Nagbunyi ang mga Pilipino noong nakaraang taon dahil si John Arcilla ang hinirang na best actor sa awards at closing ceremony ng 78th Venice Film Festival na ginanap noong September 11, 2021 sa Venice, Italy.
Napanalunan ni John ang Coppa Volpi for Best Actor dahil sa kanyang mahusay na pagganap bilang corrupt journalist sa On The Job: The Missing 8 ng Reality MM Studios.
Dahil sa coronavirus pandemic, hindi nakadalo si John sa 78th Venice Film Festival kaya ang On The Job director na si Erik Matti ang tumanggap ng kanyang acting trophy. Pero ipinakita sa awards ceremony ang pre-recorded acceptance speech ni John.
Si Colin Farrell ang successor ni John dahil ang Irish actor ang nagwagi ng Coppa Volpi for Best Actor sa 79th Venice Film Festival dahil sa karakter na ginampanan niya sa The Banshees of Inisherin.
Tulad ni John, hindi nakadalo si Colin sa awards night ng 79th Venice Film Festival na idinaos noong Sabado ng gabi, September 10, 2021, pero tinanggap niya ang parangal sa pamamagitan ng isang live video message.
"I’m shocked to get this and thrilled," ang pahayag ni Colin tungkol sa acting award na ipinagkaloob sa kanya ng mga hurado.
Ang multi-awarded actress na si Cate Blanchett ang hinirang na best actress sa pinakamatandang film festival sa buong mundo. Marami siyang napahanga sa pagganap niya sa TAR.
Ang mga sumusunod ang kumpletong listahan ng mga nagwagi sa 79th Venice Film Festival.
MAIN COMPETITION
Best Young Actor: Taylor Russell, Bones and All
Best Actor: Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Best Actress: Cate Blanchett, TÁR
Best Screenplay: Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
Special Jury Prize: Jafar Panahi, No Bears
Silver Lion for Best Director: Luca Guadagnino, Bones and All
Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize: Alice Diop, Saint Omer
Golden Lion: Laura Poitras, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
HORIZONS
Best Short Film: Snow in September by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir
Best Screenplay: Fernando Guzzoni, Blanquita
Best Actor: Mohsen Tanabandeh, World War III
Best Actress: Vera Gemma, Vera
Special Jury Prize: Damian Kocur, Bread and Salt
Best Director: Tizza Covi, Vera
Rainer Frimmel Best Film: World War III by Houman Seyyedi
HORIZONS EXTRA
Audience Award: Nezouh by Soudade Kaadan
LION OF THE FUTURE
Award for Best Debut Feature: Saint Omer by Alice Diop
VENICE IMMMERSIVE
Special Jury Prize: Eggscape by German Heller, Jorge Tereso, Federico Heller
Grand Jury Prize: From the Main Square by Pedro Harres
Best Immersive Experience: The Man Who Couldn’t Leave by Chen Singing
VENICE CLASSICS
Best Restored Film: Branded to Kill
Seijun Suzuki Best Documentary of Cinema: Fragments of Paradise by K.D. Davison