67th Venice International Film Festival

The 67th annual Venice International Film Festival, was held from 1 to 11 September 2010, at Venice Lido in Italy.
American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino was the jury president for the main competition. The Golden Lion was awarded to Somewhere by Sofia Coppola.
Chinese-Hong Kong filmmaker John Woo received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement during the festival.
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 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, which he denied.
The festival opened with Black Swan by Darren Aronofsky, and closed with The Tempest by Julie Taymor.

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Juries

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

''[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 Laurentiis''" 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

Official Sections

In Competition

The following films were selected for the main competition:

Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:

''[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.

''Controcampo Italiano''

The following films, representing "new trends in Italian cinema", were screened in this section:

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.

Independent Sections

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 autonomous section:

Official Awards

Starting with the 67th edition of the festival, four new awards were established for the Orizzonti section: the Orizzonti Award, the Special Jury Orizzonti Prize, the Orizzonti Award for Short Experimental Films and the Orizzonti Award for Short/Medium-length Films.
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.

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 CircusSpecial Lion: Monte Hellman

[Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement]

John Woo

Horizons (''Orizzonti'')

Orizzonti Award: Summer of Goliath by Nicolás PeredaSpecial Jury Orizzonti Prize: The Forgotten Space by Noël Burch and Allan SekulaOrizzonti Award for Short Experimental Films: Coming Attractions by Peter TcherkasskyOrizzonti Award for Short/Medium-length Films: Tse by Roee Rosen

* Special Mention: Jean Gentil by Laura Amelia Guzmán and Israel CárdenasVenice 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 RatnamPersol 3-D Award for Best Stereoscopic Film: Avatar by James CameronL’Oréal Paris for the Cinema Award: Vittoria Puccini

Independent Sections Awards

Venice International Film Critics' Week

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

Venice Days (''Giornati degli Autori">Giornate degli Autori">Giornati degli Autori'')

Label Europa Cinemas Award: The Clink of Ice by Bertrand Blier

* Special Mention: Incendies by Denis VilleneuveBiografilm Lancia Award: Incendies by Denis VilleneuveLanterna Magica Award : Dark Love by Antonio CapuanoFEDIC Award: Dark Love by Antonio Capuano
* Special Mention: Afraid of the Dark by Massimo CoppolaAIF Forfilmfest Award: Dark Love by Antonio CapuanoGianni Astrei Award: Dark Love by Antonio CapuanoCinema.Doc - Venice Days Selection: Il Sangue verde by Andrea Segre

Independent Awards

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

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Best Film : Silent Souls by Aleksei FedorchenkoBest Film : El sicario Room 164 by Gianfranco Rosi

[Queer Lion]

In the Future by Mauro Andrizzi

SIGNIS Award">SIGNIS">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 AmadeiBest 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 AffleckA Letter to Elia by Martin Scorsese & Kent JonesSurviving Life by Jan Švankmajer20 Cigarettes by Aureliano AmadeiEl Sicario - Room 164 by Gianfranco Rosi