Venice film festival

The Venice Film Festival (Italian: Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica) (1934-today) is the oldest film festival in the World (it began in 1932 as Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica) and takes place every year in late August/early September on the Lido di Venezia in the historic Palazzo del Cinema on the Lungomare Marconi, in Venice, Italy. It is one of the world's most prestigious film festivals.

Its main awards are the "Leone d'Oro" (Golden Lion), which goes to the best film, and the "Coppa Volpi" (Volpi Cup), which is awarded to the best actor and actress. Recently, a new award has been added, the San Marco Award for the best film in the "controcorrente" section.

The Venice Film Festival is part of the Venice Biennale, a major biennal exhibition and festival for contemporary art.

 

The festival in 2007: Venice Biennale - Cinema Section
The 64th edition of the Venice Film Festival will run August 29 to September 8, 2007, directed by Marco Müller. The Festival will be articulated according to the estabilished outline: the Venezia 64 section will present the films competing for the Golden Lion, some of the most important works of the year will screen Out of Competition, while the Orizzonti section is set to provide a picture of new trends in cinema. The international short film competition Corto Cortissimo is also in the line-up of the festival.

Golden Lion

 

The Golden Lion (Italian: Leone d'Oro) is the name of the highest prize given to a film at the Biennale Venice Film Festival. The prize was introduced in 1954 by the organizing committee and is now regarded as one of the film industry's most distinguished prizes.

It was previously known as the Leone di San Marco (Lion of St. Mark) between 1949 and 1953, and before that from 1947 to 1948 as Gran Premio Internazionale di Venezia (Great International Prize of Venice). Before that, until 1942, one of the highest awards was the Coppa Mussolini (Mussolini Cup).

 

Golden Lion winners

2007 Se, jie (Lust, Caution) by Ang Lee
2006 Sanxia Haoren (Still Life) by Jia Zhangke
2005 Brokeback Mountain by Ang Lee
2004 Vera Drake by Mike Leigh
2003 Vozvrashcheniye (The Return) by Andrey Zvyagintsev
2002 The Magdalene Sisters by Peter Mullan
2001 Monsoon Wedding by Mira Nair
2000 The Circle (Dayereh) by Jafar Panahi

 

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