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Famed Latin American director Guillermo del Toro has made history by becoming the first Mexican filmmaker to win a Gold Lion for his latest work “The Shape of Water.”
The award was announced at the close of Venice Film Festival’s ten-day program where 21 international films competed for the prize.
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“I want to dedicate and give the prize to every young Mexican or Latin American filmmaker that is dreaming to do something in the fantastic genre as a fairytale as a parable and is faced with a lot of people saying it can’t be done. It can,” said Del Toro during his acceptance speech.
El mexicano Guillermo del Toro ha ganado el León de Oro del Festival de Venecia por su cinta 'The Shape of Water' https://t.co/tHZzFa1IrZ pic.twitter.com/PgniaC7VaP
— EL PAIS América (@elpais_america) September 9, 2017
The prestigious Venice festival is the oldest in the world and seen as an indicator of the strongest runners ahead of the main awards season.
This year many movies at the event explored the themes of climate change along with social divisions in the world.
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