2009 Venice Film Festival Awards

2009 Venice Film Festival: Aug. 31-Sept. 12, 2009

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

Golden Lion for best film: Lebanon by Samuel MAOZ (Israel, France, Germany)

Silver Lion for best director: Shirin NESHAT for Zanan Bedone Mardan (Women Without Men) (Germany, Austria, France)

Moritz Bleibtreu in Soul Kitchen. Photo: Gordon Timpen

Special Jury Prize: Soul Kitchen by Fatih AKIN (Germany)

Colin Firth. Photo: Francois Durand / Getty Images

Coppa Volpi for Best Actor: Colin FIRTH in A Single Man by Tom FORD (USA)

Kseniya Rappoport. Photo: Francois Durand / Getty Images

Coppa Volpi for Best Actress: Ksenia RAPPOPORT in La doppia ora by Giuseppe CAPOTONDI (Italy)

“Marcello Mastroianni” Award for Best New Young Actor or Actress: Jasmine TRINCA in Il grande sogno by Michele PLACIDO (Italy)

“Osella” for Best Technical Contribution: Sylvie OLIVÉ for Mr. Nobody by Jaco VAN DORMAEL (France)

“Osella” for Best Screenplay: Todd SOLONDZ for Life during Wartime by Todd SOLONDZ (USA)

ORIZZONTI / HORIZONS

Orizzonti Prize to Engkwentro by Pepe Diokno (Philippines)

Orizzonti Prize for Best documentary to 1428 by DU Haibin (China)

Special Mention to Aadmi ki aurat aur anya kahaniya (The Man’s Woman and Other Stories) by Amit Dutta (India)

CONTROCAMPO ITALIANO

Controcampo Italiano Prize: Cosmonauta by Susanna NICCHIARELLI (Italy)

Special Mention: Negli occhi by Daniele ANZELLOTTI and Francesco DEL GROSSO (Italy)

CORTO CORTISSIMO / SHORT FILM COMPETITION

Corto Cortissimo Lion for Best Short Film: Eersgeborene (First Born) by Etienne Kallos (South Africa, USA)

Venice Nomination to the European Film Awards 2009 to Sinner by Meni Philip (Israel)

Special Mention: Felicità by Salomé Aleksi (Georgia)

Lion of the Future – “Luigi De Laurentiis” Award for a Debut Film: Engkwentro by Pepe DIOKNO (Philippines)

Persol 3-D Award for the Best 3-D Stereoscopic Film of the Year: The Hole by Joe Dante (USA)

Anurag Kashyap, Sandrine Bonnaire, Joe Dante, Ang Lee, Liliana Cavani, Sergei Bodrov, Luciano Ligabue

Official Competition Jury: Ang Lee (president), Sergei Bodrov, Sandrine Bonnaire, Liliana Cavani, Joe Dante, Anurag Kashyap, Luciano Ligabue

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