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The Venice Film Festival is one of the oldest international film festivals in the world and is held annually in Venice, Italy. The highest award is the Golden Lion Award.
[Venice (Italy) Current Affairs] The awards ceremony for the 83rd Venice International Film Festival was held on the night of the 12th (early morning of the 13th Japan time) on the Lido Island in Venice, northern Italy. Director Hirokazu Kore-eda's ``Look Back'' and Shinya Tsukamoto's ``Mr. Nelson, Did You Murder?'', which were nominated in the competition category for the Golden Lion, the highest award, did not win the award, but were awarded independent awards chosen by outside organizations and judges in conjunction with the film festival.
Natsuki Deguchi ``I burst into tears'', impressed at Venice International Film Festival Live-action movie ``Look Back'', Ayaka Makita ``With Love and Confidence''
The Golden Lion went to ``Woman Unknown,'' directed by Danish director May Eltorky.
``Look Back'' is a story of two girls brought together by their passion for manga, and won three independent awards, including the Cinemasala Award. Tsukamoto's work depicts the suffering of former American soldiers who experienced the Vietnam War, and was awarded the Little Golden Lion Award, which was judged by high school students.
In addition, director Takashi Miike's ``Sumei'', which was shown at the film festival, won the Independent Cinema & Arts Award for Best Film. ``The Color of the Sun,'' a film set in Okinawa by Canadian-born, Japan-based director Xavier Terra, has been selected for the International Federation of Film Critics Award.

Male idol group WEST. will end their activities at the end of this month, their agency STARTO ENTERTAINMENT announced on the 24th. After repeated discussions following the withdrawal of members in August, the group has come to the conclusion of ending group activities.

Prince Hisahito, the eldest son of the Akishino family, celebrated his 20th birthday on the 6th, and has spent a year experiencing many ``firsts'' in his official duties, including his coming-of-age ceremony last September, a solo visit to Ise Grand Shrine and the Mausoleum of Emperor Jimmu, a memorial service for disaster victims on Izu Oshima, and his first attendance at the New Year's General Visitation.

Prince Akishino and his wife's eldest son, Hisahito, celebrated his 20th birthday on the 6th. Now a second-year student at the College of Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Tsukuba, he deepens his learning through classroom lectures, outdoor training, and experiments, and also participates in imperial court events. At the palace, he continues to observe dragonflies, mourns those who died in the disaster, and feels sympathy for the victims.

French film director Jean-Paul Rapunau dies in Paris at the age of 94. His family told AFP. His representative works include ``Cyrano de Bergerac,'' and he established the ``American-style French comedy.''

The international organization Creatour Design Association has announced that it will award the Lifetime Achievement Award to world-renowned architect Kengo Kuma. It was praised for its integration of architecture and nature and its modern reinterpretation of tradition. He is the second Japanese person to receive the award, following Tadao Ando.

Yayoi Kusama, an avant-garde artist globally known for her polka dot and pumpkin motifs, passed away on the 14th from multiple organ failure at a hospital in Tokyo. She was 97. Born in Nagano Prefecture in 1929, she achieved high international acclaim following her activities in New York.