'From Afar' by Venezuelan Lorenzo Vigas wins the Golden Lion in Venice

A Venezuelan directing his first feature has won the Golden Lion in Venice. In a fairly open year, writer/director Lorenzo Vigas saw off competition from a handful of established directors to claim a sensational, yet deserved victory with his psychological drama ‘From Afar’ (‘Desde Alle’). Argentine Pablo Trapero scooped best director for his true crime drama ‘The Clan’ (‘El Clan’). Charlie Kaufman and co-director Duke Johnson won the Grand Jury Prize for their stop motion feature ‘Anomalisa’. On the ground, Kaufman’s astonishing first foray into animation was among the favourites for the top prize, along with Aleksandr Sokurov’s Louvre-based reflection on art and...

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