‘Anomalisa’ and ‘From Afar’ win top awards at the Venice Film Festival
Charlie Kaufman, left, and Duke Johnson receive their Grand Jury Prize Award on Sept. 12 at the Venice Film Festival for their stop-motion film “Anomalisa.”
Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson’s stop-motion film “Anomalisa”, centered around a motivational speaker in crisis, and first-time Venezuelan filmmaker Lorenzo Vigas’ “From Afar” were among the major award winners Saturday at the Venice Film Festival.
“Anomalisa” received the Grand Jury Prize, while “From Afar,” about a lonely middle-aged gay man and his relationship with the 17-year-old leader of a criminal gang, won the Golden Lion Award.
The jury, which was presided over by Oscar-winning filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron (“Gravity”), awarded the Silver Lion for best director to Pablo Traper for his Argentine crime saga “The Clan.”
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Fabrice Luchini took home the Volpi Cup for best actor for “L’Hermine” and Valeria Golina won the Volpi Cup for best actress for “Per Amor Vostro.”
Abraham Attah won the Marcello Mastroianni Award for best new young actor or actress for his performance as an African child soldier in Netflix’s “Beasts of No Nation.”
Christian Vincent won screenplay honors for “L’Hermine,” and the Special Jury Prize was given to Emin Alpert’s “Frenzy.”
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