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. Arono ...

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''. Marco Bellocchio was awarded with the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in September. The festival opened with the American film '' The Ides of March'', directed by

George Clooney George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a British Academy Film Award, four Golden Globe Awards, and two Academy Awards, one for his acting and the ot ...

, and closed with '' Damsels in Distress'' by Whit Stillman.

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, 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, 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'' co ...

, 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 ...

, 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 Stuart Comer is an American art curator and writer who is currently Chief Curator of Media and Performance Art at The Museum of Modern Art in New York City. He was co-curator of the 2014 Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art, alongside Mic ...

, 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 ...

, 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, 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, American producer * Charles Tesson, French Artistic Director of the International Critics' Week 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 distinguis ...

: :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

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'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 crossroa ...

'' *

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, for '' People Mountain People Sea'' * Special Jury Prize: '' Terraferma'' by Emanuele Crialese * Volpi Cup for Best Actor:

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, for '' A Simple Life'' *

Marcello Mastroianni Award The Marcello Mastroianni Award (Italian: ''Premio Marcello Mastroianni'') is one of the awards given out at the Venice International Film Festival. It was established in 1998 in honor of the Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni, who died at the en ...

, for the best emerging actor or actress: Shōta Sometani 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 Yo ...

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 moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons, and their turbulent re ...

'' * 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 (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. Li ...

(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. He is known for the films '' Mediterranea'', '' A Ciambra'', and '' A Chiara''. Early life and career Carpignano was born in The Bronx, New York City on January 16, ...

* 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 Franco Di Giacomo (18 September 1932 – 30 April 2016) was an Italian cinematographer. Born in Amatrice (Rieti), he won the 1983 David di Donatello for Best Cinematography for Paolo and Vittorio Taviani's ''The Night of the Shooting Stars''. ...

(cinematography) for ''Pugni chiusi'' Special awards * Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement: Marco Bellocchio * 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'' (''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 ...

'' (''Io sono Li'') by Andrea Segre * 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: **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 ...

**Best Film (Horizons): '' Two Years at Sea'' 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: '' A Simple Life'' (''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: '' Terraferma'' by Emanuele Crialese **Best Debut (or Special mention): '' The Last Man on Earth'' by Gian Alfonso Pacinotti * Cicae Prize: '' The Orator'' (''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, tw ...

**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); his second film is ''Microph ...

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 (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: '' The Ides of March'' 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: '' Wilde Salomé'' 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 * Premio Open: Marco Müller

References

External links

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