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September 12th 2007 04:48
For the second time Ang Lee has triumphed taking home the Golden Lion at this years Venice Film Festival with his sexually explicit thriller Se, Jie (Lust, Caution). The award continues Lee’s success at the festival after winning the same award for the 2005 award winning film Brokeback Mountain. He dedicated his award to Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, who died in July.
Heath Ledger accepted the award on behalf of Cate Blanchett was the queen of this years festival taking home the Best Actress award for her role as Bob Dylan in the biopic I’m Not There. Brad Pitt took home Best Actor for his role in The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Rober t Ford.
"I could try to play it down, but it's great fun” laughed Pitt who is at the Toronto Film Festival promoting his new film. "The nicest thing is how excited my friends are for me and to be amongst the lineage of people that have also been bestowed this honour. It's a really nice honour."
Other winners included Brian De Palma, for Best Direction in Iraq War drama Redacted and British director Ken Loach - Best Screenplay for It's A Free World.
For the second time in the history of the Mostra (exhibition), all feature films screened were World Premieres.
The full awards are listed below:
GOLDEN LION for Best Film:SE, JIE (LUST, CAUTION) by Ang LEE (USA/China/China, Taiwan)
SILVER LION for Best Director to:Brian DE PALMA for the film: REDACTED (USA)
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE to (ex aequo):
LA GRAINE ET LE MULET by Abdellatif KECHICHE (France)
I’M NOT THERE by Todd HAYNES (USA)
COPPA VOLPI for Best Actor:
Brad PITT in the film THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD by Andrew DOMINIK (USA)
COPPA VOLPI for Best Actress:
Cate BLANCHETT in the film: I’M NOT THERE by Todd HAYNES (USA)
MARCELLO MASTROIANNI AWARD for Best Young Actor or Actress:
Hafsia HERZI in the film LA GRAINE ET LE MULET by Abdellatif KECHICHE (France)
OSELLA for Best Cinematography to:
Rodrigo PRIETO director of photography for the SE, JIE (LUST, CAUTION) di Ang LEE (USA/China/China, Taiwan)
OSELLA for Best Screenplay to:
Paul LAVERTY for the film IT’S A FREE WORLD… by Ken LOACH
(UK/Italy/Germany/Spain)
SPECIAL LION for Overall Work to:NIKITA MIKHALKOV
The Jury is delighted to acknowledge the consistent brilliance of Nikita Mikhalkov’s body of work. His new film is once again a confirmation of his mastery in exploring and revealing to us, with great humanity and emotion, the complexity of existence
ORIZZONTI(Horizons)
ORIZZONTI PRIZE to:
SÜGISBALL (AUTUMN BALL) by Veiko ÕUNPUU (Estonia)
The Orizzonti Prize is supported with a cash prize of 20,000 Euro.
ORIZZONTI DOC PRIZE to:
WUYONG (USELESS) by Jia ZHANGKE (China)
SPECIAL MENTION to:
KAGADANAN SA BANWAAN NING MGA ENGKANTO (DEATH IN THE LAND OF ENCANTOS) by Lav DIAZ (Philippines)
LEONE DEL FUTUROPREMIO VENEZIA OPERA PRIMA “LUIGI DE LAURENTIIS”
LEONE DEL FUTURO - Premio Venezia Opera Prima “Luigi De Laurentiis” to:
LA ZONA di Rodrigo PLÁ (Giornate degli autori-Venice Days, Spain/Mexico)
Cash prize, of 100,000 USD, to the winning first film (50,000 to the director, 50,000 to the producer). To the director, an additional film voucher for 40,000 Euro will also be awarded, offered by Kodak.
CORTO CORTISSIMO
SILVER LION FOR BEST SHORT FILM for Best Short Film to:
DOG ALTOGETHER by Paddy CONSIDINE (UK)
SPECIAL MENTION to:
LIUDI IZ KAMNYA (STONE PEOPLE) by Leonid RYBAKOV (Russian Federation) for its humorous and radical metaphor about a familiar, real situation
PRIX UIP to:
ALUMBRAMIENTO by Eduardo CHAPERO-JACKSON (Spain)
credit to www.labiennale.org
SJC 12-09-07
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