The 'Venice Film Festival' is the oldest
film festival in the world. It began in
1932 as the "Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica" and since then has taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the
Lido,
Venice,
Italy. Screenings take place in the historic
Palazzo del Cinema on the Lungomare Marconi. It is one of the world's most prestigious film festivals and is part of the
Venice Biennale, a major biennial exhibition and festival for
contemporary art.
The festival's principal awards are the Leone d'Oro (
Golden Lion), which is awarded to the best film screened at the festival, and the Coppa Volpi (
Volpi Cup; 'volpi' translates as 'vixens'), 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" (counter-current) section.
The festival in 2005 held from
31 August to
10 September was the 62nd. For the 2006 festival see the
63rd Venice International Film Festival.
Golden Lion winners
''See a list of winners at
Golden Lion''
Other awards
Silver Lion best direction
★ 1990
Martin Scorsese for ''
Goodfellas''
★ 1992
Bigas Luna for ''
Jamón, jamón''
★ 1994
Gianni Amelio for ''
Lamerica''
★ 1995
Abolfazl Jalili for ''
Det Yani Dokhtar''
★ 1996
Kenneth Branagh for ''In the Bleak Midwinter'' (''
A Midwinter's Tale'')
★ 1997
Hirokazu Koreeda for ''
Maboroshi no hikari''
★ 1998
Emir Kusturica for ''
Crna Macka, Beli Macor''
★ 1999
Zhang Yuan for ''
Guo Nian Hui Jia''
★ 2003
Takeshi Kitano for ''
ZatÅichi''
★ 2004
Kim Ki-duk for ''
3-Iron''
★ 2005
Philippe Garrel for ''
Les Amants Réguliers''
★ 2006
Alain Resnais for ''
Coeurs''
★ 2007
Brian De Palma for ''
Redacted''
Silver Lion – Jury's special award
★ 1951 ''
A Streetcar Named Desire'' by
Elia Kazan
★ 1958 ''
Les amants'' by
Louis Malle and ''
La sfida'' by
Francesco Rosi
★ 1959 ''
Ansiktet'' by
Ingmar Bergman
★ 1960 ''
Rocco e i suoi fratelli'' by
Luchino Visconti
★ 1961 ''
Myr Vchodjashchcemu'' by
Aleksandr Alov and
Vlabymir Naumov
★ 1962 ''
Vivre sa vie'' by
Jean-Luc Godard
★ 1963 ''
Le feu follet'' by
Louis Malle and ''
Vstuplijenije'' by
Igor Talankin
★ 1964 ''
Il Vangelo secondo Matteo'' by
Pier Paolo Pasolini and ''
Gamlet'' by
Grigorij Kozincev
★ 1965 ''
Simón del desierto'' by
Luis Buñuel, ''
Mne Dvadcat' let'' by
Marlen Khutsiev and ''
Mobyga Mindre Män'' by
Leif Krantz
★ 1966 ''
Chappaqua'' by
Conrad Rooks and ''
Abschied von gestern'' by
Alexander Kluge
★ 1967 ''
La Cina è vicina'' by
Marco Bellocchio and ''
La Chinoise'' by
Jean-Luc Godard
★ 1968 ''
Nostra Signora dei Turchi'' by
Carmelo Bene and ''
Le Socrate'' by
Robert Lapojade
★ 1981 ''
Sogni d'oro'' by
Nanni Moretti and ''
Eles não usam black tie'' by
Leon Hirszman
★ 1982 ''
Imperativ'' by
Krzysztov Zanussi
★ 1983 ''
Biguefarre'' by
Georges Rouquier
★ 1984 ''
Le favoris de la lune'' by
Otar Ioseliani
★ 1985 ''
Tangos. El exilio de Gardel'' by
Fernando E. Solanas
★ 1986 ''
Cuzaja, belaja i rjaboj'' by
Sergei Solov'ëv and ''
Storia d'amore'' by
