


Closed with a huge ceremony, consecrating the winners, the Venice Film Festival 2011 with the official jury (from Darren Aronofsky to David Byrne, Mario Martone and Todd Haynes) has awarded the most interesting movies and actors of the entire sections of the kermesse itself.
Here the list of the winners:
GOLDEN LION for Best Film:
FAUST by Aleksander SOKUROV (Russia)
SILVER LION for Best Director to:
Shangjun CAI for the film REN SHAN REN HAI (PEOPLE MOUNTAIN PEOPLE SEA)
(China – Hong Kong)
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE to:
TERRAFERMA by Emanuele CRIALESE (Italy)
COPPA VOLPI
for Best Actor:
Michael FASSBENDER
in the film SHAME by Steve MCQUEEN (Great Britain)
COPPA VOLPI
for Best Actress:
Deanie YIP
in the film TAO JIE (A SIMPLE LIFE) by Ann HUI (China – Hong Kong)
MARCELLO MASTROIANNI AWARD
for Best Young Actor or Actress to:
Shôta SOMETANI and Fumi NIKAIDÔ
in the film HIMIZU by Sion SONO (Japan)
OSELLA
for Best Cinematography to:
Robbie RYAN
for the film WUTHERING HEIGHTS by Andrea ARNOLD (Great Britain)
OSELLA
for Best Screenplay to:
Yorgos LANTHIMOS and Efthimis FILIPPOU
for the film ALPIS (ALPS) by Yorgos LANTHIMOS (Greece)
LION OF THE FUTURE – “LUIGI DE LAURENTIIS” VENICE AWARD
FOR A DEBUT FILM
Lion of the Future – “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film Jury at the 68th
Venice Film Festival, comprised of Carlo Mazzacurati (President), Aleksei Fedorchenko,
Fred Roos, Charles Tesson, Serra Yilmaz has unanimously decided to award:
LÀ-BAS by Guido LOMBARDI (Italy)
VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM CRITICS’ WEEK
as well as a prize of 100,000 USD, donated by Filmauro di Aurelio e Luigi De Laurentiis
to be divided equally between director and producer
ORIZZONTI AWARDS
The Orizzonti Jury of the 68th Venice Film Festival, chaired by Jia Zhangke and composed
of Stuart Comer, Odile Decq, Marianne Khoury, Jacopo Quadri after screening the 52
films in competition has decided to award:
the ORIZZONTI AWARD (full-length films)
to KOTOKO by Shinya TSUKAMOTO (Japan)
the SPECIAL ORIZZONTI JURY PRIZE (full-length films)
to WHORES’ GLORY by Michael GLAWOGGER (Austria, Germany)
the ORIZZONTI AWARD (short films)
to IN ATTESA DELL’AVVENTO by Felice D’AGOSTINO, Arturo LAVORATO (Italy)
the ORIZZONTI AWARD (medium-length films)
to ACCIDENTES GLORIOSOS by Mauro ANDRIZZI, Marcus LINDEEN
(Sweden, Denmark, Argentina)
a SPECIAL MENTION
to O LE TULAFALE (THE ORATOR) by Tusi TAMASESE (New Zealand, Samoa)
a SPECIAL MENTION
to ALL THE LINES FLOW OUT by Charles LIM Yi Yong (Singapore)
The Jury, after screening the 16 European short films in the Orizzonti competition, has
decided to give
the VENICE SHORT FILM NOMINEE FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS
to HYPERCRISIS by Josef DABERNIG (Austria)
CONTROCAMPO ITALIANO PRIZE
The Controcampo Italiano Prize Jury at the 68th Venice Film Festival, comprised of Stefano
Incerti (President), Aureliano Amadei e Cristiana Capotondi has unanimously decided to
award:
CONTROCAMPO AWARD (for narrative feature-length films)
SCIALLA! by Francesco BRUNI
CONTROCAMPO AWARD (for short films)
A CHJÀNA by Jonas CARPIGNANO
CONTROCAMPO DOC AWARD
PUGNI CHIUSI by FIORELLA INFASCELLI
