Chloé Zhao’s ‘Nomadland’ Takes Home The Golden Lion At The 2020 Venice Film Festival, Vanessa Kirby Is Best Actress

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.

Nomadland, Chloé Zhao's look at America's van-dwelling community, starring Frances McDormand, has won the Golden Lion for best film at the 77th Venice International Film Festival. McDormand plays a widow from a collapsed Nevada mining town who finds new life on the road in Zhao's film, based on Jessica Bruder's 2017 nonfiction book, Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century.

Cate Blanchett looks stunning while walking the red carpet at the closing ceremony of the 2020 Venice Film Festival on Saturday (September 12) in Venice, Italy.

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Vanessa Kirby holds her trophy while accepting the Best Actress award during the closing ceremony of the 2020 Venice Film Festival on Saturday (September 12) in Venice, Italy.

Guy Lodge Film CriticOne day after premiering and receiving the most rapturous reviews of any film in competition, U.S.-based Chinese director Chloé Zhao has won the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival for her film “Nomadland,” a documentary-influenced road movie starring Frances McDormand as an itinerant widow traveling across America.

Also Read: Fall Film Festivals Struggle for Relevance in the Year of CoronavirusAhmad Bahrami’s “The Wasteland” won the award as the best film in the festival’s Orizzonti section, while Ana Rocha de Sousa’s “Listen” won the Orizzonti jury prize and the award as the best first film at the festival.In the more than 70 years the Venice Film Festival has been in existence, the winner of its top award has only gone on to be nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture six times — but three of those took

Guy Lodge Film CriticOn the final night of the Venice Film Festival, the awards ceremony of the official selection is currently in progress.Prizes will be handed out in the virtual reality and debut feature contests, before winners in the Horizons section, under the jury presidency of French filmmaker Claire Denis, are announced.

Isabel May looks absolutely gorgeous on the red carpet while attending the premiere of her movie Run Hide Fight during the 2020 Venice Film Festival on Thursday (September 10) in Venice, Italy.

James Norton looks so handsome while attending the premiere of his new movie Nowhere Special during the 2020 Venice Film Festival on Thursday (September 10) in Venice, Italy.

Cate Blanchett is bringing her style A-game to this year’s Venice Film Festival — and it’s all for a good cause!The 51-year-old star is working with her go-to stylist Elizabeth Stewart to promote fashion sustainability while dazzling in show-stopping numbers.“IT’S CHIC TO REPEAT! #CateBlanchett has decided to rewear some of her most cherished looks at this year’s Venice Film Festival,” Stewart wrote in an Instagram post showcasing the actress in an Esteban Cortazar gown on Thursday, September 3.

Cate Blanchett brings her star style to the red carpet for the premiere of Spy No Tsuma (Wife Of A Spy) during the 2020 Venice Film Festival on Wednesday night (September 9) in Venice, Italy.

Nathalie Emmanuel stuns in a bold purple dress at the Miu Miu Women’s Tales event during the 2020 Venice Film Festival on Sunday afternoon (September 6) in Venice, Italy.

The 2020 Venice Film Festival has brought us some of the most stunning red carpet looks of the year! The annual Italian event not only showcases the very best in international cinema, but also the most fashion-forward looks from some of our favorite A-listers. Now in its 77th year, the event is one of the world’s oldest award ceremonies, and went ahead despite the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Diego Boneta brings his mom, Astrid, to the Leadership Awards event during the 2020 Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy on Friday (September 4).

Cate Blanchett is back on the red carpet!

Maya Hawke looks absolutely stunning while stepping out on the red carpet at the 2020 Venice Film Festival on Saturday (September 5) in Venice, Italy.

Vanessa Kirby is the lady in red while attending the premiere of her movie Pieces of a Woman during the 2020 Venice Film Festival on Saturday (September 5) in Venice, Italy.

Tilda Swinton wears a white dress on the red carpet for the premiere of her short film The Human Voice during the 2020 Venice Film Festival on Thursday (September 3) in Venice, Italy.

Cate Blanchett looked to her closet for inspiration on what to wear to the 2020 Venice Film Festival earlier this week. Committed to sustainable red carpet looks, this year's jury president rewore and reimagined some of her iconic gowns for the festival in Italy.The 51-year-old actress donned a dark navy shimmering Esteban Cortázar gown that she previously wore to the 2015 BFI London Film Festival premiere of her film, .