Saturday, September 8, 2012

Venice International Film Festival 2012 – award winners


The 69th Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia (Venice International Film Festival) draws to a close with a controversial concluding awards selection.

The jury headed by Michael Mann had been prepared to present four awards to Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master. They had intended to give the film the Golden Lion for Best Picture, the Sliver Lion for Best Director and the Volpi Cup for Best Actor to both Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman. However, they were informed that new festival rules prohibit more than two major awards going to one film.

The jury had to reconvene and after a heated discussion, they chose to give the Golden Lion to Kim-Ki Duk's Pieta while Ulrich Seidl took the Silver Lion for Paradise: Faith. The Master was given a Special Jury Award in addition to the shared Volpi Cup. It also picked up a FIPRESCI Award (Competition) from the critics' group.

Pieta was also the recipient of the Leoncino d'Oro Agiscuola Award, P. Nazareno Taddei Award and the Mouse d'Oro Award. Paradise: Faith also won the CinemaAvvenire Award for Best Film of Venezia 69.

Other winners included The Interval, Fill The Void, Dormant Beauty, It Was The Son, Something in the Air, The Human Cargo, The Fifth Season, Bad 25 and Wadjda.


Complete list of winners for the 69th Venice International Film Festival

Golden Lion (Best Picture)
Pieta, Kim-Ki Duk

Silver Lion (Best Director)
Ulrich Seidl, Paradise: Faith

Volpi Cup - Best Actor
Joaquin Phoenix & Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master

Volpi Cup - Best Actress
Hadas Yaron, Fill The Void

Special Jury Award
Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master

Mastroianni Award - Best Young Actor
Fabrizio Falcone, Dormant Beauty, It Was The Son

Best Screenplay
Olivier Assayas, Something In The Air

Technical Achievement
Daniele Cipri, Il Stato E Figlio

Luigi De Laurentiis Award (Best First Feature)
Kuf: Mold, Ali Aydin

Orrizonti: Best Feature
Three Sisters, Wang Bing

Orrizonti: Jury Prize
Tango Libre, Frederic Fonteyne

FIPRESCI Award (Competition)
The Master, Paul Thomas Anderson

FIPRESCI Award (Orizzonti/Critics' Week)
The Interval, Leonardo Di Constanzo

SIGNIS Award
To the Wonder, Terrence Malick

SIGNIS Award (Special Mention)
Fill the Void, Rama Burshtein

Audience Award (Critics' Week)
Eat Sleep Die, Gabriela Pilcher

Label Europa Cinemas Award
Crawl, Herve Lasgouttes

Leoncino d'Oro Agiscuola Award
Pieta, Kim Ki-duk

Leoncino d'Oro Agiscuola Award (Cinema for UNICEF mention)
It Was the Son, Daniele Cipri

Pasinetti Award
The Interval, Leonardo Di Constanzo

Pasinetti Award (Documentary)
The Human Cargo, Daniele Vicari

Pasinetti Award (Best Actor)
Valerio Mastandrea, Gli Equilibristi

Pasinetti Award (Special)
Clarisse, Liliana Cavani

Brian Award
Dormant Beauty, Marco Bellocchio

Queer Lion Award
The Weight, Jeon Kyu-Hwan

Arca CinemaGiovani Award (Best Film of Venezia 69)
The Fifth Season, Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth

Arca CinemaGiovani Award (Best Italian Film)
The Ideal City, Luigi Lo Casco

Biografilm Lancia Award
The Human Cargo, Daniele Vicari; Bad 25, Spike Lee

CICT-UNESCO Enrico Fulchignoni Award
The Interval, Leonardo Di Costanzo

CICAE Award
Wadjda, Haifaa Al Mansour

CinemaAvvenire Award (Best Film of Venezia 69)
Paradise: Faith, Ulrich Seidl

CinemAvvenire Award (Diversity)
Wadjda, Haifaa Al Mansour

FEDIC Award
The Interval, Leonardo Di Costanzo

FEDIC Award (Special Mention)
Bellas Mariposas, Salvatore Mereu

Mimmo Rotella Foundation Award
Something in the Air, Olivier Assayas

Future Film Festival Digital Award
Bad 25, Spike Lee

Future Film Festival Digital Award (Special Mention)
Spring Breakers, Harmony Korine

P. Nazareno Taddei Award
Pieta, Kim Ki-duk

P. Nazareno Taddei Award (Special Mention)
Thy Womb, Brillante Mendoza

Magic Lantern Award
The Interval, Leonardo Di Costanzo

Open Award
The Company You Keep, Robert Redford

La Navicella-Venezia Cinema Award
Thy Womb, Brillante Mendoza

Lina Mangiacapre Award
Queen of Montreuil, Solveig Anspach

AIF-FORFILMFEST Award
The Interval, Leonardo Di Costanzo

Mouse d'Oro Award
Pieta, Kim Ki-duk

Mouse d'Argento Award
Anton's Right Here, Lyubov Arkus

UK-Italy Creative Industries Award
The Interval, Leonardo Di Costanzo

Gillo Pontecorvo-Arcobaleno Latino Award
Laura Delli Colli

Christopher D. Smithers Foundation Award
Low Tide, Roberto Minervini

Interfilm Award
Wadjda, Haifaa Al Mansour

Giovani Giurati del Vittorio Veneto Film Festival Award
The Company You Keep, Robert Redford

Giovani Giurati del Vittorio Veneto Film Festival Award (Special Mention)
Toni Servillo

Primio Cinematografico Award
Terramatta, Costanza Quatriglio

Green Drop Award
The Fifth Season, Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth

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