'Kotoko' makes Venice kudo

The Venice Film Festival's cutting-edge Horizons section grants cult Japanese helmer Shinya Tsukamoto's "Kotoko" its top jerk for just about any feature-length work. Digitally shot pic of a psychologically unstable single mother, carried out by Japanese singer Cocco, was identified by jurors for moving "freely through numerous genres to make a amazing representation from the woman's fragile mental condition,"Austrian filmmaker Michael Glawogger scoopped the section's Special Jury prize for docu "Whore's Glory," about sex employees in three different nations. This year Venice artistic director Marco Mueller opened up up within the section to works in a variety of formats.The Horizons jerk for top online video visited Italo helmers Felice D'Agostino and Arturo Lavorato's "In Attesa Dell'Avvento," a docu about Italy's turbulent past. The Horizons prize for top medium-length work visited "Accidentes Gloriosos" co-directed by Argentina's Mauro Andrizzi and Sweden's Marcus Lindeen, made up of nine tales of dying and transformation. There has been two special mentions. One for "The Orator" by Samoan-born New Zealand-based Tusi Tamasese. His pic is suggested since the first Samoan-language feature. Another for "All The Lines Flow Out" by helmer Charles Lim Yi of Singapore. The Horizons jury also selected the short "Hypercrisis" by Austria's Josef Dabernig since the Venice short nominee for your European Film Honours. Individually, Venice's independantly run Crititic's Week granted its jerk to Italo helmer Guido Lombardi's "La-Bas. A Criminal Education," a gritty drama about illegal immigrants near Naples.The Critics' Week jerk, referred to as Premio del Publico Kino, is granted with the fest audience instead of a jury. Contact Nick Vivarelli at nvivarelli@gmail.com