Overview

• Francis Ford Coppola, 86, handed the prize on the festival stage and lauded Herzog as "an encyclopedia of cinema."
• The two filmmakers arrived on the Venice red carpet holding hands before the ceremony.
• Herzog, 82, received a standing ovation and described himself as "a good soldier of cinema."
• He said he recently completed the African documentary Ghost Elephants.
• He added that he is shooting Bucking Fastard in Ireland, developing an animated adaptation of The Twilight World, and will voice a role in Bong Joon‑ho's next animated film.