'The Wasteland'; dir: Ahmad Bahrami You will get the updates within 24 hours. This year went to 'Nomadland', which received rave reviews at the film carnival. Nobody is suitable for the post of prime minister and no political party is receiving clear popular support in the current political situation, according to a survey conducted by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll. 'Nomadland' rights reserved. Feel the exciting adrenaline rush! Instead, the 2020 version was decidedly low-key, with about half the usual number of attendees, fewer films and seating in theatres that was staggered to respect social distancing. This year’s jury president, Cate Blanchette, handed out the awards. Festival top prize Golden Lion, which last year went to 'Joker'. Here's the full list of winners for the 2020 Venice International Film Festival below. As well as Blanchett, the judges comprise US actor Matt Dillon, Austrian director Veronika Franz, British director Joanna Hogg, Italian writer Nicola Lagioia, German director Christian Petzold and French actress Ludivine Sagnier. Italian star Pierfrancesco Favino, meanwhile, took best actor for Claudio Noce’s true-life terrorist thriller “Padrenostro.” Indian writer-director Chaitanya Tamhane won best screenplay for “The Disciple,” a ruminative, music-driven drama that yesterday landed the FIPRESCI critics’ prize for best film in competition. The 77th edition of the "Mostra" festival has taken place against an unprecedented backdrop, in a year where theatres have been closed, film sets shut down and moviegoers forced to embrace streaming video at home instead, during months of coronavirus-imposed lockdown. The movie carnival was the first major event held in the pandemic era. Vanessa Kirby, 'Pieces Of A Woman' Most critics agreed in the course of the festival that the best actress contest was looking rather more competitive than its masculine counterpart, with a number of the films in the selection driven by tour-de-force female leads. Chloe Zhao, who won the shiny Lion is the first women to take the top prize in exactly a decade since Sofia Coppola won in 2010 with her film 'Somewhere', and the fifth woman in history to win the Venice Film Festival’s top prize. from veteran Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky about the 1962 shooting of striking factory workers in the USSR by the army. In the festival’s secondary Horizons competition, jury president Claire Denis handed the top prize to Iranian director Ahmed Bahrami’s “The Wasteland,” a study of worker tensions at a rural brick factory, while Filipino festival favorite Lav Diaz, a Golden Lion winner four years ago for “The Woman Who Left,” was named best director for his solemn, ambiguous moral allegory “Genus Pan.”, Grand Jury Prize: “New Order,” Michel Franco, Silver Lion for best director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, “Wife of a Spy”, Best actress: Vanessa Kirby, “Pieces of a Woman”, Best actor: Pierfrancesco Favino, “Padrenostro”, Best screenplay: “The Disciple,” Chaitanya Tamhane, Special Jury Prize: “Dear Comrades,” Andrei Konchalovsky, Marcello Mastroianni Award for best young actor: Rouhollah Zamani, “Sun Children”, Best film: “The Wasteland,” Ahmad Bahrami, Special Jury Prize: “Listen,” Ana Rocha de Sousa, Best actress: Khansa Batma, “Zanka Contact”, Best actor: Yahya Mahayni, “The Man Who Sold His Skin”, Best screenplay: “I Predatori,” Pietro Castellitto, Best short film: “Entre tú y milagros,” Mariana Safron, Luigi De Laurentiis Award for best debut film: “Listen,” Ana Rocha de Sousa, Best VR: “The Hangman at Home: An Immersive Single User Experience,” Michelle and Uri Kranot, Best VR experience:  “Finding Pandora X,” Kiira Benzing, Best VR story: “Killing a Superstar,” Fan Fan. The Kingdom of Bahrain was awarded for … Venice Film Festival was the first major event held in the pandemic era. The win makes Zhao the first female filmmaker to take Venice’s top prize since Sofia Coppola triumphed with “Somewhere” in 2010, and the first woman of color to lift the trophy since Mira Nair in 2001.