Ukrainian film Tsenzorka wins screenplay award. Full list of 78th Venice Film Festival prizes

The French film The Event won the Golden Lion at the festival.

The 78th Venice International Film Festival took place in Italy, and the main prize, the Golden Lion, went to the French film The Event directed by Audrey Diwan.

The film tells the story of a French student who becomes pregnant and tries to have an abortion, even though it is banned in her country.

The screenplay award in the Horizons section also went to 107 Mothers (Tsenzorka), a film produced by Ukraine, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.

The film by Slovak director Peter Kerekes tells the story of a young woman who was sentenced to imprisonment in one of the correctional facilities in Odesa.

Two more Ukrainian films also premiered at the festival: Rhino by director and former Kremlin political prisoner Oleg Sentsov, and Glare by director Valentyn Vasyanovych.

The first film is based on real events from the 1990s. It follows a young man who falls into the criminal world, where he begins a bloody path that ultimately leads him somewhere he did not want to go.

Glare tells the story of a military surgeon from Dnipro who was captured by pro-Russian militants during the war in eastern Ukraine. The film reveals the details of brutal torture and the hero's subsequent attempt to readjust to civilian life. 

This is the first time three Ukrainian films have been presented at the Venice Film Festival at the same time. 

The Venice Film Festival ran from September 1 to 11 on the Lido island.

Main competition awards at the 78th Venice Film Festival:

• Golden Lion - The Event, directed by Audrey Diwan;
• Silver Lion - The Power of the Dog, Jane Campion;
  
• Grand Jury Prize - The Hand of God, Paolo Sorrentino;
  
• Volpi Cup, Best Actress - Parallel Mothers, Penélope Cruz;
  
• Volpi Cup, Best Actor - On the Job: The Missing 8, John Arcilla;
  
• Special Jury Prize - Il buco (The Hole), Michelangelo Frammartino;
  
• Golden Osella, Best Screenplay - The Lost Daughter, Maggie Gyllenhaal;
  
• Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor - The Hand of God, Filippo Scotti;
  
• Venice Immersive Award - Immaculate, Monica Stan and George Chiper-Lillemark;
  
• Honorary Golden Lion - Roberto Benigni and Jamie Lee Curtis;
  
• Grand Prix in the Extra section - The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic, Teemu Nikki.
  

Awards in the Horizons section

• Grand Prix - Pilgrims, Laurynas Bareiša;
• Best Director - Eric Gravel, Full Time;
• Special Jury Prize - The Big Step, Kiro Russo;
  
• Best Actor - Pisey Chhun, The White Building;
  
• Best Actress - Laure Calamy, Full Time;
  
• Best Screenplay - Ivan Ostrochovský, Tsenzorka.