Colin Farrell

Martin McDonagh takes best screenplay for The Banshees of Inisherin, which stars Farrell.

The awards, presented by Jury president Julianne Moore, brought a successful festival to a close. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed cleverly intertwines the story of Goldin’s rise among New York bohemia with her contemporary campaign to force the Sackler family, owner of Purdue Pharma, to take responsibility for the US’s ongoing opioid classic. Colin Farrell has won best actor at the 79th Venice International Film Festival for his performance in Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin. McDonagh then accepted the actual Volpi Cup — the festival’s acting award — in person before returning to grab his writing prize. Gleeson is also likely to compete — either in best actor or in best supporting actor. Cate Blanchett, already a favourite for the Oscar, took best actor for her turn as a megalomaniac conductor in Todd Field’s TÁR.

The Dubliner won the gong for his role in The Banshees of Inisherin.

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The Dubliner also paid tribute to his "dear friend", writer-director Martin McDonagh and said he shared the award with another great friend, his co-star Gleeson ...

The Banshees of Inisherin will premiere in Irish cinemas on October 21. Accepting his Best Actor award in a video message, Farrell said he was "utterly shocked and thrilled". The dark-comedy also stars Brendan Gleeson and is set on a remote island in the west of Ireland.

The jury, led by Julianne Moore, is selecting the winners from 23 films in competition that included many Oscar hopefuls. The Oscar-winner presided over a jury ...

The Oscar-winner presided over a jury that included French director Audrey Diwan, whose film Happening won the Golden Lion last year, author Kazuo Ishiguro and Iranian actor Leila Hatami. The film was shot on Inishmore and Achill Island, and also stars Brendan Gleeson and Barry Keoghan. [All The Beauty And The Bloodshed](https://www.breakingnews.ie/world/laura-poitrass-documentary-wins-top-prize-at-venice-film-festival-1362251.html), Laura Poitras’s documentary about photographer Nan Goldin and her activism against the Sackler family, has been awarded the Golden Lion for best film at the festival.

Cate Blanchett and Colin Farrell won the top acting prizes at the Venice International Film Festival on Saturday. Blanchett won for her performance as a ...

Then came “spit-gate” where onlookers turned into amateur sleuths trying to determine whether or not Harry Styles spit on Pine before the world premiere of the film (he didn’t). Also on the main jury were Italian director Leonardo Di Costanzo (“The Inner Cage”) Argentinian filmmaker Mariano Cohn (“Official Competition”) and Rodrigo Sorogoyen (“The Candidate”). The festival cemented several films, actors and directors, as strong awards contenders for the season to come. Seven times in the last nine years the best director Oscar has gone to a film that world premiered at the festival, including Chloé Zhao, Alfonso Cuarón, Alejandro G. Cate Blanchett and Colin Farrell won the top acting prizes at the Venice International Film Festival on Saturday. The Oscar-winner presided over a jury that included French director Audrey Diwan, whose film “Happening” won the Golden Lion last year, author Kazuo Ishiguro (“Never Let Me Go”) and Iranian actor Leila Hatami (“A Separation”).