| 67th Venice International Film Festival | |
|---|---|
| Location | Venice, Italy |
| Founded | 1932 |
| Awards | Golden Lion – Somewhere Silver Lion – Alex de la Iglesia (A Sad Trumpet Ballad) |
| Festival date | September 1–11, 2010 |
| Official website | |
The 67th annual Venice Film Festival held in Venice, Italy, took place from September 1 to September 11, 2010.[1] American film director and screenwriter Quentin Tarantino was head of the Jury.[2] John Woo was awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement prior to the start of the Festival.[3] The opening film was Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan.[4]
The Golden Lion for the best picture In Competition was awarded to Somewhere, directed by Sofia Coppola.[5] 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 Best Actor (the Volpi Cup) went to the same film, Jerzy Skolimowski's Essential Killing. In the past, no one film had been given two major awards, and Tarantino was forced to appeal to Festival head Marco Müller to alter the rules. This rule change will be upheld for future editions of the Festival.[6][7]
Following the Festival, Italian film critic Paolo Mereghetti criticised the decisions the jury made in awarding prizes, and singled out Tarantino, accusing him of favoritism.[8][9]
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| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opener | Black Swan | Darren Aronofsky | United States | |
| Closer | The Tempest | Julie Taymor | United States | |
The Leone d'oro (Golden Lion) award was won by Somewhere, directed by Sofia Coppola, a film based in part on Coppola's childhood as the daughter of acclaimed director Francis Ford Coppola.[10] 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".[11] The jury's decision was unanimous. Upon receiving the award, Coppola paid credit to her father for "teaching me".[12] The Russian film Silent Souls and the Chilean film Post Mortem were considered favourites for the award.[13]
The following films competed for the award:[14]
The following films were shown out of competition.[15]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Town | N/A | Ben Affleck | United States |
| I'm Still Here | N/A | Casey Affleck | United States |
| N/A | Sorelle mai | Marco Bellocchio | Italy |
| N/A | Niente paura | Piergiorgio Gay | Italy |
| Dante Ferretti: production designer | N/A | Gianfranco Giagni | Italy |
| N/A | Notizie degli scavi | Emidio Greco | Italy |
| Gorbaciof | Gorbaciof - Il cassiere col vizio del gioco | Stefano Incerti | Italy |
| That Girl in Yellow Boots | N/A | Anurag Kashyap | India |
| Showtime | Yongxin Tiao | Stanley Kwan | China |
| Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen | 精武風雲－陳真 | Andrew Lau | Hong Kong |
| N/A | Sei Venezia | Carlo Mazzacurati | Italy |
| Zebraman: Vengeful Zebra City | Zeburâman: Zebura Shiti no gyakushû | Takashi Miike | Japan |
| The Child's Eye 3D | 童眼 3D | Oxide Pang Chun, Danny Pang | Hong Kong / China |
| N/A | Vallanzasca - Gli angeli del male | Michele Placido | Italy |
| All Inclusive 3D | N/A | Nadia Ranocchi, David Zamagni | Italy |
| N/A | Raavan | Mani Ratnam | India |
| Machete | N/A | Robert Rodriguez | United States |
| 1960 | N/A | Gabriele Salvatores | Italy |
| N/A | La prima volta e Venezia | Antonello Sarno | Italy |
| A Tribute to Vittorio Gassman | Vittorio racconta Gassman, una vita da Mattatore | Giancarlo Scarchilli | Italy |
| A Letter to Elia | N/A | Martin Scorsese, Kent Jones | United States |
| Shock Labyrinth 3D | Senritsu meikyu 3D | Takashi Shimizu | Japan |
| Surviving Life | Přežít svůj život | Jan Švankmajer | Czech Republic |
| The Tempest | N/A | Julie Taymor | United States |
| N/A | L’ultimo gattopardo: ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo | Giuseppe Tornatore | Italy |
| N/A | Passione | John Turturro | Italy |
| N/A | Lope | Andrucha Waddington | Spain / Brazil |
| Reign of Assassins | 劍雨 | John Woo, Su Chao-pin | China / Hong Kong |
| Space Guy | Taikong xia 3D | Zhang Yuan | China |
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.[16]
The following films were shown in the International Critics' Week, organized independently by SNCCI.[17]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beyond | Svinalängorna | Pernilla August | Sweden |
| N/A | Hai paura del buio | Massimo Coppola | Italy |
| N/A | Angèle et Tony | Alix Delaporte | France |
| N/A | Niente paura | Piergiorgio Gay | Italy |
| The Bride's Room (Closing film; out of competition) | Limbunan | Gutierrez Mangansakan II | Philippines |
| N/A | Notte Italiana | Carlo Mazzacurati | Italy |
| Daddy | Oca | Vlado Škafar | Slovenia |
| Terra Madre | Hora proelefsis | Syllas Tzoumerkas | Greece |
| Naomi | Hitparzut | Eitan Zur | Israel |
The International Jury for the main competition consisted of:[18]
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