Blanchett won for his performance in Todd Field’s ‘Tur’, while Farrell won for Martin McDonagh’s ‘The Banshees of Inishrin’.
Blanchett won for her performance in Todd Field’s ‘Tur’, while Pharrell wins award for Martin McDonagh’s ‘The Banshees of Inishrin’
Cate Blanchett and Colin Farrell won the top acting awards at the Venice International Film Festival on Saturday. Blanchett won for her performance as a noted conductor in Todd Fields Tar and Farrell to play a man who had broken up with his longtime friend in Martin McDonagh’s Inishrin’s Banshee,
“I am shocked and thrilled to have found this,” Farrell said in a live video message broadcast at the festival Saturday night. McDonagh was on site to collect the award.
Bones and all-Star Taylor Russell won the Marcelo Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actress for her turn in the cannibal love story co-starring Timothée Chalamet. “I prepared a speech because I’m nervous,” Russell said. “I’m grateful beyond belief to be standing here. So many of my heroes are in this room.”
Russell also thanked his director, Luca Guadagnino. “He’s been a great friend to me and I love him dearly.”
The 79th edition of the Venice International Film Festival kicks off on Saturday evening, as the jury gathered to award the films at a ceremony hosted by Rocio Munoz Morales.
The jury, led by Julianne Moore, selected the winners from 23 films in the competition, including several Oscar nominees. The Oscar winner presided over a jury that included French director Audrey Dewan, whose film Is happening Last year won the Golden Lion, author Kazuo Ishiguro (” never let me go”) and Iranian actor Leila Hatami ( Isolation) Also on the main jury was the Italian director Leonardo di Costanzo ( inner cage) Argentine filmmaker Mariano Cohn ( official competition) and Rodrigo Sorogoyan ( Candidate,
Premiering in competition in Venice has sparked several successful Oscar campaigns in recent years, leading to nominations and even wins. Seven times in the past nine years, the Best Director Oscar has gone to a film that had its world premiere, starring Chloe Zhao, Alfonso Cuarón, Alejandro G. Inarritu, twice, includes Guillermo del Toro and Damien Chazelle. It has also introduced some Best Picture winners such as nomadic, water size And birdman,
The festival cemented several films, actors and directors as strong contenders for the award for the coming season. Brendan Fraser is in tears for his portrayal of Charlie, a reclusive English teacher who weighs 600 pounds and is attempting to mend things with his estranged, cruel daughter Ellie (Sadie Sink) in Darren Aronofsky. whale, Cate Blanchett also received universal acclaim for her turn in Todd Field TarAn intelligent drama about a renowned conductor at the top of his game in the international world, whose reputation suddenly comes under threat.
Beyond the awards, it was a Venice for the books, with high glamor from Timothée Chalamet, who stunned in a red backless halter neck from Haider Ackerman, and Florence Pugh, looking the part of a movie star in a sheer tulle off the shoulder. There was Valentino who cleverly developed both classic romanticism and playful modernism, and high drama, mostly around Olivia Wilde. don’t worry darling, The behind-the-scenes intrigue in Wilde’s film caused some extreme silliness as the world watched the cast’s every move for clues, from where people were sitting to who they saw during the premiere.
Chris Pine also became an unexpected meme for his various shots at a press conference. Then came “Spit-Gate,” where viewers became amateur sleuths, trying to determine whether Harry Styles spit on Pine before the film’s world premiere. As always, people in Venice are talking.