Venezuelan film wins Golden Lion at Venice Int'l Film Festival

Bertrand Tavernier, a noted French director, wins Lifetime Achievement Award. His new fim Life And Nothing Else was released during the Venice Int'l Film Festival. [Photo/Xinhua]

The Orizzonti selection, dedicated to the latest cinema trends, gave its Award for Best Film to Free in Deed by U.S. director Jake Mahaffy. Set in the distinctive world of storefront churches and based on actual events, the film depicts one man's attempts to perform a miracle.

The Orizzonti Award for Best Director went to U.S. director Brady Corbet for his The Childhood of a Leader, inspired by the early childhood events of many of the great dictators of the 20th century, which follows the development of a terrifying ego in a child at the end of World War I.