With a much different than usual Venice Film Festival now come to a close, it’s time for the annual awards ceremony that marks the beginning of the awards season, whatever that means in this strange year. The festival’s top prize, the Golden Lion, was just awarded to Chloé Zhao‘s “Nomadland.” The film received a very positive reception out of TIFF earlier this week, and also charmed our own Jessica Kiang who wrote: “a wise, beautiful film summoned up entirely from things authentically seen, felt, and thought.”

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“Nomadland” now joins the prestigious, and at times strange group of films that have won the Golden Lion, which includes last year’s winner, “Joker,” as well as “Roma,” “The Shape of Water” and “From Afar.”

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The jury, led by president Cate Blanchett, included “The Lodge” director Veronika Franz, “The Souvenir” director Joanna Hogg, writer Nicola Lagioia, “Barbara” filmmaker Christian Petzold, actor Matt Dillon, and actress Ludivine Sagnier.

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