The awards ceremony took place on Friday evening on the Lido in Venice. Cathalina Geeraerts plays Holly, the 15-year-old title character with a special gift. “Cathalina makes her debut in a fantastic feature film, in which she portrays her character in a subdued manner and encourages us to no longer see her as a child, but as a great actress,” said the jury.
‘Holly’ had its world premiere on Thursday as part of the official competition for the Golden Lion, the film festival’s top prize. It is Fien Troch’s fifth feature film and the film was very well received at the prestigious festival with rave reviews in the international press.
‘Home’, Troch’s previous film from 2016, won the prize for Best Director in the Orizzonti side competition in Venice.
Audience Award for ‘Quitter la nuit’
‘Holly’ is not the only Belgian film that won a prize in Venice. The film ‘Quitter la nuit’ by Belgian director Delphine Girard won the People’s Choice Award on Friday. Veerle Baetens, Guillaume Duheme and Selma Alaoui, among others, star in the film, which was realized in collaboration with Canada and France.
The Belgian director previously won an Oscar nomination with her 2018 short film ‘Une sœur’.
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