Venice film festival winners

Venice film festival winners

Chinese director Chloe Zhao wins the Golden Lion for Nomadland while Italian actor Pierfrancesco Favino wins Best Actor for Padresnostro.

Italian actor Pierfrancesco Favino poses with the Coppa Volpi for Best Actor for ‘Padresnostro’. (AFP pic)

Golden Lion: “Nomadland” by Chloe Zhao, China-US

Jury prize: Michel Franco for “New Order”, Mexico

Best director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa for “Wife of a Spy”, Japan

Special jury prize: Andrei Konchalovsky for “Dear Comrades”, Russia

Best actress: Britain’s Vanessa Kirby for “Pieces of a Woman”

Best actor: Italy’s Pierfrancesco Favino for “Padrenostro”

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