65th Venice International Film Festival Week: The following films were selected for the 5th edition of Venice Days (Giornate Degli Autori) autonomous section: The following Official Awards were conferred at the 65th edition: In Competition (Venezia 65) Special Awards Horizons awards (Premi Orizzonti) Short Film awards (Corto Cortissimo Lion) The following official and collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections: Venice International Film Critics' Week Venice Days (Giornate Degli Autori) The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection: 65th Venice International Film Festival The 65th annual Venice International Film Festival, held in Venice, Italy, was opened on August
In This Corner of the World (film) for Best Director as the first-ever animated film director, and the 90th Kinema Junpo Best 10 Award for Best Japanese Film Director as the first-ever animated film director. The 65th Kikuchi Kan Prize was awarded to the team of "In This Corner of the World" including participants of the crowdfunding. In This Corner of the World (film) The film is set in the 1930s–1940s in Hiroshima and Kure in Japan, roughly 10 years before and after the atomic bomb, but mainly in 1944–45. In the film, nature and traditional culture in Japan are clearly described and contrasted with the cruel