 

They will discover their lives are already connected by a horrendous crime the “prestigious” doctor committed years earlier.

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The Teutonic submission premieres at the 75^th Venice International Film Festival. To meet the Academy’s requirement, the film is heading for a commercial run in Germany before September 30, 2018.

"Werk ohne Autor - Never Look Away" German trailer (HD)

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