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Samuel Maoz’ Lebanon wins Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival

September 12, 2009 by admin Leave a Comment

The 66th annual Venice Film Festival ended with the awards ceremony earlier today. Here are this year's winners across the categories: GOLDEN LION FOR BEST FILM Lebanon, by Samuel Maoz SILVER LION FOR BEST DIRECTOR Shirin Neshat, for Women Without Men SPECIAL JURY PRIZE Soul Kitchen, Fatih Akin COPPA VOLPI FOR BEST ACTOR Colin Firth, for A Single Man COPPA VOLPI FOR BEST ACTRESS Kseniya Rappoport, for La doppia ora MARCELLO MASTROIANNI AWARD FOR BEST NEW YOUNG [Read more...]

Venice Film Festival 2008 awards

September 8, 2008 by admin Leave a Comment

The 65th annual Venice Film Festival wrapped over the weekend. The Golden Lion for best film went to Darren Aronofsky for his drama The Wrestler, starring Mickey Rourke as a retired professional wrestler trying to make a comeback. Rourke is one of the early contenders for an Oscar for his performance in the film, even if he missed out on the best actor prize in Venice. (The festival regulations do not allow the film that wins the Golden Lion to also get acting prizes.) “We need to thank [Read more...]