{"id":5037,"date":"2021-09-11T22:10:15","date_gmt":"2021-09-12T02:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=5037"},"modified":"2023-12-12T03:25:10","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T08:25:10","slug":"78th-venice-film-festival-awards-golden-lion-goes-to-audrey-diwans-abortion-film-happening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=5037","title":{"rendered":"78th Venice Film Festival Awards: Golden Lion Goes to Audrey Diwan\u2019s abortion film, \u2018Happening&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 78<sup>th<\/sup> Venice Film Festival wrapped up on September 11, a year after the COVID pandemic took center stage, forcing the 2020 iteration to adopt a \u201cmore restrained\u201d format.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>This year\u2019s jury was helmed by South Korea\u2019s Bong Joon Ho, whose <strong><i>Parasite<\/i><\/strong> took top honors last year. The jurors wrapped up the two-week extravaganza by bestowing its Golden Lion award on <strong><i>Happening<\/i><\/strong>, a drama about a French college student seeking an abortion in the 1960s.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe really loved this film and it was a unanimous decision,\u201d said Bo in announcing the prize.<\/p>\n<p>The award was widely interpreted as an endorsement of a woman\u2019s autonomy in the light of recent developments worldwide, including the abortion restrictions in Texas and the persecution of women in Afghanistan under the resurgent Taliban.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"http:\/\/blockdrugstores.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/ciprodex.html\">buy ciprodex online<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p> The award for Best Director went to a woman also: Jane Campion for <strong><i>The Power of the Dog<\/i><\/strong>, a \u201cneo-Western\u201d she created for Netflix, her first feature in a dozen years.<\/p>\n<p>Accepting her award,<strong> <i>Happening<\/i> <\/strong>director Audrey Dirwan exclaimed, \u201cI feel heard tonight!\u201d She based her film on the eponymous novel by Annie Ernaux.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"http:\/\/blockdrugstores.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/lariam.html\">buy lariam online<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Other women taking top honors included Spanish actor Penelope Cruz and U.S. director Maggie Gyllenhaal.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Cruz won the Best Actress prize for her performance <i><strong>Parallel Mothers<\/strong>,<\/i> a melodrama by Pedro Almodovar. Gyllenhall was honored for her screenplay for <strong><i>The Lost Daughter<\/i><\/strong>, based on the book by Italian novelist Elena Ferrante.<\/p>\n<p>Venice 2021 was a smashing success for Netflix, which saw three of its offerings take top honors.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"http:\/\/blockdrugstores.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/minocin.html\">buy minocin online<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p> In addition to the Campion and Gyllenhall films cited above, <strong><i>The Hand of God<\/i><\/strong> won a Silver Lion award for Pablo Sorrentino and a Best Young Actor nod for Filippo Scotti.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the list.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MAIN COMPETITION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Golden Lion:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cHappening\u201d (dir. Audrey Diwan)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cThe Hand of God,\u201d Paolo Sorrentino<\/p>\n<p><strong>Silver Lion for Best Director:<\/strong> Jane Campion, \u201cThe Power of the Dog\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Actress:\u00a0<\/strong>Pen\u00e9lope Cruz, \u201cParallel Mothers\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Actor:<\/strong> John Arcilla, \u201cOn the Job: Missing 8\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Screenplay:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cThe Lost Daughter\u201d (Maggie Gyllenhaal)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Jury Prize:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cIl Buco\u201d (dir. Michelangelo Frammartino)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Young Actor: <\/strong>Filippo Scotti, \u201cThe Hand of God\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 78th Venice Film Festival wrapped up on September 11, a year after the COVID pandemic took center stage, forcing the 2020 iteration to adopt a \u201cmore restrained\u201d format.\u00a0 This year\u2019s jury was helmed by South Korea\u2019s Bong Joon Ho, whose Parasite took top honors last year. 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