The first major award of 2020, and in particular, the 2020 fall film festival season, has now been given out. The Venice Film Festival announced their prize winners, with the top prize, known as the Golden Lion, going to Chloe Zhao’s Nomadland. This cements the movie as an early player, though it’s obviously still early. However, taking the Golden Lion is an excellent feather in its cap, as well as something to build on in the months to come. In all likelihood, this is only the first bit of feting for the flick. Read on to see all of the award winners out of Venice… In addition to Nomadland’s big win, the most notable prize, in terms of the Academy Awards and award season in general, was Vanessa Kirby taking the Volpi Cup (which is their Best Actress category) for her powerful turn in Pieces Of a Woman. In fact, this weekend also saw Netflix acquire the movie, so we could be seeing Kirby be a player in Actress this year. Either way, the film was able to increase its profile, that’s for sure. Here are all of the Venice winners: Golden Lion Nomadland Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize Nuevo Orden; dir: Michel Franco Silver Lion, Best Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Wife Of A Spy Volpi Cup, Best Actress Vanessa Kirby, Pieces Of A Woman Volpe Cup Best Actor Pierfrancesco Favino, Padrenostro Best Screenplay Chaitanya Tamhane, The Disciple Special Jury Prize Dear Comrades, dir: Andrei Konchalovsky Marcello Mastroianni Award for for Best New Young Actor or Actress Roohollah Zamani, Sun Children HORIZONS Best Film The Wasteland; dir: Ahmad Bahrami Best Director Lav Diazn Genus Pan Special Jury Prize Listen, dir: Ana Rocha de Sousa Best Actress Khansa Batma, Zanka Contact Best Actor Yahya Mahayni, The Man Who Sold His Skin Best Screenplay Pietro Castellitto, I Predatori Best Short Film Entre Tú Y Milagros, dir: Mariana Saffon Lion of the Future – Luigi De Laurentiis Award For A Debut Film Listen, dir: Ana Rocha de Sousa Stay tuned for more on the festival season!