Venice International Film Festival 2020: Here's a full list of all the winners

Venice Film Festival 2020 was held from September 2 to 12 amid the COVID-19 pandemic in a restricted manner - the 77th edition of the oldest and most notable film festival which is internationally acclaimed. Accredited by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations, Venice Film Festival 2020 is one of the 'Big Three' film festivals along with Cannes and Berlin Film Festivals. The Venice Film Festival 2020 was the first international film festival to take place physically since the global COVID-19 pandemic. This year an Indian film by Chaitanya Tamhane also won an award at the festival.

Here's a list of all the winners of the 77th edition of the Venice Film Festival

• Chloé Zhao's film Nomadland won the Golden Lion Award
• Michel Franco's film New Order won the Silver Lion - Grand Jury Prize
• Kiyoshi Kurosawa won the Silver Lion Award for Best Director for the film Wife of a Spy
• Andrei Konchalovsky's Dear Comrades! won the Special Jury Prize

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• Chaitanya Tamhane's The Disciple won the Award for Best Screenplay 
• Vanessa Kirby won the Coppa Volpi for Best Actress for the film Pieces of a Woman
• Pierfrancesco Favino won the Coppa Volpi for Best Actor for the film Padrenostro
• Rouhollah Zamani won the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor or Actress for the film Sun Children

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• Ahmad Bahrami's The Wasteland won the Orizzonti Award for Best Film
• Lav Diaz won the Orizzonti Award for Best Director for the film Genus Pan
• Ana Rocha de Sousa's film Listen won the Special Orizzonti Jury Prize and the Venice Award for Debut Film
• Pietro Castellitto's I Predatori won the Orizzonti Award for Best Screenplay

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• Khansa Batma won the Orizzonti Award for Best Actress for Zanka Contact
• Yahya Mahayni won the Orizzonti Award for Best Actor for The Man Who Sold His Skin
• Mariana Saffon's film Entre Tu Y Milagros won the Orizzonti Award for Best Film
• Laura Carreira's film The Shift won the Venice Short Film Nomination for the European Film Awards 2020

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• Michelle and Uri Kranot won the Grand Jury Prize for Best VR Immersive Work for the film The Hangman at Home
• Finding Pandora X by Kiira Benzing - Best VR Immersive User Experience
• Killing A Superstar by Fan Fan - Best VR Immersive Story

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Indian films at the Venice Film Festival

The Disciple is a Marathi film which has been written, directed and edited by Chaitanya Tamhane. This film won the Award for Best Screenplay at the Venice Film Festival 2020. According to reports, The Disciple is the first Indian film in nearly 30 years to win an award at the Venice Film Festival and the first one to compete at the festival since 2001. Mira Nair's film Monsoon Wedding (2001) starring Naseeruddin Shah, Randeep Hooda and Shefali Shah among others was the second film to win the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival with the first one being Satyajit Ray for Aparajito in 1957.

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