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The 76th Venice International Film Festival officially closed.

The film “The Clown” directed by Todd Phillips won the Golden Lion Award, the highest award of the festival. It also set the biggest upset in the history of the Venice International Film Festival – “The Joker” won the highest award in the world’s three major film festivals as the first superhero movie.


One of the two Chinese-language films that won the main competition this year, “Jiyuantai No.7” won the Best Screenplay Award. This is also the second time that Hong Kong director Yang Fan has been nominated for the Venice International Film Festival. The Chinese film “Lanxin Grand Theatre” regrets that it has not won any awards. Interestingly, yesterday, whether or not the “Lan Xin Theatre” won the award, whether the main creation was recalled by the organizing committee led to various gossips, which led to the discussion of fans. In fact, Gong Li and Gong Li have already arrived in Toronto, ready Attend the premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.

The new director “I Complaint” by the famous director Roman Polanski, who has been controversial since the Venice International Film Festival, won the jury award.

Review the Venice International Film Festival, especially in the first half, without losing this year’s Cannes Film Festival. There are both topical events and Hollywood big-name stars to attend, so it’s no fun.

The chairman of the jury is controversial about Polanski’s new finalist contest

Polansky sexual assault is not repeated here, just at the press conference of the judges of the Venice International Films this year, Luquesia Martel, chairman of the jury of the main competition unit, said she would not participate in Polanski movies. At the dinner of this film festival, Polanski will not stand up for applause, but she does not question Polanski’s new film “My Complaint” appeared at the film festival. In her view, the director himself and his work cannot be seen separately. There are many female victims in her country who are fighting, so she made this decision.

This statement caused a great uproar. The President of the Venice International Film Festival, Babeto, also stated that he should treat the director’s artist identity differently from his personal identity. He should not ignore the value of his work because of the allegations he received.

“My Complaint” at the press conference after the premiere, its Italian producers said that the past has passed, and it is necessary to pay attention to the present and let the works speak.

Just before the opening of this year’s Cannes International Film Festival, Hollywood also launched a signature against the Cannes International Film Festival to award Alan Delong a lifetime achievement award. Alan Delong was accused of domestic violence and anti-gay.

The artistic director of the Cannes International Film Festival, Thierry Fumao, said that Cannes is not a Nobel Peace Prize, they pay tribute to the actor Alan Delong.

As for whether or not to separate a filmmaker’s work from his private life, this has always led to debates between the parties.

Can Venice become an Oscar award season sign again

In recent years, the Venice International Film Festival has been ridiculed by everyone to hold Hollywood thighs. The 2014 “Birdman” begins, the “City of Love” in 2016, the “Water Story” in 2017, and the “Roman” in 2018. These Hollywood film productions can always be presented at the Oscars. Harvest awards.

This is also the helplessness of the Venice International Film Festival, because the best film works of the year will be sent to the Cannes International Film Festival, and Venice can only be “remaining.” It’s held every year in the fall, just in time with the Traleeud Film Festival and the Toronto Film Festival. In order to maintain its “Big Three” status, it can only “grab” the international premiere with the latter two. And the movie with the intention of “Chong Ao” is bound to choose one of the three film festivals to make an international premiere, paving the way for the awards season.