Venice Film Festival

The Venice Film Festival () and takes place every year in late August/early September on the Lido Di Venezia in the historic Palazzo Del Cinema on the Lungomare Marconi, in Venice , Italy .

Its main award is the "''Leone d'Oro''" (Golden Lion). Recently, a new award has been added, the San Marco Award for the best film in the "controcorrente" section.

The Venice Film Festival is part of the Venice Biennale , a major biennial exhibition and festival for Contemporary Art .

The festival in 2004 held from 1 September to 11 September was the 61st. For the 2005 festival see the 62nd Venice International Film Festival .

GOLDEN LION WINNERS

''See a list of winners at Golden Lion ''

OTHER AWARDS

Mussolini Cup for best Italian Film

Mussolini Cup for best foreign film

1934 '' Man Of Aran '' by Robert J. Flaherty

1935 '' Anna Karenina '' by Clarence Brown

1936 '' Der Kaiser Von Kalifornien '' by Luis Trenker

1937 '' Un Carnet De Bal '' by Julien Duvivier

1938 '' Olympia 1.Teil – Fest Der Völker '' by Leni Riefenstahl

1940 '' Der Postmeister '' by Gustav Ucicky

1941 '' Ohm Krüger '' by Hans Steinhoff

1942 '' Der Große König '' by Veit Harlan

Best director awards

1935 King Vidor for '' The Wedding Night ''

1936 Jacques Feyder for '' La Kermesse Héroique ''

1937 Robert J. Flaherty & Zoltan Korda for '' Elephant Boy ''

1938 Carl Froelich for '' Heimat ''

Silver Lion best direction

1990 Martin Scorsese for '' Goodfellas ''

1992 Bigas Luna for '' Jamón, Jamón ''

1994 Gianni Amelio for '' Lamerica ''

1995 Abolfazi Jalili for '' Det Yani Dokhtar ''

1996 Kenneth Branagh for ''In the Bleak Midwinter'' ('' A Midwinter's Tale '')

1997 Hirokazu Koreeda for '' Maboroshi No Kikari ''

1998 Emir Kusturica for '' Crna Macka, Beli Macor ''

1999 Zhang Yuan for '' Guo Niam Hui Jia ''

2003 Takeshi Kitano for '' Zatoichi ''

2004 Kim Ki-duk for '' 3-Iron ''

2005 Philippe Garrel for '' Les Amants Réguliers ''

Silver Lion – Jury's special award

2005 Abel Ferrara for '' Mary ''

Best actor awards

1932 Fredric March in '' Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde ''

1934 Wallace Berry in '' Viva Villa! ''

Volpi Cup best actor

1935 Pierre Blanchard in '' Crime Et Châtiment ''

1936 Paul Muni in '' The Story Of Louis Pasteur ''

1937 Emil Jannings in '' Der Herrscher ''

1938 Leslie Howard in '' Pygmalion ''

1941 Ermete Zacconi in '' Don Buonaparte ''

1942 Fosco Giachetti in '' Bengasi ''

1947 Pierre Fresnay in '' Monsieur Vincent ''

1948 Ernst Deutsch in '' Der Prozess ''

1949 Joseph Cotten in '' Portrait Of Jennie ''

1950 Sam Jaffe in '' Asphalt Jungle ''

1951 Jean Gabin in '' La Nuit Est Mon Royaume ''

1952 Fredric March in '' Death Of A Salesman ''

1953 Henri Vilbert in '' Le Bon Dieu Sans Confession ''

1954 Jean Gabin in '' L'air De Paris '' in '' Touchez Pas Au Grisbi ''

1955 Curd Jürgens in '' Les Héros Sont Fatigués ''

1955 Kenneth More in '' The Deep Blue Sea ''

1956 Bourvil in '' La Traversée De Paris ''

1957 Anthony Franciosa in '' A Hatful Of Rain ''

1958 Alec Guinness in '' The Horse's Mouth ''

1959 James Stewart in '' Anatomy Of A Murder ''

1960 John Mills in '' Tunes Of Glory ''

1961 Toshiro Mifune in '' Yojimbo ''

1962 Burt Lancaster in '' Birdman Of Alcatraz ''

1963 Albert Finney in '' Tom Jones (film) ''

1964 Tom Courtney in '' King And Country ''

1965 Toshiro Mifune in '' Akahige ''

1966 Jaques Perrin in '' Un Uomo A Metà ''

1967 Ljubisa Samardzic in '' Jutro ''

1968 John Marley in '' Faces (film) ''

1983 Mitchell Litschenstein , Matthew Modine , Michael Wright , David Alan Grier , Guy Boyd & George Dzundza in '' Streamers ''

