Tom Hooper’s The Danish Girl wins Queer Lion

blood of my blood

Veteran director Marco Bellocchio’s Blood Of My Blood (Sangue Del Mio Sangue) has won the FIPRESCI Award at the 72nd Venice Film Festival (Sept 2-12).

The film is a vampire-themed period drama starring Alba Rohrwacher, who won last year’s Volpi prize for best actress with her performance in Hungry Hearts, as a 17th-century noblewoman who becomes a nun and seduces a young army officer and his twin brother. The film is sold by The Match Factory.

Venice’s ‘Collateral Awards’ - prizes assigned independently by film critics and cultural associations - also saw the Queer Lion Award go to Tom Hooper’s The Danish Girl, starring Eddie Redmayne as Danish artist Lili Elbe, one of the first known recipients of sexual reassignment surgery.

The film, which receives its North American premiere at Toronto tonight (Sept 12), is a hot contender for the upcoming awards season.

 

FIPRESCI Award
Best film of Venezia 72: Blood Of My Blood (Sangue del mio sangue) by Marco Bellocchio
 
SIGNIS Award
to Beixi moshuo (Behemoth) by Liang Zhao
Special Mention to L’attesa by Piero Messina
 
Leoncino d’Oro Agiscuola  per il Cinema Award
to L’attesa by Piero Messina
 
Francesco Pasinetti Award
to Non essere cattivo by Claudio Caligari
Best Actor award to Luca Marinelli for the film Non essere cattivo by Claudio Caligari
Best Actress award to Valeria Golino for the film Per amor vostro by Giuseppe M. Gaudino
Special award to La prima luce by Vincenzo Marra
 
Brian Award
to Spotlight by Thomas McCarthy
 
Queer Lion Award
to The Danish Girl by Tom Hooper
Special Mention to Baby Bump by Kuba Czekaj
 
Arca CinemaGiovani Award
Best film of Venezia 72: Abluka (Frenzy) by Emin Alper
Best Italian film to Pecore in erba by Alberto Caviglia
 
FEDIC Award
to Non essere cattivo by Claudio Caligari
Special Mention “Fedic – Il Giornale del Cibo” to L’attesa by Piero Messina
 
Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Award
to Alexander Sokurov for the film Francofonia
Special Award to Johnny Depp and to the director Terry Gilliam
 
Future Film Festival Digital Award
to Anomalisa by Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson
 
P. Nazareno Taddei Award
to Marguerite by Xavier Giannoli
 
Lanterna Magica (CGS) Award
to Blanka by Kohki Hasei
 
Open Award
to director Carlotta Cerquetti for the film Harry’s Bar
 
Lina Mangiacapre Award
to Laurie Anderson for the film Heart of a Dog
 
Mouse d’Oro Award
Mouse d’oro for the best film of Venezia 72: Rabin, The Last Day by Amos Gitai
Mouse d’argento for the best Out of Competition film to Spotlight by Tom McCarthy
 
Gillo Pontecorvo - Arcobaleno Latino Award
to Non essere cattivo by Claudio Caligari
 
INTERFILM Award
to Wednesday, May 9 by Vahid Jalilvand
 
Young Jury Members of the Vittorio Veneto Film Festival Award
to Remember by Atom Egoyam
Special Mention to 11 minut (11 Minutes) by Jerzy Skolimowski
 
“Civitas Vitae prossima” Award
to Alberto Caviglia for the film Pecore in erba
 
Green Drop Award
to Beixi moshuo (Behemoth) by Liang Zhao
 
Soundtrack Stars Award
to A Bigger Splash by Luca Guadagnino
to Equals by Drake Doremus
Award for lifetime achievement to Nicola Piovani
 
Schermi di Qualità – Carlo Mazzacurati Award
to Non essere cattivo by Claudio Caligari
 
Europa Cinemas Label Award
Best European Movie from the Giornate degli Autori – Venice Days to À peine j’ouvre lese yeux (As I Open my Eyes) by Leyla Bouzid
 
Fedeora Award
Giornate Degli Autori – Venice Days
Best Film: Underground Fragrance by Pengfei
Best director of a debut film to Ruchika Oberoi for Island City
Best actress in a debut film to Ondina Quadri for Arianna
 
Settimana Internazionale della Critica – Venice International Film Critics’ Week
Best film: Kalo Pothi by Bahadur Bham Min
Best photography to Benthey Dean for Tanna
 
Venezia 72
Award for Best Euro-Mediterranean film: Francofonia by Alexander Sokurov
 
Human Rights Nights Award
to Rabin, The Last Day by Amos Gitai
 
AssoMusica “Ho visto una Canzone” Award
to the song “A cuor leggero” by Riccardo Sinigallia, from the film Non Essere Cattivo by Claudio Caligari.
 
“Sorriso diverso Venezia 2015” Award
Best Italian film to Non essere cattivo by Claudio Caligari
Best film in a foreign language to Blanka by Kohki Hasei
 
Amnesty International Italia “ Il cinema per i diritti umani” Award
to Visaaranai (Interrogation) by Vetri Maaran
 
CITC – UNESCO 2015 Award
to Beasts of No Nation by Cary Fukunaga
 
NuovoImaie Talent Award
Best actress in a debut film: Ondina Quadri in the film Arianna by Carlo Lavagna
Best Italian actor in a debut film: Alessandro Borghi in the film Non essere cattivo by Claudio Caligari
 
Best Innovative Budget Award
to A Bigger Splash by Luca Guadagnino

Topics