This year’s Venice Film Festival is coming to a close after two weeks of in-person cinema on the Lido, which means it’s time for the annual fete to hand out its awards.
IndieWire will be updating the winners list live as they are announced.Categories including Volpi cups for Best Actor and Actress, the Silver Lion, and the Golden Lion, the festival’s top honor, and more.Last year’s Golden Lion winner Chloe Zhao returned to Venice this year as a member of the competition jury, which is being presided over by “Parasite” Oscar winner Bong Joon Ho.
The “Snowpiercer” and “Parasite” Oscar winner became the first person from South Korea to serve as the president of the film festival’s seven-person jury.
Venice artistic director Alberto Barbera hailed Bong as “one of the most authentic and original voices in worldwide cinema.” Additional competition jurors were actor Virginie Efira,
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