The 68th annual

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was held in

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between 31 August and 10 September 2011. American film director

Darren Aronofsky Darren Aronofsky (born February 12, 1969) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. His films are noted for their surrealistic, melodramatic, and sometimes disturbing elements, often in the form of psychological fiction. Aronof ...

was announced as the Head of the Jury. American actor and film director

Al Pacino Alfredo James Pacino (; ; born April 25, 1940) is an American actor. Considered one of the most influential actors of the 20th century, he has received numerous accolades: including an Academy Award, two Tony Awards, and two Primetime Emmy ...

was presented with the Glory to the Film-maker award on 4 September, prior to the premiere of his upcoming film ''

Wilde Salomé ''Wilde Salomé'' is a 2011 American docudrama written, directed by, and starring Al Pacino. An exploration of Oscar Wilde's 1891 play ''Salome (play), Salomé'', the film premiered at the 68th Venice International Film Festival. At the festival, ...

''.

Marco Bellocchio Marco Bellocchio (; born 9 November 1939) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. Life and career Born in Bobbio, near Piacenza, Marco Bellocchio had a strict Catholic upbringing – his father was a lawyer, his mother a schooltea ...

was awarded with the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in September. The festival opened with the American film ''

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'', directed by

George Clooney George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by George Clooney, numerous accolades, including a British Academy Film Awards, British Academy Film A ...

, and closed with ''

Damsels in Distress The damsel in distress is a recurring narrative device in which one or more men must rescue a woman who has either been kidnapped or placed in general peril. Kinship, love, or lust (or a combination of those) gives the male protagonist the motiv ...

'' by

Whit Stillman John Whitney Stillman (born January 25, 1952) is an American writer-director and actor known for his 1990 film '' Metropolitan'', which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He is also known for his other f ...

Juries

The international juries of the 68th Venice International Film Festival were composed as follows: Main competition (Venezia 68) *

, American director, jury president *

Eija-Liisa Ahtila Eija-Liisa Ahtila (born 1959 in Hämeenlinna, Finland) is a contemporary visual artist and filmmaker who lives and works in Helsinki. Ahtila is most known for her multi-panel cinematic installations. She experiments with narrative storytellin ...

, Finnish visual artist and filmmaker *

David Byrne David Byrne (; born 14 May 1952) is a Scottish-American singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, writer, music theorist, visual artist and filmmaker. He was a founding member and the principal songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist of ...

, British musician *

Todd Haynes Todd Haynes (; born January 2, 1961) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. His films span four decades with themes examining the personalities of well-known musicians, dysfunctional and dystopian societies, and blurred gender ...

, American director *

Mario Martone Mario Martone (born 20 November 1959) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He has directed more than 30 films since 1985. His film '' L'amore molesto'' was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. His 2010 film ''Noi credevamo'' c ...

, Italian director *

Alba Rohrwacher Alba Caterina Rohrwacher (, ; born 27 February 1979) is an Italian actress. Early life Alba Rohrwacher was born in Florence, the daughter of a German father and an Italian mother. From the age of 17 to 21 she studied medicine, intending to be a ...

, Italian actress *

André Téchiné André Téchiné (; born 13 March 1943) is a French screenwriter and film director. He has a long and distinguished career that places him among the most accomplished post- New Wave French film directors. Téchiné belongs to a second generation ...

, French director Horizons (Orizzonti) *

Jia Zhangke Jia Zhangke ( zh, c=贾樟柯, p=Jiǎ Zhāngkē, born 24 May 1970) .He is a Chinese-language film and television director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and writer. He is the dean of the Shanxi Film Academy of Shanxi Media College and the dea ...

, Chinese director, jury president * Stuart Comer, British Curator of Film at

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Odile Decq Odile Decq (born 1955 in Laval, France) is a French architect, urban planner and academic. She is the founder of the Paris firm, Studio Odile Decq and the architecture school, Confluence Institute. Decq is known for her unique, self-described got ...

, French architect * Marianne Khoury, Egyptian director * Jacopo Quadri, Italian film editor Controcampo Italiano *

Stefano Incerti Stefano Incerti (born 25 July 1965) is an Italian film director. He has directed more than ten films since 1995. In 2014, Stefano directed the drama Snowscape, about Donato (Roberto De Francesco), a man looking for something that would secure hi ...

, Italian author, jury president * Aureliano Amadei, Italian actor *

Cristiana Capotondi Cristiana Capotondi (born 13 September 1980) is an Italian actress. Early life and career Capotondi was born in Rome to an Italian family of mixed Italian Catholic and Italian Jewish background (her maternal grandfather was Jewish). Growing u ...

, Italian actress Opera Prima (Venice Award for a Debut Film) *

Carlo Mazzacurati Carlo Mazzacurati (2 March 1956 – 22 January 2014) was an Italian film director and screenwriter born in Padua. He started his cinema career in 1980. His better known films include ''Il Toro'' (1994) and ''La lingua del santo'' (2000). H ...

