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Valeria Golino wins best actress prize in Venice

Italian actress Valeria Golino, best known internationally for her role in 1988’s 'Rain Man', won the Coppa Volpi best actress award at the Venice Film Festival.

Published: 14 September 2015 11:43 CEST
Valeria Golino wins best actress prize in Venice
Italian actress Valeria Golino won the Coppa Volpi best actress award at the Venice Film Festival. Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFP

The 49-year-old won the award for her portrayal of the wife of a Neopolitan mafia boss in the film, ‘Per Amor Vostro’ (For Your Love).

This is her second Coppa Volpi prize following one for her performance in the 1986 film, 'A Tale of Love'.

“I didn't expect to win,” Golino, who played alongside Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman in 'Rain Man' told Ansa.

“I knew that the film was good and I hoped it would be well received, although usually I don't believe that too much so I don't get upset afterwards.

“But it was a success and I love the affection I feel around me. Above all, I'm happy for me. I deserve it”.

Meanwhile, Venezuela’s ‘Desde Alla’ (From Afar), a drama that deals with repressed gay love, won the top Golden Lion prize on Saturday.

The debut feature by director Lorenzo Vigas was picked as best film by a jury chaired by Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron from a selection of 21 films from around the world.

The Silver Lion for best director went to Argentina's Pablo Trapero for ‘The Clan’, a crime movie based on a real-life story of a prosperous family of kidnappers in Buenos Aires, which has been a huge hit on home soil.

American duo Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson took the Grand Jury Prize for their acclaimed and highly original stop animation feature for adults ‘Anomalisa’.

However, there was no recognition for British production ‘The Danish Girl’, one of the pre-festival favourites in which Oscar-winning actor Eddie Redmayne plays a transgender artist.

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Italy to pay €57m compensation over Venice cruise ship ban

The Italian government announced on Friday it would pay 57.5 million euros in compensation to cruise companies affected by the decision to ban large ships from Venice's fragile lagoon.

Published: 3 December 2021 17:41 CET
A cruise ship in St Mark's Basin, Venice.
The decision to limit cruise ship access to the Venice lagoon has come at a cost. Photo: Miguel Medina/AFP

The new rules, which took effect in August, followed years of warnings that the giant floating hotels risked causing irreparable damage to the lagoon city, a UNESCO world heritage site.

READ ALSO: Venice bans large cruise ships from centre after Unesco threat of ‘endangered’ status

Some 30 million euros has been allocated for 2021 for shipping companies who incurred costs in “rescheduling routes and refunding passengers who cancelled trips”, the infrastructure ministry said in a statement.

A further 27.5 million euros – five million this year and the rest in 2022 – was allocated for the terminal operator and related companies, it said.

The decision to ban large cruise ships from the centre of Venice in July came just days before a meeting of the UN’s cultural organisation Unesco, which had proposed adding Venice to a list of endangered heritage sites over inaction on cruise ships.

READ ALSO: Is Venice really banning cruise ships from its lagoon?

Under the government’s plan, cruise ships will not be banned from Venice altogether but the biggest vessels will no longer be able to pass through St Mark’s Basin, St Mark’s Canal or the Giudecca Canal. Instead, they’ll be diverted to the industrial port at Marghera.

But critics of the plan point out that Marghera – which is on the mainland, as opposed to the passenger terminal located in the islands – is still within the Venice lagoon.

Some aspects of the plan remain unclear, as infrastructure at Marghera is still being built. Meanwhile, smaller cruise liners are still allowed through St Mark’s and the Giudecca canals.

Cruise ships provide a huge economic boost to Venice, but activists and residents say the ships contribute to problems caused by ‘overtourism’ and cause large waves that undermine the city’s foundations and harm the fragile ecosystem of its lagoon.

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