Sofia Coppola’s SOMEWHERE takes top honors at Venice

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Sofia Coppola’s fourth film, Somewhere, took home the Golden Lion at this year’s Venice Film Festival. The film about a Hollywood star whose 11-year-old daughter shows up on his doorstep and forces him to reconsider his life of excess was a surprise winner at the lackluster fest.

Complete list of winners (via IndieWire):

GOLDEN LION for Best Film:
Coppola’s Somewhere

SILVER LION for Best Director to:
Alex de la Iglesia, Balada triste de trompeta

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE to:
Jerzy Skolimowski’s Essential Killing

COPPA VOLPI for Best Actor:
Vincent Gallo, Essential Killing

COPPA VOLPI for Best Actress:
Ariane Labed for Attenberg

OSELLA for Best Screenplay to:
Alex de la Iglesia, Balada triste de trompeta

MARCELLO MASTROIANNI AWARD for Best Young Actor or Actress:
Mila Kunis, Black Swan

OSELLA for Best Cinematography to:
Mikhail Krichman, Silent Souls

SPECIAL LION FOR AN OVERALL WORK to:
Monte Hellman

EUROPEAN CINEMA AWARD to:
The Clink of the Ice

LEONCINO D’ORO (GOLDEN LION CUB) PRIZE to:
Barney’s Version

QUEER LION for Best Gay Film:
In the Future