Venice Film Festival Awards - 2005
September 10th, 2005 by Andre Soares
62nd Venice Film Festival Awards - 2005 Golden Lion
The 2005 Venice Film Festival will be held between Aug. 31-Sept. 10, 2005.
The 2005 Venice Film Festival winners were announced on Sept. 10, 2005.
Venice Film Festival 2005 Winners - Article

Golden Lion for Best Film: Brokeback Mountain by Ang Lee
Silver Lion for Best Director: Les Amants réguliers by Philippe Garrel
Special Jury Prize: Mary by Abel Ferrara
Coppa Volpi for Best Actor: David Strathairn in Good Night, and Good Luck. by George Clooney
Coppa Volpi for Best Actress: Giovanna Mezzogiorno in La Bestia nel cuore / Don’t Tell by Cristina Comencini
Osella for an Outstanding Technical Contribution: William Lubtchansky for the photography in Les Amants réguliers by Philippe Garrel
Osella for Best Screenplay: George Clooney and Grant Heslov for Good Night, and Good Luck. by George Clooney
“Marcello Mastroianni” Award for Best Young Actor or Actress: Ménothy Cesar in Vers le sud by Laurent Cantet
Special Lion for her work as a whole: Isabelle Huppert
Horizons Prize: East of Paradise by Lech Kowalski
Horizons Documentary Prize: Pervye na lune / The First on the Moon by Aleksey Fedortchenko
“Luigi De Laurentiis” Award for a First Feature: 13 (Tzameti) by Gela Babluani
Citroën Short Super-Short Lion for Best Short Film: Xiaozhan / Small Station by Lin Chien-ping
Special Mention: Layla Afel by Leon Prudovsky
UIP Prize for Best European Short Film: Butterflies by Max Jacoby
FIPRESCI Awards:
Official Competition: Good Night, and Good Luck. by George Clooney
Horizons: The Wild Blue Yonder by Werner Herzog
Signis (Ecumenical) Award: Mary by Abel Ferrara
Audience Gan Award: Mater Natura by Massimo Andrei
Isvema Award: Mater Natura by Massimo Andrei
Art and Experimentation Award (Cicae): Hongyan by Li Yu
Arca Cinema Giovani Awards:
Best International Film: The Constant Gardener by Fernando Meirelles
Best Italian film: La bestia nel cuore / Don’t Tell by Cristina Comencini
Best "New Tendencies" Film: Sympathy for Lady Vengeance by Park Chan-wook
Lino Micciche Award for Best First Film: Craj-Domani by Davide Marengo
Fedic Award: Mater Natura by Massimo Andrei
"Fulchignoni" Award (Unesco): La dignidad de los nadies by Fernando Solanas
Future Film Digital Award: Corpse Bride by Tim Burton
"Sergio Trasatti" Award: Mary by Abel Ferrara
Human Rights Film Network Award (tie): Good Night, and Good Luck. by George Clooney and La dignidad de los nadies by Fernando Solanas
Laterna Magica Award (Cgs): Everything Is Illuminated by Liev Schreiber
"Lina Mangiacapre" Award: La vida secreta de las palabras / The Secret Life of Words by Isabel Coixet
EIUC (Inter-University European Center) Human Rights Film Award: Bimbi neri notti bianche by Giulio Manfredonia and Giobbe Covatta
Little Golden Lion: Sympathy for Lady Vengeance by Park Chan-wook
Premio CinemAvvenire (Cinema of the Future):
Official competition: Sympathy for Lady Vengeance by Park Chan-wook
"Peace and Diversity" Award: Vers le Sud by Laurent Cantet
"Francesco Pasinetti" Award (Sngci):
Official competition: Good Night and Good Luck. by George Clooney
Horizons: Texas by Fausto Paravidino
Venice Days: Elio Petri - Appuntamenti su un autore by Federico Bacci, Stefano Leon, and Nicola Guarnirei
Doc/ It award (tie): East of Paradise by Lech Kowalski and La dignidad de los nadies by Fernando Solanas
Jameson Award: Aria by Claudio Nocce
Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Award: Mary by Abel Ferrara
Cinema for Unicef: La bestia nel cuore by Cristina Comencini
Premio Città di Roma (tie): Arcobaleno Latino by Fernando Solanas and La bestia nel cuore / Don’t Tell by Cristina Comencini
Grand Jury: Dante Ferretti (president) (Italy); Cheng Ah (China); Claire Denis (France); Edgar Reitz (Germany); Emiliana Torrini (Iceland); Christine Vachon (USA); Amos Gitai (Israel)
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