By Our Special Correspondent
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Laura Poitras's epic documentary about photographer Nan Goldin and her activism against the Sackler family and their art connections has been awarded the Golden Lion for best film at the 79th Venice International Film Festival. Poitras thanked the festival for recognizing that documentary is cinema at the ceremony Saturday evening in Venice. Cate Blanchett and Colin Farrell won the top acting prizes. Blanchett won for her performance as a renowned conductor in Todd Field's T R and Farrell for playing a man who is broken up with by his longtime friend in Martin McDonagh's The Banshees of Inisherin". I'm shocked to get this and thrilled, Farrell said in a live video message broadcast at the festival on Saturday night. McDonagh was on site to collect the prize before he got one of his own for screenplay. Luca Guadagnino won the Silver Lion award for best director for the cannibal romance Bones and All starring Timoth e Chalamet and Taylor Russell, who also was recognized for her performance for best young actress. I have a speech prepared because I'm nervous, Russell said. I'm grateful beyond belief to be standing here. So many of my heroes are in this room. The jury also gave a special jury prize to No Bears, by imprisoned Iranian director Jafar Pan hi. The acclaimed director was in July ordered by Iran to serve six-year prison sentence from a decade ago that had never been enforced. The order came as the government seeks to silence criticism amid growing economic turmoil and political pressure.
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