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Asian Films Awards in Venice

Ryusuke Hamaguchi with Silver Lion in Venice

Although Italy and France took the lion's share of awards at the 80th Biennale, and Yorgos Lanthinmos took home the Golden Lion, a number of productions from Asia still found space to shine, starting with the latest festival sensation, , who went home with the Silver Lion for “”. In more detail:

SILVER LION – Grand Jury Prize to:

Aku Wa Sonzai Shinai (Evil Does Not Exist) by Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Japan)

the ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR to:

 in the film Ser Ser Salhi () by (France, Mongolia, Portugal, Netherlands, Germany, Qatar) 

LION OF THE FUTURE – “LUIGI DE LAURENTIIS” VENICE AWARD FOR A DEBUT FILM to:

Ai Shi Yi Ba Qiang () di (Hong Kong/Taiwan)

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the VENICE CLASSICS AWARD FOR BEST RESTORED FILM to:

Moving (1993) by Shinji Somai

OHIKKOSHI () by Shinji Sōmai (Japan, 1993)

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About the author

Panos Kotzathanasis

My name is Panos Kotzathanasis and I am Greek. Being a fan of Asian cinema and especially of Chinese kung fu and Japanese samurai movies since I was a little kid, I cultivated that love during my adolescence, to extend to the whole of SE Asia.

Starting from my own blog in Greek, I then moved on to write for some of the major publications in Greece, and in a number of websites dealing with (Asian) cinema, such as Taste of Cinema, Hancinema, EasternKicks, Chinese Policy Institute, and of course, Asian Movie Pulse. in which I still continue to contribute.

In the beginning of 2017, I launched my own website, Asian Film Vault, which I merged in 2018 with Asian Movie Pulse, creating the most complete website about the Asian movie industry, as it deals with almost every country from East and South Asia, and definitely all genres.

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