Venice 2009: Paris Hilton, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Romain Duris

Jean-Hugues Anglade, Patrice Chéreau, Romain Duris

Alba Rohrwacher

Paris Hilton
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Venice 2009: Matt Damon, Oliver Stone, Christopher Lambert

Matt Damon

Oliver Stone

Christopher Lambert
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Venice 2009: Matt Damon, Jane Birkin, Jacques Rivette

Matt Damon

Jane Birkin, Sergio Castellitto, Jacques Rivette

Jane Birkin
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Venice 2009: Matt Damon, Steven Soderbergh, Vimukthi Jayasundara

Matt Damon, who stars in The Informant

Filmmaker Vimukthi Jayasundara at a photocall for Between Two Worlds at the 2009 Venice Film Festival

Steven Soderbergh at a photocall for The Informant
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Venice 2009: Margherita Buy, Gaetano Bruno, Maria de Medeiros

Margherita Buy, Gaetano Bruno and fellow cast members at the White Space photocall at the 2009 Venice Film Festival

Margherita Buy

Maria de Medeiros, one of the stars of Marco Filiberti’s David’s Birthday

Massimo Poggio, Thyago Alves of David’s Birthday
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Venice 2009: Isabelle Huppert, Michael Moore, George Lucas

George Lucas at the 2009 Venice Film Festival

Isabelle Huppert

Michael Moore
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Venice 2009: Werner Herzog, Marisa Berenson, Michael Shannon

Werner Herzog, Michael Shannon

Marisa Berenson

Tilda Swinton
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Venice 2009: George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Francesca Comencini

George Clooney

Ewan McGregor

Francesca Comencini at the photocall for White Space
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Venice 2009: George Clooney, Toni Servillo, Best Director Shirin Neshat

Best director winner Shirin Neshat for Women Without Men at the 2009 Venice Film Festival

George Clooney, pushing The Men Who Stare at Goats and Up in the Air, and TV presenter-actress Elisabetta Canalis

Toni Servillo at a photocall for Maurizio Zaccaro’s Il Piccolo, screened in the Controcampo sidebar
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Venice 2009: George Clooney, Elisabetta Canalis, Michele Placido

George Clooney, Elisabetta Canalis at the 2009 Venice Film Festival

Riccardo Scamarcio, Michele Placido at the Il Grande sogno premiere

Michele Placido
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Venice 2009: Fatih Akin, Moritz Bleibtreu, George A. Romero

Anna Bederke, Pheline Roggan, Dorka Gryllus, Fatih Akin, Adam Bousdoukos, Moritz Bleibtreu at the Soul Kitchen premiere at the 2009 Venice Film Festival

Alberto Petrolini, Caterina Varzi, Tinto Brass, Vincenzo Varzi at the Hotel Courbet photocall

George A. Romero
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Venice 2009: Kseniya Rappoport, Giuseppe Capotondi, Filippo Timi

Best actress winner Kseniya Rappoport, filmmaker Giuseppe Capotondi, Filippo Timi at the La Doppia ora photocall at the 2009 Venice Film Festival

Filippo Timi

Kseniya Rappoport
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Venice 2009: Omar Sharif, Sergio Castellitto, Martina Gedeck

Sergio Castellitto and Martina Gedeck (one of the stars of The Lives of Others) at the photocall for Vincenzo Terracciano’s Tris di donne & abiti nuziali at the 2009 Venice Film Festival

Sherif Ramzzy, Omar Sharif, Cyrine AbdelNour at the photocall for Ahmed Maher’s Al Mosafer / The Traveler

Omar Sharif, Cyrine AbdelNour
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Venice 2009: Viggo Mortensen, Salman Rushdie, Todd Haynes

Doru Boguta, Bobby Paunescu, Monica Barladeanu of Francesca, Salman Rushdie

Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee

Todd Haynes
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Venice 2009: Charlotte Rampling, Viggo Mortensen

Charlotte Rampling

Viggo Mortensen

Dieci inverni photocall
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Venice 2009: Eva Mendes, Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes

Eva Mendes

Prince of Tears photocall
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Venice 2009: Ennio Morricone, Giuseppe Tornatore, Margareth Madè

Ennio Morricone, Margareth Madè, Giuseppe Tornatore, Francesco Scianna at the Baarìa photocall at the 2009 Venice Film Festival

Margareth Madè

Francesco Scianna

Ennio Morricone
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Venice 2009: Jared Leto, Moritz Bleibtreu, Joe Dante

Jared Leto at the Mr. Nobody premiere at the 2009 Venice Film Festival
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Adam Bousdoukos, Moritz Bleibtreu, two of the stars of Fatih Akin’s Soul Kitchen, winner of the Venice Film Festival’s Special Jury Prize

Filmmaker and Venice jury member Joe Dante

Venice 2009: Julianne Moore, Colin Firth

Tom Ford, Julianne Moore, best actor winner Colin Firth, Nicholas Hoult, Matthew Goode at the premiere of Queer Lion winner (for best film with a gay theme) A Single Man at the 2009 Venice Film Festival
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Colin Firth

Nicholas Hoult

Venice 2009: Jared Leto, Julianne Moore, Colin Firth

Designer-turned-director Tom Ford, Julianne Moore, best actor winner Colin Firth at the A Single Man premiere at the 2009 Venice Film Festival
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Julianne Moore

Jared Leto at the Mr. Nobody photocall

Venice 2009: Eva Mendes, Werner Herzog, Nicolas Cage

Producer Edward R. Pressman with actors Nicolas Cage and Eva Mendes, and director Werner Herzog at the Jaeger-LeCoultre Host Bad Lieutenant Port of Call New Orleans Dinner held at Cipriani during the 66th Venice Film Festival.
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Eva Mendes

Edward R. Pressman, Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Jaeger-LeCoultre International Public Relations Director Isabelle Gervais, Werner Herzog

Venice 2009: Isabelle Huppert, Christopher Lambert, Giovanna Mezzogiorno Photos

Giovanna Mezzogiorno at the Negli Occhi photocall at the Palazzo del Casino during the 66th Venice Film Festival. Photo: François Durand / 2009 Getty Images
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Actors David Gozlan, William Nadylam, Isabelle Huppert, Christopher Lambert and director Claire Denis at the White Material photocall at the Palazzo del Casino. Photo: François Durand / 2009 Getty Images

Giovanna Mezzogiorno at the Negli Occhi premiere. Photo: Vittorio Zunino Celotto / 2009 WireImage

Elisa Sednaoui

Venice 2009: Oliver Stone, Tilda Swinton Photos

Kalki Koechlin, Mahie Gill, Abhay Deol at the Dev.D photocall at the Palazzo del Cinema during the 2009 Venice Film Festival.
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Oliver Stone at the South of the Border photocall at the Palazzo del Casino

Tilda Swinton at the Informant premiere

Venice 2009: Riccardo Scamarcio, Jasmine Trinca, Wesley Snipes Photos

Riccardo Scamarcio, Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best New Young Actor/Actress winner Jasmine Trinca at Il Grande Sogno photocall during the 66th Venice Film Festival.
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Jaclyn Jonet at Repo Chick photocall.

Antoine Fuqua at Brooklyn’s Finest photocall.

Wesley Snipes at Brooklyn’s Finest photocall.

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 [...]

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