, Italian director, jury president *

Aleksei Fedorchenko Aleksey Fedorchenko (russian: Алексе́й Станисла́вович Федо́рченко; born 1966) is a film director from Yekaterinburg, Russia who won accolades at the Venice Film Festival with the mockumentary ''First on the Moon'' ...

, Russian director *

Fred Roos Frederick Ried Roos (born May 22, 1934) is an American film producer. Biography Fred Roos was born on May 22, 1934, in Santa Monica, California, the son of Florence Mary (née Stout) and Victor Otto Roos. He attended Hollywood High School and sub ...

, American producer * Charles Tesson, French Artistic Director of the

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at the

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, Turkish actress

Official selection

In Competition

The following films were selected to compete for the

Golden Lion The Golden Lion ( it, Leone d'oro) is the highest prize given to a film at the Venice Film Festival. The prize was introduced in 1949 by the organizing committee and is now regarded as one of the film industry's most prestigious and distinguishe ...

: :Highlighted title indicates the Golden Lion winner.

Out of competition

The following films were shown out of competition:

Horizons

The following films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section: :Highlighted title indicates the Orizzonti Award for Best Feature Film winner.

Controcampo Italiano

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

Italian avant-garde retrospective

The following films were shown as part of a retrospective section on Italian avant-garde films, titled ''Orizzonti 1961-1978'', spanning the years 1961 to 1978.

Autonomous sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following films were screened for this section:

Venice Days

The following films were screened as part of the Venice Days section The three nominees for the

European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it adopts ...

's 2011 Lux Prize received screenings as part of this section.

Awards

Official selection

The following Official selection awards were conferred at the festival: In Competition (Venezia 68) *

: ''

Faust Faust is the protagonist of a classic German legend based on the historical Johann Georg Faust ( 1480–1540). The erudite Faust is highly successful yet dissatisfied with his life, which leads him to make a pact with the Devil at a crossroads ...

'' *

Silver Lion The Silver Lion ( it, Leone d'argento, also known as Silver Lion for Best Direction) is an annual award presented for best directing achievements in a feature film at official competition section of the Venice Film Festival since 1998. The pri ...

for Best Director:

Cai Shangjun Cai Shangjun () is a Chinese film director and screenwriter. Cai graduated from the Central Academy of Drama in 1992. Since then, his major work has been that of a professional screenwriter. Cai was part of the team, along with Zhang Yang, D ...

, for '' People Mountain People Sea'' * Special Jury Prize: ''

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'' by Emanuele Crialese *

Volpi Cup for Best Actor The Volpi Cup for Best Actor ( it, Coppa Volpi per la migliore interpretazione maschile) is the principal award given to actors at the Venice Film Festival and is named in honor of Count Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata, the founder of the Venice Film ...

Michael Fassbender Michael Fassbender (born 2 April 1977) is an Irish actor. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Critics' Choice Movie Award, and nominations for two Academy Awards, four British Academy Film Award ...

, for ''

Shame Shame is an unpleasant self-conscious emotion often associated with negative self-evaluation; motivation to quit; and feelings of pain, exposure, distrust, powerlessness, and worthlessness. Definition Shame is a discrete, basic emotion, d ...

'' *

Volpi Cup for Best Actress The Volpi Cup for Best Actress is an award presented by the Venice Film Festival. It is given by the festival jury in honor of an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance from the films in the competition slate. It is named in honor o ...

Deanie Ip Deanie Ip (born 25 December 1947) is a Hong Kong singer and actress. She has won the Hong Kong Film Awards once for Best Actress and three times for Best Supporting Actress. Deanie also won the Golden Horse Awards once for Best Leading Actres ...

, for ''

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'' *

Marcello Mastroianni Award The Marcello Mastroianni Award (Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian la ...

, for the best emerging actor or actress:

Shōta Sometani is a Japanese actor from Koto, Tokyo. He is known for his protagonist roles in ''Himizu'' and ''Parasyte''. Career Sometani was a child actor. He has worked in both film and television, gaining his first leading role in ''Pandora's Box'', ...

and

Fumi Nikaidō is a Japanese actress and fashion model. Career Starting as a model in Naha, Okinawa, Nikaidō made her film debut in 2009 in ''Toad's Oil'', directed by Kōji Yakusho. She and Shota Sometani received the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best You ...

for '' Himizu'' * Osella for Best Cinematography: Robbie Ryan for ''

Wuthering Heights ''Wuthering Heights'' is an 1847 novel by Emily Brontë, initially published under her pen name Ellis Bell. It concerns two families of the landed gentry living on the West Yorkshire moorland, moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons, and their tur ...

