{"id":229945,"date":"2019-09-08T06:34:14","date_gmt":"2019-09-08T10:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=229945"},"modified":"2019-09-09T02:25:50","modified_gmt":"2019-09-09T06:25:50","slug":"dark-joker-wins-top-venice-film-festival-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/09\/08\/dark-joker-wins-top-venice-film-festival-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark &#8216;Joker&#8217; wins top Venice Film Festival prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B2HuFCVhYAq\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B2HuFCVhYAq\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:550; line-height:18px;\"> View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A post shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jokermovie\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;\" target=\"_blank\"> Joker Movie<\/a> (@jokermovie) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2019-09-07T18:48:51+00:00\">Sep 7, 2019 at 11:48am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Todd Phillips&#8217; dark comic book film \u201cJoker\u201d won the Golden Lion Award at the 76th Venice International Film Festival on Saturday and cemented its place as a legitimate contender for the rest of the awards season.<\/p>\n<p>Jury president Lucretia Martel announced the winners of the prestigious award during a ceremony on the Lido. The Golden Lion previously put a spotlight on films that went on to be major awards season players, such as \u201cRoma\u201d and the film academy&#8217;s 2018 best picture winner, \u201cThe Shape of Water.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to thank Warner Bros. and DC for stepping out of their comfort zone and taking such a bold swing on me and this movie,\u201d Phillips said with star Joaquin Phoenix by his side on stage.<\/p>\n<p>Phoenix did not win the best actor prize \u2014 it went to Italian actor Luca Marinelli for the Jack London adaptation \u201cMartin Eden\u201d \u2014 but the director of \u201cJoker\u201d dedicated much of his speech to the talents of his leading man.<\/p>\n<p>In the film, he transforms from struggling stand-up comedian Arthur Fleck into Batman&#8217;s classic nemesis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you for trusting me with your insane talents,\u201d Phillips said to Phoenix.<\/p>\n<p>Roman Polanski&#8217;s Dreyfus affair film, \u201cAn Officer and a Spy,\u201d won the grand jury prize, which recognizes other strong contenders for the Golden Lion.<\/p>\n<p>Polanski, who fled the U.S. after pleading guilty to unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl and has been a fugitive for over 40 years, was not at the ceremony to accept the award.<\/p>\n<p>The inclusion of \u201cAn Officer and a Spy\u201d among the 21 films competing for the Golden Lion was widely criticized, although it was welcomed warmly by Venice Film Festival audiences. Jury president Martel issued a statement saying that while she does not \u201cseparate the art from the artist,\u201d she bore no prejudice toward Polanski&#8217;s film.<\/p>\n<p>Roy Andersson won best director for \u201cAbout Endlessness,\u201d although hip complications prevented him from accepting the award in person.<\/p>\n<p>Actress Ariane Ascaride took the best actress prize for the French domestic drama \u201cGloria Mundi.\u201d Olivia Colman won best actress in Venice last year for \u201cThe Favorite,\u201d and went on to win the best actress Oscar.<\/p>\n<p>Best screenplay went to Yonfan for the animated film \u201cNo. 7 Cherry Lane,\u201d about Hong Kong in 1967. He thanked Hong Kong for giving him the freedom to create.<\/p>\n<p>Toby Wallace won best new talent award for his work in Shannon Murphy&#8217;s \u201cBabyteeth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can&#8217;t believe we&#8217;re here in general, so anything extra is super nice,\u201d Wallace said.<\/p>\n<p>He thanked co-stars Eliza Scanlen and Ben Mendelsohn, as well as Murphy, his director. She was one of only two female directors in the main competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(Murphy) led us into this project with so much honesty,\u201d Wallace said.<\/p>\n<p>Adapted from Rita Kalnejais&#8217; comedic stage play, \u201cBabyteeth\u201d is about an ill teenage girl who falls in love with a small-time drug dealer.<\/p>\n<p>The jury that chose the winner of the Golden Lion and other top awards was headed by Martel, an Argentine director, and included director Mary Harron, actress Stacy Martin, cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto and Toronto International Film Festival executive director Piers Handling.<\/p>\n<p>Notable films in the main competition leaving the Lido empty-handed include the Brad Pitt space epic \u201cAd Astra,\u201d Steven Soderbergh&#8217;s Meryl Streep-led Panama Papers comedy \u201cThe Laundromat; and Noah Baumbach&#8217;s divorce drama \u201cMarriage Story,\u201d with Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver.<\/p>\n<p>The Venice Film Festival also handed out prizes to a diverse array of films in other sections, like Venice Classics, Virtual Reality and Horizons.<\/p>\n<p>In Venice Classics, best documentary went to \u201cBabenco: Tell Me When I Die,\u201d about the late Brazilian filmmaker Hector Babenco, who was known for his socially conscious works. Director Barbara Paz said the prize was very important to her country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u201dWe must say &#8216;no&#8217; to censorship,\u201d Paz said. \u201cLong (live) freedom of expression, long (live) Brazil cinema.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou Will Die at Twenty,\u201d from Sudanese director Amjad Aby Alala, was awarded the Luigi de Laurentiis award for a debut film.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m really feeling honoured and happy,\u201d Alala said. \u201cI&#8217;m from a country that has no cinema because we are under regime that didn&#8217;t want to support cinema.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDaughters of Chibok,\u201d about Boko Harem&#8217;s abduction of 276 schoolgirls in Nigeria, won best VR story.<\/p>\n<p>Nigerian director Joel Kachi Benson said he wanted to, \u201cTake the world to Chibok and show them these women who for five years have been living in pain because their daughters are still missing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the Horizons sections, director Saim Sadiq accepted the award for best short film for \u201cDarling,\u201d about the transgender community in Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>The Horizons special jury prize went to \u201cVerdict,\u201d about domestic abuse in the Philippines, from director Raymund Ribay Gutierrez.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe struggle for battered women continues, and I hope the film can reach people that can make a difference,\u201d Gutierrez said.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the Horizons best film award went to the Ukrainian film \u201cAtlantis,\u201d directed by Valentyn Vasyanovych, about a near-future dystopia in eastern Ukraine and a former soldier suffering from PTSD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>View this post on Instagram #JokerMovie wins the Golden Lion for Best Film at #VeniceFilmFestival. 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