Venice Film Festival 2008 & The Golden Stag part 2- the Winners

Today the 65th Venice Film Festival came to an end. The Gold Lion went to Darren Aronofsky for his movie The Wrestler.
Some agreed with the jury`s decision, some not. Since i haven`t seen the movie yet, i can only trust the members of the jury. The one thing everyone agreed, from critics to audience, was the great performance of Mickey Rourke. So, only for that it`s worth seeing The Wrestler, checking out Rourke`s comeback.

Here`s the official list of the awards :

GOLDEN LION for Best Film:

The Wrestler by Darren Aronofsky (USA)

SILVER LION for Best Director to:

Aleksey German Jr. for Bumažnyj Soldat (Paper Soldier) (Russia)

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE to:

Teza by Haile Gerima (Ethiopia, Germany, France)

COPPA VOLPI for Best Actor:

Silvio Orlando for Il papà di Giovanna by Pupi Avati (Italy)

COPPA VOLPI for Best Actress:

Dominique Blanc for L’autre by Patrick Mario Bernard and Pierre Trividic (France)

MARCELLO MASTROIANNI AWARD for Best Young Actor or Actress:

Jennifer Lawrence for The Burning Plain by Guillermo Arriaga (USA)

OSELLA for Best Cinematography to:

Alisher Khamidhodjaev and Maxim Drozdov for Bumažnyj Soldat (Paper Soldier) by Aleksey German Jr. (Russia)

OSELLA for Best Screenplay to:

Haile Gerima for Teza by Haile Gerima (Ethiopia, Germany, France)

SPECIAL LION for Overall Work to:

Werner Schroeter

“LUIGI DE LAURENTIIS” AWARD FOR A DEBUT FILM to:

Pranzo Di Ferragosto by Gianni Di Gregorio (SIC - International Critics’ Week, Italy)

The Golden Stag Music Festival designated its winners tonight, too. The Golden Stag stays in Romania, as the winner was Razvan Crivach. The Silver Stag went to the Swedish group Biondo and the Bronze Stag was received by another Romanian singer Tony Poptamas.
Tomorrow will have Mtv`s VMAs, so after seeing the show, the Red Carpet appearances and the big winners, will talk more.
Soon, Lora

Sources : www.labiennale.org/en/cinema