67th Venice International Film Festival

The 67th annual Venice International Film Festival held in Venice, Italy, took place from 1 to 11 September 2010. American film director and screenwriter Quentin Tarantino was the head of the Jury. The opening film of the festival was Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan, and the closing film was Julie Taymor's The Tempest. John Woo was awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement prior to the start of the Festival.

The Golden Lion was awarded to Somewhere, directed by Sofia Coppola. The Silver Lion Award for Best Director was given to Álex de la Iglesia, for A Sad Trumpet Ballad.

In a break with tradition of limiting a film to receiving no more than one major award, the Special Jury Prize and the Volpi Cup for Best Actor (Vincent Gallo) went to the same film, Jerzy Skolimowski's Essential Killing. In the past, no one film had been given two major awards. Representing the jury, American director Quentin Tarantino appealed to Festival head Marco Müller to alter the rules. This rule change continues to be upheld for future editions of the Festival.

Following the Festival, Italian film critic Paolo Mereghetti criticized the decisions that the jury made in awarding prizes, and singled out Tarantino, accusing him of favoritism. He denied the charge.

Juries
The international juries of the 67th Venice International Film Festival were composed as follows:

Main Competition (Venezia 67)

 * Quentin Tarantino, American filmmaker and actor - Jury President
 * Guillermo Arriaga, Mexican filmmaker and producer
 * Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė, Lithuanian actress
 * Arnaud Desplechin, French filmmaker
 * Danny Elfman, American composer, singer, songwriter and record producer
 * Luca Guadagnino, Italian filmmaker
 * Gabriele Salvatores, Italian filmmaker

Horizons (Orizzonti)

 * Shirin Neshat, Iranian visual artist - Jury President
 * Raja Amari, Tunisian director and script writer
 * Lav Diaz, Filipino filmmaker
 * Alexander Horwath, director of the Austrian Film Museum, former director of Viennale
 * Pietro Marcello, Italian filmmaker

Opera Prima ("Luigi de Laurentis" Award for a Debut Film)

 * Fatih Akin, German filmmaker and producer - Jury President
 * Nina Lath Gupta, Indian official of National Film Development Corporation of India
 * Stanley Kwan, Hong Kong director and producer
 * Samuel Maoz, Israeli director
 * Jasmine Trinca, Italian actress

Controcampo Italiano

 * Valerio Mastandrea, Italian actor - Jury President
 * Susanna Nicchiarelli, Italian filmmaker and actress
 * Dario Edoardo Viganò, Director of Vatican Television Center

Persol 3-D

 * Shimizu Takashi, Japanese filmmaker - Jury President
 * Jim Hoberman, American film critic and academic
 * David Zamagni, Italian filmmaker

In Competition
The Golden Lion was won by Somewhere, directed by Sofia Coppola, a film based in part on Coppola's childhood as the daughter of acclaimed American director Francis Ford Coppola. Quentin Tarantino, the president of the jury that awarded the prize, hailed the film saying, "it grew and grew in our hearts, in our minds, in our affections". The jury's decision was unanimous. Upon receiving the award, Coppola paid credit to her father for "teaching me". The Russian film Silent Souls and the Chilean film Post Mortem had been considered favorites for the award.

The following films competed for the award:


 * Highlighted title indicates the Golden Lion winner.

Out of Competition
The following films were shown out of competition.

Horizons (Orizzonti)
From 2010 on, this section, dedicated to new trends in world cinema, has opened itself to all "extra-format" works, while four new awards have been established for it.
 * Highlighted title indicates the Orizzontis Awards for Feature Film and Short Film winners.

Controcampo Italiano
The following films, representing "new trends in Italian cinema", were screened in this section:
 * Highlighted title indicates the Controcampo Italiano Prize winner.

Italian Retrospective
The following films were shown as part of a retrospective section on Italian comedy, titled The State of Things, spanning the years 1937 to 1988.

Venice International Film Critics' Week
The following films were selected for the 25th International Film Critics' Week:

Venice Days
The following films were selected for the 7th edition of Venice Days (Giornate Degli Autori) autonomous section:

Official Awards
Starting with the 67th edition of the festival, four new awards were established for the Orizzonti section: the Orizzonti Award (for feature films), the Special Jury Orizzonti Prize (for feature films), the Orizzonti Award for Short Experimental Films and the Orizzonti Award for Short/Medium-length Films. The following Official selection awards were conferred at the festival:

In Competition (Venezia 67)

 * Golden Lion: Somewhere by Sofia Coppola
 * Silver Lion for Best Director: Álex de la Iglesia for The Last Circus
 * Special Jury Prize: Essential Killing by Jerzy Skolimowski
 * Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Vincent Gallo for Essential Killing
 * Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Ariane Labed for Attenberg
 * Marcello Mastroianni Award: Mila Kunis for Black Swan
 * Golden Osella for Best Cinematography: Mikhail Krichman for Silent Souls
 * Golden Osella for Best Screenplay: Álex de la Iglesia for The Last Circus
 * Special Lion: Monte Hellman

