Venice Winners
The Venice Film Fest handed out winners. Laura Poitras doc the first ever documentary to win the top prize.
Golden Lion: All The Beauty and the Bloodshed, dir. Laura Poitras
Grand Jury Prize: Saint Omer, dir. Alice Diop
Silver Lion for Best Director: Bones and All, dir. Luca Guadagnino
Special Jury Prize: No Bears, dir. Jafar Panahi
Best Young Actor: Taylor Russell for Bones and All
Best Actress: Cate Blanchett for Tár
Best Actor: Colin Farrell for The Banshees of Inisherin
Best Screenplay: The Banshees of Inisherin, written by Martin McDonagh
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