Francesco Maselli
★ 1987 ''
Hip, Hip, Hurra!'' by
Kjell Grede
★ 1988 ''
Camp de Thiaroye'' by
Sembène Ousmane and
Thierno Faty Sow
★ 1989 ''
Et la lumière fut'' by
Otar Iosseliani
★ 1990 ''
An Angel at My Table'' by
Jane Campion
★ 1991 ''
A Divina Comédia'' by
Manoel de Oliveira
★ 1992 ''
Morte di un matematico napoletano'' by
Mario Martone
★ 1993 ''
Bad Boy Bubby'' by
Rolf De Heer
★ 1994 ''
Natural Born Killers'' by
Oliver Stone
★ 1995 ''
A Comédia de Deus'' by
João César Monteiro and ''
L'uomo delle Stelle'' by
Giuseppe Tornatore
★ 1996 ''
Brigands'' by
Otar Iosseliani
★ 1997 ''
Ovosodo'' by
Paolo Virzì
★ 1998 ''
Terminus Parabys'' by
Lucian Pintilie
★ 1999 ''
Le vent nous emportera'' by
Abbas Kiarostami
★ 2000 ''
Before Night Falls'' by
Julian Schnabel
★ 2001 ''
Hundstage'' by
Ulrich Seidl
★ 2002 ''
Dom Durakov - La maison des fous'' by
Andrej KonÄalovskij
★ 2003 ''
Le cerf-volant'' by
Randa Chahal Sabbag
★ 2004 ''
Mar adentro'' by
Alejandro Amenábar
★ 2005 ''
Mary'' by
Abel Ferrara
★ 2006 ''
Daratt'' by
Mahamat Saleh Haroun
★ 2007 ''
I'm Not There'' by
Todd Haynes
Silver Lion – Revelation
★ 2006
Emanuele Crialese for ''
Nuovomondo''
Volpi Cup best actor
★ 1935
Pierre Blanchard in ''
Crime Et Châtiment''
★ 1936
Paul Muni in ''
The Story of Louis Pasteur''
★ 1937
Emil Jannings in ''
Der Herrscher''
★ 1938
Leslie Howard in ''
Pygmalion''
★ 1941
Ermete Zacconi in ''
Don Buonaparte''
★ 1942
Fosco Giachetti in ''
Bengasi''
★ 1947
Pierre Fresnay in ''
Monsieur Vincent''
★ 1948
Ernst Deutsch in ''
Der Prozess''
★ 1949
Joseph Cotten in ''
Portrait of Jennie''
★ 1950
Sam Jaffe in ''
The Asphalt Jungle''
★ 1951
Jean Gabin in ''
La Nuit est Mon Royaume''
★ 1952
Fredric March in ''
Death of a Salesman''
★ 1953
Henri Vilbert in ''
Le Bon Dieu Sans Confession''
★ 1954
Jean Gabin in ''
L'air De Paris'' in ''
Touchez Pas au Grisbi''
★ 1955
Curd Jürgens in ''
Les Héros Sont Fatigués''
★ 1955
Kenneth More in ''
The Deep Blue Sea''
★ 1956
Bourvil in ''
La Traversée de Paris''
★ 1957
Anthony Franciosa in ''
A Hatful of Rain''
★ 1958
Alec Guinness in ''
The Horse's Mouth''
★ 1959
James Stewart in ''
Anatomy of a Murder''
★ 1960
John Mills in ''
Tunes of Glory''
★ 1961
Toshiro Mifune in ''
Yojimbo''
★ 1962
Burt Lancaster in ''
Birdman of Alcatraz''
★ 1963
Albert Finney in ''
Tom Jones (film)''
★ 1964
Tom Courtenay in ''
King and Country''
★ 1965
Toshiro Mifune in ''
Akahige''
★ 1966
Jaques Perrin in ''
Un Uomo a Metà ''
★ 1967
Ljubisa Samardzic in ''
Jutro''
★ 1968
John Marley in ''
Faces (film)''
★ 1983
Mitchell Litschenstein,
Matthew Modine,
Michael Wright,
David Alan Grier,
Guy Boyd &
George Dzundza in ''
Streamers''
★ 1984
Naseeruddin Shah in ''
Paar''
★ 1985
Gérard Depardieu in ''
Police''
★ 1986
Carlo delle Piane in ''
Regalo di Natale''
★ 1987
Hugh Grant &
James Wilby in ''
Maurice''
★ 1988
Don Ameche &
Joe Mantegna in ''
Things Change''
★ 1989
Marcello Mastroianni &
Massimo Troisi in ''
Che Ora È?''
