Venezuelan film 'From Afar' wins Venice Golden Lion

Source: AFP | September 13, 2015, Sunday |

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VENEZUELAN film "Desde Alla" (From Afar), a drama that deals with repressed gay love, won the top Golden Lion prize at the Venice Film Festival Saturday on a night to remember for Latin American cinema.

The debut feature by director Lorenzo Vigas was picked as best film by a jury chaired by Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron from a selection of 21 films from around the world.

The Silver Lion for best director went to Argentina's Pablo Trapero for "The Clan", a crime movie based on a real-life story of a prosperous family of kidnappers in Buenos Aires which has been a huge hit on home soil.

American duo Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson took the Grand Jury Prize for their acclaimed and highly original stop animation feature for adults "Anomalisa."

Italy's Valeria Golina won the best actress award for "Per amor vostro" (For Your Love), a Naples-set drama by Giuseppe Gaudino. France's Fabrice Luchini was named best actor for his role in Christian Vincent's "L'Hermine."

But there was no recognition for British production "The Danish Girl", one of the pre-festival favourites in which Oscar-winning actor Eddie Redmayne plays a transgender artist.

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Venezuelan film 'From Afar' wins Venice Golden Lion

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