Venice: a key pointer to Oscar glory
Last updated on: 08 September,2019 08:50 am
Venice: a key pointer to Oscar glory
VENICE (AFP) - The Venice film festival, which ends Saturday, has become the main launch pad for the Oscar race and a telling indicator of a movie’s chances at the Academy Awards. Here’s how the winners of its top Golden Lion prize did over the last few years:
2018
Alfonso Cuaron’s black-and-white "Roma" picked up three Oscars including best picture and seven other nominations after winning Venice.
"The Favourite" -- which was premiered the same day on the Lido as the Mexican masterpiece -- also got 10 nominations with Britain’s Olivia Coleman taking the best actress Oscar.
Another Venice film, the Lady Gaga vehicle "A Star is Born" garnered seven nominations.
2017
Lifting the Golden Lion in Venice also heralded joy in Hollywood for Guillermo del Toro, whose "The Shape of Water" was garlanded with a best picture Oscar and three other wins from its 13 nominations.
It’s main rival at Venice, Anglo-Irish director Martin McDonagh’s "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" went on to earn two Oscars for actors Frances McDormand and Sam Rockwell as well as five other nominations.
2016
While Lav Diaz’ s Filipino drama "The Woman Who Left" was ignored by the Academy after winning the Golden Lion, the feelgood Hollywood musical "La La Land" began its fairytale rise at Venice with Emma Stone taking best actress.
It ended up bagging six Oscars.
Two other Venice prize winners that year, "Jackie" and fashion designer Tom Ford’s "Nocturnal Animals", also got Oscar nods.