Winners at the 68th Venice film festival

VENICE—Following is a list of the prizes awarded at the Venice film festival on Saturday:

— Golden Lion for best film:

“Faust” by Aleksander Sokurov (Russia)

– Silver Lion for best director:

Cai Shangjun for “People Mountain, People Sea” (China-Hong Kong)

– Special jury prize:

“Terraferma” by Emanuele Crialese (Italy-France)

– Coppa Volpi for best actor:

Michael Fassbender in “Shame” by Steve McQueen (Britain)

– Coppa Volpi for best actress:

Deanie Yip in “A Simple Life” by Ann Hui (China-Hong Kong)

– Osella prize for best cinematography:

Robbie Ryan for “Wuthering Heights” by Andrea Arnold (Britain)

– Osella prize for best screenplay:

Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou for “Alps” by Yorgos Lanthimos (Greece)

– Marcello Mastroianni award for best young actor or actress:

Shota Somentani and Fumi Nikaido in Sion sono’s “Himizu” (Japan)

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