The jury has also decided to award a Special mention to:
BLACK BLOCK by Carlo Augusto BACHSCHMIDT
Francesco Di Giacomo for the cinematography of
GOLDEN LION FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT 2011
to
JAEGER-LECOULTRE GLORY TO THE FILMMAKER
PERSOL 3-D AWARD
to ZAPRUDER FILMMAKERSGROUP
(David Zamagni, Nadia Ranocchi, Monaldo Moretti)
L’ORÉAL PARIS PER IL CINEMA AWARD
to
The 68th Festival Collateral Awards
FIPRESCI Award
Best Film Venezia 68: Shame by Steve McQueen
Best Film Orizzonti and International Critics’ Week: Two Years at Sea by Ben Rivers
SIGNIS Award
to Faust by Aleksandr Sokurov
Special Mention to A Simple Life by Ann Hui
“Kino” – International Critics Week Award
to Là-Bas by Guido Lombardi
Label Europa Cinemas Award
to Présumé Coupable (Guilty) by Vincent Garenq
Leoncino d’Oro Agiscuola Award
to Carnage by Roman Polanski
Cinema for UNICEF Commendation: Terraferma by Emanuele Crialese
Francesco Pasinetti (SNGCI) Award
to Terraferma by Emanuele Crialese
SNGCI Commendation: L’ultimo terrestre by Gian Alfonso Pacinotti
Brian Award
to The Ides of March by George Clooney
Queer Lion Award (Associazione Cinemarte)
to Wilde Salomé by Al Pacino
Arca CinemaGiovani Award
Best Film Venezia 68: Shame by Steve McQueen
Best Italian Film: L’ultimo terrestre by Gian Alfonso Pacinotti
Biografilm Lancia Award
to Black Block by Carlo Augusto Bachschmidt
Jury Award to Pivano Blues – Sulla strada di Nanda by Teresa Marchesi
C.I.C.T. UNESCO “Enrico Fulchignoni” Award
to Tahrir 2011 by Tamer Ezzat, Ayten Amin, Amr Salama
CICAE Award
to O le tulafale (The Orator) by Tusi Tamasese
CinemAvvenire Award
Best Film Venezia 68: Shame by Steve McQueen
Best Film – Il cerchio non è rotondo Award: O le tulafale (The Orator) by Tusi Tamasese
FEDIC Award
to Io sono Li by Andrea Segre
Special Mention to Pasta nera by Alessandro Piva
Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Award
to L’ultimo terrestre by Gian Alfonso Pacinotti
Future Film Festival Digital Award
to Faust by Aleksandr Sokurov
Special Mention to Kotoko by Shinya Ysukamoto
Nazareno Taddei Award
to Tao jie (A Simple Life) by Ann Hui
Lanterna Magica Award (CGS)
to Io sono Li by Andrea Segre
Open Award
to Marco Mueller
La Navicella – Venezia Cinema Award
to Tao jie (A Simple Life) by Ann Hui
Lina Mangiacapre Award
to Io sono Li by Andrea Segre
Special Mention to Fabrizio Cattani –
Gianni Astrei pro life Award
to Tao jie (A Simple Life) by Ann Hui
AIF – FORFILMFEST Award
to Scialla! by Francesco Bruni
Mouse d’Oro Award
to Killer Joe by William Friedkin
Mouse d’Argento to Kotoko by Shinya Tsukamoto
Uk – Italy Creative Industries Award – Best Innovative Budget
to L’arrivo di Wang by Manetti bros.
Equal Opportunity Award
to Tao jie (A Simple Life) by Ann Hui
Gillo Pontecorvo Award – Arcobaleno Latino
to Gaetano Blandini, Nicola Borrelli, Gian Marco Committeri, Roberto Lo Surdo, Mario La Torre
Christopher D. Smithers Foundation Special Award
to Himizu by Sono Sion
Interfilm Award for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue
to Girimunho (Swirl) by Helvécio Marins Jr. and Clarissa Campolina
Vittorio Veneto Film Festival Award
to Scialla! by Francesco Bruni
Special Mention to Eva by Kike Maillo