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

 * John Woo

Horizons (Orizzonti)

 * Orizzonti Award: Summer of Goliath by Nicolás Pereda
 * Special Jury Orizzonti Prize: The Forgotten Space by Noël Burch and Allan Sekula
 * Orizzonti Award for Short Experimental Films: Coming Attractions by Peter Tcherkassky
 * Orizzonti Award for Short/Medium-length Films: Tse (Out) by Roee Rosen
 * Special Mention: Jean Gentil by Laura Amelia Guzmán and Israel Cárdenas
 * Venice Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards: The External World by David Oreilly

Controcampo Italiano

 * Best Film: 20 Cigarettes by Aureliano Amadei
 * Special Mention: Vinicio Marchioni for his role in 20 Cigarettes

Luigi de Laurentis Award for a Debut Film

 * Majority by Seren Yüce

Special Awards

 * Jaeger-Le Coultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award: Mani Ratnam
 * Persol 3-D Award for Best Stereoscopic Film: Avatar by James Cameron
 * L’Oréal Paris for the Cinema Award: Vittoria Puccini

Independent Sections Awards
The following official and collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections:

Venice International Film Critics' Week

 * "Region of Veneto for quality cinema" Award: Beyond by Pernilla August
 * Christopher D. Smithers Foundation Special Award: Beyond by Pernilla August

Venice Days (Giornati degli Autori)

 * Label Europa Cinemas Award: The Clink of Ice by Bertrand Blier
 * Special Mention: Incendies by Denis Villeneuve
 * Biografilm Lancia Award: Incendies by Denis Villeneuve
 * Lanterna Magica Award (Cgs): Dark Love by Antonio Capuano
 * FEDIC Award: Dark Love by Antonio Capuano
 * Special Mention: Afraid of the Dark by Massimo Coppola
 * AIF Forfilmfest Award: Dark Love by Antonio Capuano
 * Gianni Astrei Award: Dark Love by Antonio Capuano
 * Cinema.Doc - Venice Days Selection: Il Sangue verde by Andrea Segre

Independent Awards
The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:

FIPRESCI Award

 * Best Film (Main competition): Silent Souls by Aleksei Fedorchenko
 * Best Film (Horizons): El sicario Room 164 by Gianfranco Rosi

Queer Lion

 * In the Future (En el futuro) by Mauro Andrizzi

SIGNIS Award

 * Meek's Cutoff by Kelly Reichardt
 * Special Mention: Silent Souls by Aleksei Fedorchenko

Francesco Pasinetti Award (SNGCI)

 * Best Film: 20 Cigarettes by Aureliano Amadei
 * Best Actress: Alba Rohrwacher for The Solitude of Prime Numbers

CICAE Award

 * Sleeping Beauty by Catherine Breillat

Leoncino d'oro Agiscuola Award

 * Barney’s Version by Richard J. Lewis

Cinema for UNICEF Commendation

 * Miral by Julian Schnabel

La Navicella – Venezia Cinema Award

 * The Ditch by Wang Bing

C.I.C.T. UNESCO Enrico Fulchignoni Award

 * Miral by Julian Schnabel

Biografilm Lancia Award

 * I'm Still Here by Casey Affleck
 * A Letter to Elia by Martin Scorsese & Kent Jones
 * Surviving Life by Jan Švankmajer
 * 20 Cigarettes by Aureliano Amadei
 * El Sicario - Room 164 by Gianfranco Rosi

Nazareno Taddei Award

 * Silent Souls by Aleksei Fedorchenko

CinemAvvenire Award

 * Essential Killing by Jerzy Skolimowski

CinemAvvenire "Il cerchio non è rotondo" Award

 * Cirkus Columbia by Danis Tanović

Equal Opportunity Award

 * Black Venus by Abdellatif Kechiche

Future Film Festival Digital Award

 * Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame by Tsui Hark
 * Special Mention: Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City & 13 Assassins by Miike Takashi

Brian Award

 * Lost Kisses by Roberta Torre

Arca Cinemagiovani Award

 * The Last Circus by Álex de la Iglesia

Roberto Bognanno Prize

 * Potiche by François Ozon

Lina Mangiacapre Award

 * Attenberg by Athina Rachel Tsangari
 * Special Mention: Jafar Panahi for The Accordion (short)

UK - Italy Creative Industries Award – Best Innovative Budget

 * Tajabone by Salvatore Mereu

Fondazione Mimmo Rotella

 * La pecora nera by Ascanio Celestini

Premio Selezione Cinema.Doc - Official Selection

 * El sicario room 164 by Gianfranco Rosi

Golden Mouse

 * Silent Souls by Aleksei Fedorchenko

Silver Mouse

 * Incendies by Denis Villeneuve