★ 1990
Oleg Borisov in ''
Edinstvenijat Suidetel''
★ 1991
River Phoenix in ''
My Own Private Idaho''
★ 1992
Jack Lemmon in ''
Glengarry Glen Ross''
★ 1993
Fabrizio Bentivoglio in ''
Un' Anima Divisa in Due''
★ 1994
Xia Yu in ''
Yangguang Canlan De Rizi''
★ 1995
Götz George in ''
Der Totmacher''
★ 1996
Liam Neeson in ''
Michael Collins''
★ 1997
Wesley Snipes in ''
One Night Stand''
★ 1998
Sean Penn in ''
Hurlyburly''
★ 1999
Jim Broadbent in ''
Topsy-Turvy''
★ 2000
Javier Bardem in ''
Before Night Falls''
★ 2001
Luigi Lo Cascio in ''
Luce Dei Miei Occhi''
★ 2002
Stefano Accorsi in ''
Un Viaggio Chiamato Amore''
★ 2003
Sean Penn in ''
21 Grams''
★ 2004
Javier Bardem in ''
Mar Adentro''
★ 2005
David Strathairn in ''
Good Night, and Good Luck''
★ 2006
Ben Affleck in ''
Hollywoodland''
★ 2007
Brad Pitt in ''
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford''
Volpi Cup best actress
★ 1935
Paula Wessely in ''
Episode''
★ 1936
Annabella in ''
Veille D'armes''
★ 1937
Bette Davis in ''
Kid Galahad'' & ''
Marked Woman''
★ 1938
Norma Shearer in ''
Marie Antoinette''
★ 1941
Luise Ullrich in ''
Annelie''
★ 1942
Kristina Soderbaum in ''
Die Goldene Stadt''
★ 1947
Anna Magnani in ''
L'onorevole Angelina''
★ 1948
Jean Simmons in ''
Hamlet''
★ 1949
Olivia de Havilland in ''
The Snake Pit''
★ 1950
Eleanor Parker in ''
Caged''
★ 1951
Vivien Leigh in ''
A Streetcar Named Desire''
★ 1953
Lilli Palmer in ''
The Four Poster''
★ 1956
Maria Schell in ''
Gervaise''
★ 1957
Dzidra Ritenberga in ''
Malva''
★ 1958
Sophia Loren in ''
The Black Orchid''
★ 1959
Madeleine Robinson in ''
À Double Tour''
★ 1960
Shirley Maclaine in ''
The Apartment''
★ 1961
Suzanne Flon in ''
Tu ne Tueras Point''
★ 1962
Emmanuelle Riva in ''
Thérèse Desqueyroux''
★ 1963
Delphine Seyrig in ''
Muriel''
★ 1964
Harriet Andersson in ''
Att Alska''
★ 1965
Annie Girardot in ''
Trois Chambres à Manhattan''
★ 1966
Natalya Arinbasarova in ''
Pervyj Uchitel''
★ 1967
Shirley Knight in ''
Dutchman''
★ 1968
Laura Betti in ''
Teorema''
★ 1983
Darling Legitimus in ''
Rue Cases Nègres''
★ 1984
Pascale Ogier in ''
Les Nuits De Pleine Lune''
★ 1986
Valeria Golino in ''
Storia d'amore''
★ 1987
Kang Soo-Yeon in ''
Contract Mother''
★ 1988
Shirley Maclaine in ''
Madame Sousatzka''
★ 1988
Isabelle Huppert in ''
Une Affaire De Femmes''
★ 1989
Peggy Ashcroft &
Geraldine James in ''
She's Been Away''
★ 1990
Gloria Münchmeyer in ''
La Luna en el Espejo''
★ 1991
Tilda Swinton in ''
Edward II''
★ 1992
Gong Li in ''
Qiu Ju Da Guan Si''
★ 1993
Juliette Binoche in ''
★ 1994
Maria de Medeiros in ''
Três Irmãos''
★ 1995
Sandrine Bonnaire &
Isabelle Huppert in ''
La Cérémonie''
★ 1996
Victoire Thivisol in ''
Ponette''
★ 1997
Robin Tunney in ''
Niagara, Niagara''
★ 1998
Catherine Deneuve in ''
Place Vendôme''
★ 1999
Nathalie Baye in ''
Une Liaison Pornographique''
★ 2000
Rose Byrne in ''
The Goddess of 1967''
★ 2001
Sandra Ceccarelli in ''
Luce Dei Miei Occhi''
★ 2002
Julianne Moore in ''
Far from Heaven''
★ 2003
Katja Riemann in ''
Rosenstrasse''
★ 2004
Imelda Staunton in ''
Vera Drake''
★ 2005
Giovanna Mezzogiorno in ''
The Beast in the Heart''
