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LAV DIAZ'S FILM WINS AT VENICE FILM FESTIVAL
Bukod sa mga papuring natatanggap ng 67-year-old film director dahil sa kanyang pagganap sa Call My Manager!, pinarangalan sa 83rd Venice Film Festival ang pelikula niyang Makikiraan Po, na may English title na Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors.
Ang Makikiraan Po ang tumanggap ng Premio Brian o Brian Award mula sa international film festival na nag-umpisa noong Setyembre 2, 2026 at nagwakas noong Sabado, Setyembre 12, 2026.
Kabilang ang mag-asawang Lovi Poe at Montgomery Blencowe sa producers ng Makikiraan Po, na pinangungunahan nina Ronnie Lazaro, Christian Bables, Bart Guingona, Yul Servo, at Rafa Siguion Reyna.
Ipinagkakaloob ang Premio Brian sa pelikulang nagpapakita ng respeto sa mga karapatang pantao at kalayaan ng konsensya.
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83RD VENICE FILM FESTIVAL WINNERS
Ang American actor na si John Malkovich ang nanalo ng Volpi Cup for Best Actor para sa pelikulang Wild Horse Nine.
Bahagi ng acceptance speech ni Malkovich: “I am humbled to be chosen for this award, which has been given to so many wonderful actors over the past 83 iterations of the Venice Film Festival.
“Thank you to the jury for bestowing this honor upon me, and thank you, Martin McDonagh, for writing this lovely screenplay and for your superb direction of it, and for gifting me with this fantastic role.
"And thank you to all my wonderful colleagues, most especially my sidekick, the great Sam Rockwell.”
Ang Filipino actor na si John Arcilla ang nakakuha ng Volpi Cup for Best Actor noong 2021 para sa kanyang pagganap sa On The Job: The Missing 8.
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Ang mga sumusunod ang mga nagwagi sa 83rd Venice Film na ginanap sa Venice Lido, Italy:
Golden Lion: Woman Unknown, May el-Toukhy
Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize: Possible Love, Lee Chang-dong
Silver Lion for Best Director: Ilya Khrzhanovsky, DAU
Special Jury Prize: NAZA, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor
Best Screenplay: Un Bon Petit Soldat, Coralie Amedeo, Stéphane Brizé, Olivier Gorce
Volpi Cup for Best Actor: John Malkovich, Wild Horse Nine
Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Mathilde Arcel, Woman Unknown
Marcello Mastroianni Best Young Actor Award: Malou Khebizi, A Place to Heal
Luigi De Laurentiis Award for Debut Film: House of the Wind, Auguste Bernard
Kouemo Yanghu Audience Award — Armani Beauty: I Matter, Alina ?erban Orizzonti
Best Film: Diane in the Loop, Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni Orizzonti
Best Director: Jacqueline Lentzou, A Day in the Life of Jo: Chapter Phaedra
Orizzonti Special Jury Prize: House of the Wind, Auguste Bernard, Kouemo Yanghu Orizzonti
Best Actress: Laleh Marzban, Falling House
Orizzonti Best Actor: Riccardo Scamarcio, The Children of the Monkey
Orizzonti Best Screenplay: The Children of the Monkey, Tommaso Landucci, Damiano Femfert
Orizzonti Best Short Film: A Few Moments of Happiness, Shaden Safieddine Tazi
Venice Classics Award for Best Restored Film: La Lunga Notte del ’43
Venice Immersive Achievement Prize: Empire at Sea, Peter Flaherty
Venice Immersive Special Jury Prize: Out of the Ashes, Rory Mitchell at Nonny de la Peña
Venice Immersive Grand Prize: The Pigeon Ring, Shixin Tao, Yuqi Zhang
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