Chloe Zhao's "Nomadland" wins top prize at Venice Film Fest Director Chloe Zhao’s “Nomadland,” a recession-era road trip drama starring Frances McDormand, has won the Golden Lion for best film at the Venice Film Festival, held against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemicVENICE, Italy -- Chloe Zhao’s “Nomadland,” a recession-era road trip drama starring Frances McDormand, won the Golden Lion for best film Saturday at a slimmed-down Venice Film Festival, which was held against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic. Italy’s Pierfrancesco Fabino won best lead actor for “Padrenostro,” (Our Father), an Italian coming-of-age story that takes place after a terrorist attack in the 1970s. The Cannes Film Festival was canceled and other big international festivals in Toronto and New York opted to go mostly online. “We were a little bit worried at the beginning, of course,” said festival director Alberto Barbera. Movie lovers applauded Venice’s effort and the symbolic significance of the world’s oldest film festival charting the path forward.

Source: ABC News September 12, 2020 08:14 UTC