The absurdist vignette movie A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting On Existence by Sweden’s Roy Andersson won the top prize at the Venice film Festival in a somewhat surprising verdict that left Alejandro Iñiarritu’s Birdman out of the running. The
jury, opting perhaps for a less Hollywood-centric choice, also awarded Russian veteran Andrej Koncalovskij the Silver Lion for his The Postman’s White Nights. The Special Jury prize went to Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look of Silence his equally powerful follow-up to last year’s The Act of Killing on the Indonesian killing fields of the 70s.
Acting kudos went to Alba Rohrwacher and Adam Driver for their joint performance in Saverio Costanzo’s New York psychological drama Hungry Hearts. Here’s the list of awards: Complete Winners Of The 71st Venice Film Festival
GOLDEN LION
A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting On Existence (Roy Andersson Sweden, Germany, Norway, France)
SILVER LION
The Postman’s White Nights (Andrej Koncalovskij, Russia)
JURY GRAND PRIZE
The Look Of Silence (Joshua Oppenheimer, Denmark, Finland, Indonesis, Norway, U.K.)
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Sivas (Kaan Mujdeci, Turkey, Germany)
ACTOR
Adam Driver (Hungry Hearts, Italy)
ACTRESS
Alba Rohrwacher (Hungry Hearts, Italy)
MARCELLO MASTROIANNI PRIZE FOR YOUNG PERFORMER
Romain Paul (Le Dernier Coup De Marteau, France)
BEST SCREENPLAY
Rakhshan and Farid Mostafavi (Tales, Iran)
LUIGI DE LAURENTIIS LION OF THE FUTURE
Court, Chitanya Tamhane (India)
HORIZONS JURY
BEST FILM
Court, Chaitanya Tamhane (India)
BEST DIRECTOR
Theeb Naji Abu Nowar (Jordan, U.A.E., Qatar, U.K.)
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Belluscone (Franco Maresco, Italy)
SPECIAL PRIZE FOR BEST ACTOR OR ACTRESS
Emir Hadzihafizbegovic (These Are The Rules, Croatia, France, Serbia, Macedonia)
HORIZONS PRIZE FOR BEST SHORT
Maryam (Sidi Saleh, Indonesia)
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