LEBANON Photos
“I dedicate this award to the thousands of people all over the world who, like me, come back from war safe and sound,” said Israeli war veteran and (first-time) filmmaker Samuel Maoz (above, lower photo) upon receiving the Golden Lion for his graphically violent war drama Lebanon at the 2009 Venice Film Festival. “Apparently they are fine, they work, get married, have children. But inside the memory will remain stabbed in their soul.” (On his notes for the film, Maoz writes: "On June 6, 1982, at 6:15 a.m., I killed a man for the first time in my life.")
Set during Israel’s 1982 invasion of Lebanon, Lebanon chronicles the travails of an Israeli tank crew sent [...]
by Andre Soares | September 14, 2009
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Venice Film Festival Awards 2009
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 [...]
by Pierre Philipe | September 12, 2009
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Tags: Colin Firth, Film Awards, Film Festivals, Jasmine Trinca, Kseniya Rappoport, Lebanon, Shirin Neshat, Soul Kitchen, Venice 2009, Venice Film Festival
