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The Golden Lion film Poor Things by Yorgos Lanthimos wins four Oscars
Emma Stone Best Actress in a Leading Role. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar by West Anderson Best Live Action Short Film.
The Oscars awarded to films presented at the Venice Film Festival
La Biennale di Venezia congratulates Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone and the entire production of Poor Things – the film that won the Golden Lion at the 80th Venice International Film Festival 2023 – for winning four Oscars tonight in Los Angeles: Emma Stone Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
La Biennale also congratulates Wes Anderson and the production of The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, which also held its world premiere at the 80th Venice Film Festival, for the Oscar it won as Best Live Action Short Film.
In the past eight editions of the Oscars, this is the fifth time that the award for Best Actress in a Leading Role goes to the actress of films that premiered at the Venice Film Festival, after Emma Stone for La La Land (2016) by Damien Chazelle, Frances McDormand for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) by Martin McDonagh, Olivia Colman for The Favourite (2018) by Yorgos Lanthimos, Frances McDormand for Nomadland (2020) by Chloé Zhao.
In the past seven editions of the Oscars, this is the fifth time that the film that won the Golden Lion in Venice has won acknowledgments, after The Shape of Water (2017) by Guillermo del Toro (4 Oscars, including Best Film), Roma (2018) by Alfonso Cuarón (3 Oscars, including Best Director), Joker (2019) by Todd Philips (2 Oscars, including Best Actor in a Leading Role), Nomadland (2020) by Chloe Zhao (3 Oscars, including Best Film).
La Biennale finally wishes to congratulate the authors and productions of the other films presented in Venice and nominated for this edition of the Oscars, in particular the Italian film Io capitano by Matteo Garrone, as well as Maestro by Bradley Cooper, El conde by Pablo Larraín, La sociedad de la nieve by J. A. Bayona and Bobi Wine: the People’s President by Moses Bwayo and Christopher Sharp.
The 81st Venice International Film Festival, directed by Alberto Barbera and organized by La Biennale di Venezia, will take place from August 28th to September 7th 2024.
