'13 Assassins' Premieres in Venice

Tilda Swinton Attends 'Black Venus' Premiere

Li Bingbing in Venice


Coppola Wins Top Prize at Venice Film Festival
American director Sofia Coppola's " Somewhere," her exploration of the relationship between a father and his young daughter under the flashbulbs of movie celebrity, won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday.
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Black Swan (USA)

Jingwu Fengyun (China)

The Tempest (USA)
The highly anticipated adaptation of the mystical Shakespeare play. Directed by Julie Taymor and featuring Helen Mirren, Russell Brand, Alfred Molina and Djimon Hounsou.
Awards Winner
Golden Lion for Best Film Somewhere
Best Director Alex de la Iglesia
Best Actor Vincent Gallo
Best Actress Ariane Labed
Best Screenplay Alex de la Iglesia
Special Jury Prize Essential Killing
Lifetime Achievement John Woo (Chinese director)
 

 

Detective Dee (China)
Andy Lau, Carina Lau, Li Bingbing

Black Swan (USA)
Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis

La Pecora Nera (Italy)
Ascanio Celestini, Maya Sansa

Somewhere (USA)
Stephen Dorff, Elle Fanning

Happy Few (France)
Marina Fois, Elodie Bouchez

The Solitude of Prime Numbers
(Italy, Germany, France)

Silent Souls (Russia)
Igor Sergeyev, Yuriy Tsurilo

Promises Written in Water (USA)
Vincent Gallo, Delfine Bafort

Road to Nowhere (USA)
Shannyn Sossamon, Monte Hellman

A Sad Trumpet Ballad
(Spain, France)

Black Venus (France)
Yahima Torres, Olivier Gourmet

Post Mortem
(Chile, Mexico, Germany)

Barney's Version (Canada, Italy)
Dustin Hoffman, Paul Giamatti

Noi Credevamo (Italy, France)
Luigi Lo Cascio, Valerio Binasco

The Passion (Italy)
Silvio Orlando, Giuseppe Battiston

13 Assassins (Japan)
Koji Yakusho, Takayuki Yamada

Potiche (France)
Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu

Meek's Cutoff (USA)
Michelle Williams, Bruce Greenwood

Miral (USA, France, Italy, Israel)
Freida Pinto, Hiam Abbass

Essential Killing
(Poland, Norway, Hungary, Ireland)

Norwegian Wood (Japan)
Kenichi Matsuyama, Rinko Kikuchi

Attenberg (Greece)
Ariane Labed, Vangelis Mourikis

Drei (Germany)
Sophie Rois, Sebastian Schipper

About the Festival
and the Golden Lion

 


Guillermo Arriaga
Mexico, writer, director


Ingeborga Dapkunaite
Lithuania, actress


Arnaud Desplechin
France, director


Danny Elfman
USA, composer


Luca Guadagnino
Italy, director, writer


Gabriele Salvatores
Italy, director, writer


2009: 'Lebanon' Wins Golden Lion

2007: Zhang Yimou Heads the Jury

2006: Jia Zhangke's Film Wins Top Honor

2005: Golden Lion Goes to Ang Lee