'' * Osella for Best Screenplay:

Yorgos Lanthimos Georgios "Yorgos" Lanthimos ( el, Γιώργος Λάνθιμος, Giórgos Lánthimos, ; born 23 September 1973) is a Greek film director, film producer, screenwriter, photographer, theatre director and former professional basketball player. Sin ...

and Efthimis Filippou for ''

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'' Horizons (Orizzonti) * Horizons Award: ''Kotoko'' by

Shinya Tsukamoto is a Japanese people, Japanese filmmaker, film producer, screenwriter, Film editing, editor, Film director, director, cinematographer, art director, production designer and actor. With a considerable cult following both domestically and abroad ...

(Japan) * Special Horizons jury prize: ''Whores' Glory'' by

Michael Glawogger Michael Glawogger (3 December 1959 – 23 April 2014) was an Austrian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. From 1981 to 1982, Glawogger studied at the San Francisco Art Institute, and from 1983 to 1989 at the Vienna Film Academy. Lik ...

(Austria, Germany) * Horizons Award for medium-length film: ''Accidentes Gloriosos'' by Mauro Andrizzi and Marcus Lindeen (Sweden, Denmark, Germany) * Horizons Award for short film: ''In attesa dell'avvento'' by Felice D'Agostino and Arturo Lavorato (Italy) : Special mentions: ::'' O Le Tulafale'' (The Orator) by Tusi Tamasese (New Zealand, Samoa) ::''All The Lines Flow Out'' by Charles LIM Yi Yong (Singapore) Controcampo Italiano * Best Feature film: '' Scialla!'' by Francesco Bruni * Best Short film: ''A Chjàna'' by

Jonas Carpignano Jonas Carpignano (; born January 16, 1984) is an Italian-American film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfi ...

* Best Documentary: ''Pugni chiusi'' by

Fiorella Infascelli Fiorella Infascelli (born 29 October 1952) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Rome, Infascelli is the daughter of the producer and director Carlo. After working as an assistant director for notable director ...

: Special Mentions: ::''Black Block'' (documentary) by Carlo Augusto Bachschmidt :: Franco Di Giacomo (cinematography) for ''Pugni chiusi'' Special awards * Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement:

* Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award:

* Persol 3D Award for the Most Creative Stereoscopic Film: Zapruder Filmmakers Group (David Zamagni, Nadia Ranocchi & Monaldo Moretti) * L'Oréal Paris Award for Cinema:

Nicole Grimaudo Nicole Grimaudo (born 22 April 1980, in Caltagirone, Sicily, Italy) is an Italian actress.Guilty Guilty or The Guilty may refer to: * Guilt (emotion), an experience that occurs when a person believes they have violated a moral standard Law *Culpability, the degree to which an agent can be held responsible for action or inaction *Guilt (law) ...

'' (''Présumé coupable'') by Vincent Garenq * Lina Mangiacapre Award: ''

Shun Li and the Poet ''Shun Li and the Poet'' ( it, Io sono Li) is a 2011 Italian drama film directed by Andrea Segre. It won the European Parliament Lux Prize in 2012. Zhao Tao won the 2012 David di Donatello for Best Actress for her performance as Shun Li. It also t ...

'' (''Io sono Li'') by

Andrea Segre Andrea Segre (born 6 September 1976) is an Italian film director. He directed more than ten films since 2004. Filmography Fiction * 2007 ''La mal'ombra'' * 2009 ''Magari le cose cambiano'' * 2011 ''Shun Li and the Poet'' * 2013 '' First Snowfall' ...

* Laterna Magica Award: ''Shun Li and the Poet'' by Andrea Segre * FEDIC Award: ''Shun Li and the Poet'' by Andrea Segre

Other collateral awards

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

FIPRESCI Award The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI, short for Fédération Internationale de la PRESse CInématographique) is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world fo ...

: **Best Film (Main competition): ''

'' by

Steve McQueen Terrence Stephen McQueen (March 24, 1930November 7, 1980) was an American actor. His antihero persona, emphasized during the height of the counterculture of the 1960s, made him a top box-office draw for his films of the late 1950s, 1960s, and 1 ...

**Best Film (Horizons): ''

Two Years at Sea 2 (two) is a number, numeral (linguistics), numeral and numerical digit, digit. It is the natural number following 1 and preceding 3. It is the smallest and only even prime number. Because it forms the basis of a Dualistic cosmology, duality, it ...

'' by

Ben Rivers Ben Rivers (born 1972) is an artist and experimental filmmaker based in London, England. His work has been screened at film festivals and galleries around the world and have won numerous awards. Rivers' work ranges in themes, including exploring ...

* SIGNIS Award: ''

'' by

Alexander Sokurov Alexander Nikolayevich Sokurov, PAR (russian: link=no, Александр Николаевич Сокуров; born 14 June 1951) is a Russian filmmaker. His most significant works include a feature film, ''Russian Ark'' (2002), filmed in a s ...