1984 Naseeruddin Shak in '' Paar ''

1985 Gérard Depardieu in '' Police ''

1986 Carlo Delle Piane in '' Regalo Di Natale ''

1987 Hugh Grant & James Wilby in '' Maurice ''

1988 Don Ameche & Joe Mantegna in '' Things Change ''

1989 Marcello Mastroianni & Massimo Troisi in '' Che Ora È? ''

1990 Oleg Borisov in '' Edinstvenijat Suidetel ''

1991 River Phoenix in '' My Own Private Idaho ''

1992 Jack Lemmon in '' Glengarry Glen Ross ''

1993 Fabrizio Bentivoglio in '' Un' Anima Divisa In Due ''

1994 Xia Yu in '' Yangguang Canlan De Rizi ''

1995 Götz George in '' Der Totmacher ''

1996 Liam Neeson in '' Michael Collins ''

1997 Wesley Snipes in '' One Night Stand ''

1998 Sean Penn in '' Hurlybuly ''

1999 Jim Broadbent in '' Topsy-Turvy ''

2000 Javier Bardem in '' Before Night Falls ''

2001 Luigo Lo Cascio in '' Luce Dei Miei Occhi ''

2002 Stefano Accorsi in '' Un Viaggio Chiamato Amore ''

2003 Sean Penn in '' 21 Grams ''

2004 Javier Bardem in '' Mar Adentro ''

2005 David Strathairn in '' Good Night, And Good Luck ''

Best actress awards

1932 Helen Hayes in '' The Sin Of Madelon Claudet ''

1934 Katharine Hepburn in '' Little Women ''

Volpi Cup best actress

1935 Paula Wessely in '' Episode ''

1936 Annabella in '' Veille D'armes ''

1937 Bette Davis in '' Kid Galahad '' & '' Marked Woman ''

1938 Norma Shearer in '' Marie Antoinette ''

1941 Luise Ullrich in '' Annelie ''

1942 Kristina Soderbaum in '' Die Goldene Stadt ''

1947 Anna Magnani in '' L'onorevole Angelina ''

1948 Jean Simmons in '' Hamlet ''

1949 Olivia De Havilland in '' The Snake Pit ''

1950 Eleanor Parker in '' Caged ''

1951 Vivien Leigh in '' A Streetcar Named Desire ''

1953 Lilli Palmer in '' The Four Poster ''

1956 Maria Schell in '' Gervaise ''

1957 Dzidra Ritenberga in '' Malva ''

1958 Sophia Loren in '' The Black Orchid ''

1959 Madeleine Robinson in '' À Double Tour ''

1960 Shirley Maclaine in '' The Apartment ''

1961 Suzanne Flon in '' Tu Ne Tueras Point ''

1962 Emmanuelle Riva in '' Thérèse Desqueyroux ''

1963 Delphine Seyrig in '' Muriel ''

1964 Harriet Andersson in '' Att Alska ''

1965 Annie Girardot in '' Trois Chambres à Manhattan ''

1966 Natalya Arinbasarova in '' Pervyj Uchitel ''

1967 Shirley Knight in '' Dutchman ''

1968 Laura Betti in '' Teorema ''

1983 Darling Legitimus in '' Rue Cases Nègres ''

1984 Pascale Ogier in '' Les Nuits De Pleine Lune ''

1986 Valeria Golino in '' Storia D'amore ''

1987 Kang Soo-Yeon in '' Contract Mother ''

1988 Shirley Maclaine in '' Madame Sousatzka ''

1988 Isabelle Huppert in '' Une Affaire De Femmes ''

1989 Peggy Ashcroft & Geraldine James in '' She's Been Away ''

1990 Gloria Münchmeyer in '' La Luna En El Espejo ''

1991 Tilda Swinton in '' Edward II ''

1992 Gong Li in '' Qiu Ju Da Guan Si ''

1993 ''

1994 Maria De Medeiros in '' Três Irmãos ''

1995 Sandrine Bonnaire & Isabelle Huppert in '' La Cérémonie ''

1996 Victoire Thivisol in '' Ponette ''

1997 Robin Tunney in '' Niagara, Niagara ''

1998 Catherine Deneuve in '' Place Vendôme ''

1999 Nathalie Baye in '' Une Liaison Pornographique ''

2000 Rose Byrne in '' The Goddess Of 1967 ''

2001 Sandra Ceccarelli in '' Luce Dei Miei Occhi ''

2002 Julianne Moore in '' Far From Heaven ''

2003 Katja Riemann in '' Rosenstrasse ''

2004 Imelda Staunton in '' Vera Drake ''

2005 Giovanna Mezzogiorno in '' La Bestia Nel Cuore ''

Volpi Cup best supporting actor

1993 Marcello Mastroianni in '' Un, Deux, Trois, Soleil ''

1994 Roberto Citran in '' Il Toro ''

1995 Ian Hart in '' Nothing Personal ''

1996 Chris Penn in '' The Funeral ''

Volpi Cup best supporting actress

1993 Anna Bonaiuto in '' Dove Siete? Io Sono Qui ''

1994 Vanessa Redgrave in '' Little Odessa ''

1995 Isabella Ferrari in '' Romanzo Di Un Giovane Povero ''

Best Cast awards

Special Award best cast

1954 '', June Allyson , Barbara Stanwyck , Fredric March , Walter Pidgeon & Shelley Winters

Volpi Cup best cast

1993 '', Bruce Davison , Jack Lemmon , Julianne Moore , Lane Cassidy , Matthew Modine , Anne Archer , Fred Ward , Jennifer Jason Leigh , Chris Penn , Josette Maccario , Lili Taylor , Robert Downey Jr. , Madeleine Stowe , Tim Robbins , Cassie Friel , Dustin Friel , Austin Friel , Lily Tomlin , Tom Waits , Frances McDormand , Peter Gallagher , Lyle Lovett , Buck Henry & Huey Lewis

EXTERNAL LINKS

La Biennale di Venezia - Official Site in English and Italian

UKHotMovies.com - Venice Film Festival: Past, Present and Future

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