Ang Babeang Humayo - Best Film at Venice Festival
Q. Which director won the award for the best film at the 73rd Venice Film Festival?- Published on 13 Sep 16a. Lav Diaz
b. Andrei Konchalovsky
c. Amart Escalante
d. None of the above
ANSWER: Lav Diaz
A revenge drama Ang Banbeng Humayo (The Woman Who Left) on 10th September 2016 won the Golden Lion for Best Film award at the 73rd Venice Film Festival.
- This four hour black and white revenge drama is about a woman wrongfully jail for 30 years
- Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky and Mexican film director Amat Escalante shared the Silver Lion for Best Direction for films Paradise and The Untamed
- Tom Ford’s noir thriller Nocturnal Animals from the US won the Grand Jury Prize.
The complete list of winners is :i.
Golden Lion: Lav Diaz for Ang Babaeng Humayo
ii.
Silver Lion Director (tie): Andre Konchalovsky for Paradise and Amat Escalante for The Untamed
iii.
Jury Grand Prize: Nocturnal Animals
iv.
Special Jury Prize: The Bad Batch
v.
Actor: Oscar Martinez for The Distinguished Citizen
vi.
Actress: Emma Stone for La La Land
vii.
Screenplay: Noah Oppenheim for Jackie
viii.
Marcello Mastroianni Price for Young Performer: Paula Beer for Frantz
ix.
Luigi De Laurentiis Lion of the Future: The Last of Us
- Venice Film Festival/International Film Festival was founded in 1932
- It is one of the big three film festivals the other two being Cannes and Berlin International Film Festival
- It is the oldest film festival in the world
- It takes place in Lido Venice in Italy in Aug/Sept.
