There is no stopping hit musical La La Land. <br /><br /> The film’s director Damien Chazelle collected the gong for best feature film at the Directors Guild of America Awards.<br /><br /> At 32, he is the youngest director ever to do so.<br /><br /> Chazelle used the ceremony to defend global film-making, praising Iranian cinema and critizising US president Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban.<br /><br /> He told reporters: “As soon as we get into a business of excluding filmmakers or voices because they’re from parts of the world that we decide are somehow not useful for us any more.<br /><br /> “I mean, it’s such a dangerous slippery slope but it’s also so inherently anti-art. <br /><br /> “I mean, I can’t think of anything more counter to the basic premise of what art should be.”<br /><br /> Congratulations to #LALALAND director Damien Chazelle on his Directors Guild of America Award! pic.twitter.com/fZWtBCf7aY— La La Land (@LaLaLand) February 5, 2017<br /> <br /><br /> Australia’s Garth Davis took home the First-Time Director Award for his heart-warming family film Lion.<br /><br /> The film tells the true story of an Indian man who uses Google Earth to rediscover his home town and track down his birth family.<br /><br /> While at the age of 79, veteran director Ridley Scott was honoured with a Directors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award for his long contribution to cinema.<br />