::Special mention: ''

'' (''Tao jie'') by

Ann Hui Ann Hui On-wah, (; born 23 May 1947) is a film director, producer, screenwriter and actress from Hong Kong who is one of the most critically acclaimed filmmakers of the Hong Kong New Wave. She is known for her films about social issues in Hon ...

* Francesco Pasinetti Award (SNGCI): **Best Film: ''

'' by

Emanuele Crialese Emanuele Crialese (born 27 May 1965) is an Italian screenwriter and film director. He is a native of Rome and studied filmmaking in New York City. Biography Emanuele Crialese was born on July 26, 1965 in Rome to Sicilian parents. He studied filmm ...

**Best Debut (or Special mention): '' The Last Man on Earth'' by Gian Alfonso Pacinotti * Cicae Prize: ''

The Orator ''The Orator'', also known as (Italian), (Etruscan) or (Latin), is an Etruscan bronze sculpture from the late second or the early first century BC. Aulus Metellus was an Etruscan senator in the Roman republic, originally from Perugia or Cortona ...

'' (''O le tulafale'') by

Tusi Tamasese Tusi Tamasese (born in 1975 or 1976 in Samoa) is a Samoan New Zealander film director. He is of high chiefly descent, of the Tupua Tamasese lineage. He came to New Zealand at the age of 18 with the intention to go to university, but, lacking a ...

(Horizons) * Leoncino d'oro Agiscuola Award: '' Carnage'' by

Roman Polanski Raymond Roman Thierry Polański , group=lower-alpha, name=note_a (né Liebling; 18 August 1933) is a French-Polish film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two ...

**Cinema for UNICEF Award: ''Terraferma'' by Emanuele Crialese * C.I.C.T. UNESCO Enrico Fulchignoni Award: '' Tahrir 2011: The Good, the Bad, and the Politician'' by Tamer Ezzat,

Ahmad Abdalla Ahmad Abdalla El Sayed Abdelkader ( ar, أحمد عبد الله السيد) (born on December 19, 1979, Cairo) is an Egyptian film director, editor and screenwriter. His debut feature film is ''Heliopolis (2009 film), Heliopolis'' (2009); his s ...

Ayten Amin Ayten Amin (Arabic: آيتن أمين) is an Egyptian film director. She began her career making documentary films during the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. She is best known for '' Tahrir 2011: The Good, the Bad, and the Politician'' and '' Villa 6 ...

Amr Salama Amr Salama ( ar, عمرو سلامة; born 22 November 1982) is an Egyptian film director, blogger, screenwriter, and author. Film career Born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, he later moved with his family back to Egypt. He began his directing career ...

(Out of competition) * Nazareno Taddei Award: ''A Simple Life'' by Ann Hui * CinemAvvenire Award – Best Film: ''Shame'' by Steve McQueen **Best Film – Il cerchio non è rotondo Award: ''The Orator'' by Tusi Tamasese * Equal Opportunity Award: ''A Simple Life'' by Ann Hui * Future Film Festival Digital Award: ''Faust'' by Alexander Sokurov ::Special mention: ''Kotoko'' by Shinya Tsukamoto * Gianni Astrei Award: ''A Simple Life'' by Ann Hui * Brian Award: ''

'' by

Queer Lion The Queer Lion is the trophy awarded yearly since 2007 to the “Best Movie with LGBT Themes & Queer Culture” among those presented during the Venice International Film Festival.David Opie"Venice Film Festival: A Guide To Every Queer Lion Award ...

Award: ''

'' by

(Out of competition) * Lina Mangiacapre Award – Special mention: ''Maternity Blues'' by Fabrizio Cattani (Controcampo Italiano) * AIF Forfilmfest Award: ''

Easy! ''Easy!'' ( it, Scialla!) is a 2011 Italian comedy film directed by Francesco Bruni. Cast * Fabrizio Bentivoglio as Bruno * Filippo Scicchitano as Luca * Barbora Bobuľová as Tina * Vinicio Marchioni as Il Poeta * Stefano Brunori as Stef ...

'' (''Scialla!'') by Francesco Bruni (Controcampo Italiano) * Biografilm Lancia Award: ''Black Block'' by Carlo Augusto Bachschmidt (Controcampo Italiano) * Mimmo Rotella Foundation Award: ''The Last Man on Earth'' by Gian Alfonso Pacinotti ::Special mention: ''Pasta nera'' by Alessandro Piva (Controcampo Italiano) * Golden Mouse: '' Killer Joe'' by

William Friedkin William "Billy" Friedkin (born August 29, 1935)Biskind, p. 200. is an American film and television director, producer and screenwriter closely identified with the "New Hollywood" movement of the 1970s. Beginning his career in documentaries in t ...

* Premio Open: Marco Müller

References

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