FILE - In this Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016 filer, Roberto Benigni poses for photographers as he arrives on the red carpet at the Rome Film Festival. The Venice Film Festival said Thursday, April 15, 2021 it will give its lifetime achievement award this year to Oscar-winning director and actor Roberto Benigni. The Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement is to be awarded at 78th edition of the world’s oldest film festival, scheduled for Sept. 1-11 on the Lido. Benigni wrote, directed and starred in “La Vita e Bella,” (“Life is Beautiful”), which won the Oscar for best foreign language film, best actor and best musical score in 1999. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)
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