Poor Things which took the top award, the Golden Lion. Lanthimos is becoming one of the best of his generation after previous hits The Lobster (love that movie), The Killing of a Sacred Deer and the Oscar-winning The Favourite.
The filmmaker has had success at Venice before, winning the best screenplay award for Alps in 2011. The Venice 2023 awards winners were revealed on Saturday night in the Italian city.His new film is getting more festival coverage at next month’s BFI London Film Festival and judging by its success at Venice, expect more awards to be flung its way as we head into the season.Elsewhere, Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Evil Does Not Exist picked up the Grand Jury Prize, while Agnieszka Holland’s Green Border was awarded the Special Jury Prize.
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