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Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival (Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica) 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.
Golden Lion winners
Year | Film | Director |
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2004 | Vera Drake | Mike Leigh |
2003 | Vozvrashcheniye (The Return) | Andrey Zvyaguintsev |
2002 | The Magdalene Sisters | Peter Mullan |
2001 | Monsoon Wedding | Mira Nair |
2000 | The Circle (Dayereh) | Jafar Panahi |
1999 | Not One Less (Yi ge dou bu neng shao) | Zhang Yimou |
1998 | The Way We Laughed (Così ridevano) | Gianni Amelio |
1997 | Hana-bi (Fireworks) | Takeshi Kitano |
1996 | Michael Collins | Neil Jordan |
1995 | Xich lo (Cyclo | Anh Hung Tran |
1994 | Aiqing wansui (Vive L'Amour) | Tsai Ming-Liang |
1994 | Pred dozhdot (Before The Rain) | Milcho Manchevski |
1993 | Short Cuts (USA) | Robert Altman |
1993 | Trois Couleurs: Bleu (Blue) | Krzysztof Kieslowski |
1992 | Qui Ju da guan si (The Story Of Qui Ju) | Zhang Yimou |
1991 | Urga (Close To Eden) | Nikita Mikhalhov |
1990 | Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead | Tom Stoppard |
1989 | Beiqing chengshi (A City of Sadness) | Hou Hsiao-Hsien |
1988 | La Leggenda del santo bevitore (The Legend Of The Holy Drinker) | Ermano Olmi |
1987 | Au revoir les enfants | Louis Malle |
1986 | Le Rayon vert (The Green Ray) | Eric Rohmer |
1985 | Sans toit ni loi (Vagabond) | Agnès Varda |
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