★ 2006
Helen Mirren in ''
The Queen''
★ 2007
Cate Blanchett in ''
I'm Not There''
Past awards
Mussolini Cup for best Italian Film
★ 1934 ''
Teresa confalonieri'' by
Guido Brignone
★ 1935 ''
Casta Diva'' by
Carmine Gallone
★ 1936 ''
Lo squadrone bianco'' by
Augusto Genina
★ 1937 ''
Scipione l'Africano'' by
Carmine Gallone
★ 1938 ''
Luciano serra pilota'' by
Goffredo Alessandrini
★ 1939 ''
Abuna Messias'' by
Goffredo Alessandrini
★ 1940 ''
L'assedio dell'Alcazar'' by
Augusto Genina
★ 1941 ''
La corona di ferro'' by
Alessandro Blasetti
★ 1942 ''
Bengasi'' by
Augusto Genina
Mussolini Cup for best foreign film
★ 1934 ''
Man of Aran'' by
Robert J. Flaherty(Great Britain)
★ 1935 ''
Anna Karenina'' by
Clarence Brown(United States)
★ 1936 ''
Der Kaiser von Kalifornien'' by
Luis Trenker(Germany)
★ 1937 ''
Un carnet de bal'' by
Julien Duvivier (France)
★ 1938 ''
Olympia 1.Teil РFest der V̦lker'' by
Leni Riefenstahl(Germany)
★ 1940 ''
Der Postmeister'' by
Gustav Ucicky(Germany)
★ 1941 ''
Ohm Krüger'' by
Hans Steinhoff(Germany)
★ 1942 ''
Der große König'' by
Veit Harlan(Germany)
Best director awards
★ 1935
King Vidor for ''
The Wedding Night''
★ 1936
Jacques Feyder for ''
La Kermesse Héroique''
★ 1937
Robert J. Flaherty and
Zoltan Korda for ''
Elephant Boy''
★ 1938
Carl Froelich for ''
Heimat''
Best actor awards
★ 1932
Fredric March in ''
Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde''
★ 1934
Wallace Beery in ''
Viva Villa!''
★ 2003
Vladimir Garin,
Ivan Dobronravov and
Konstantin Lavronenko in ''
Vozvrashcheniye (The Return)''
Best actress awards
★ 1932
Helen Hayes in ''
The Sin of Madelon Claudet''
★ 1934
Katharine Hepburn in ''
Little Women''
Volpi Cup best supporting actor
★ 1993
Marcello Mastroianni in ''
Un, Deux, Trois, Soleil''
★ 1994
Roberto Citran in ''
Il toro''
★ 1995
Ian Hart in ''
Nothing Personal''
★ 1996
Chris Penn in ''
The Funeral''
Volpi Cup best supporting actress
★ 1993
Anna Bonaiuto in ''
Dove siete? Io sono qui''
★ 1994
Vanessa Redgrave in ''
Little Odessa''
★ 1995
Isabella Ferrari in ''
Romanzo di un giovane povero''
Osella
Best Technical Contribution
★ 2006
Emmanuel Lubezki for ''
Children of Men''
★ 1989
Yorgos Arvanitis for ''Australia''
Best Screenplay
★ 2006
Peter Morgan for ''
The Queen''
Best Cast awards
Special Award best cast
★ 1954 ''
Executive Suite'':
William Holden,
June Allyson,
Barbara Stanwyck,
Fredric March,
Walter Pidgeon &
Shelley Winters
Volpi Cup best cast
★ 1993 ''
Short Cuts'':
Andie MacDowell,
Bruce Davison,
Jack Lemmon,
Julianne Moore,
Lane Cassidy,
Matthew Modine,
Anne Archer,
Fred Ward,
Jennifer Jason Leigh,
Chris Penn,
Josette Maccario,
Lili Taylor,
Robert Downey Jr.,
Madeleine Stowe,
Tim Robbins,
Cassie Friel,
Dustin Friel,
Austin Friel,
Lily Tomlin,
Tom Waits,
Frances McDormand,
Peter Gallagher,
Lyle Lovett,
Buck Henry &
Huey Lewis
External links
★
La Biennale di Venezia - Official Site in English and Italian
★
★
Guestinvenice.tv - The Venice Video Sharing Portal with a Venice Film Festival section
★
UKHotMovies.com - History and Hightlights of the Venice Film Fesival
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