Part 1: 10 Venice Film Festival Winners of Golden Lion for the Last Decade
Title |
Director |
Country |
Year |
Sacro GRA |
Gianfranco Rosi |
Italy |
2013 |
Pieta |
Kim Ki-duk |
South Korea |
2012 |
Faust |
Aleksandr Sokurov |
Russia |
2011 |
Somewhere |
Sofia Coppola |
United States |
2009 |
Lebanon |
Samuel Maoz |
Israel |
2008 |
Wrestler |
Darren Aronofsky | United States |
2007 |
Lust, Caution |
Ang Lee | United States/ China/ Taiwan |
2006 |
Still Life |
Zhang Ke Jia | China |
2005 |
Brokeback Mountain |
Ang Lee | United States |
2004 |
Vera Drake |
Mike Leigh | United Kingdom |
2003 |
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Part 2: Brief Review of the Ten Venice Film Festival Winners
Sacro GRA: It was the only feature documentary in Venice competition which won the award at the 70th Venice Festival. In this film, the director Gianfranco Rosi depicted, with humor and sensitivity, the life of ordinary residents who lived and worked around the Grande Raccordo Anulare, the perimeter of Rome. Everybody in the film acted so naturally as if they were actually the characters and no camera was shooting them. No hair-raising or stirring scenes, or plot twists and turns, there were only some daily life stories with folks somewhat out of lines, but that gripped the audience.
Pieta: This film is from the controversial Korean director Kim Ki-Duk and also the Venice Film Festival winner in 2012. It tells a story about a man who works for a loan shark as an enforcer and uses brutality to collect paybacks from the borrowers. He proficiently and mercilessly performs his work until one day a woman who claims to be his mother comes to him. It is a film about revenge and sacrifice which deliveries viewers neat plot twists, stirring climax and deeper and darker plot behind the simple message.
Faust: This film is a free interpretation version of Goethe's tragedy and also the Golden Lion winner at 2010's Venice Film Festival. Set in 19 Century, Faust tells the journey of a man who is in search of the ideals of the intellectual domination but ends up in selling his soul to the devil because he is obsessed with the lovely girl.
Somewhere: Somewhere, directed by Sofia Coppola who has been nominated for three Academy Awards for her 2003 film Lost in Translation, was premiered at the 67th Venice International Film Festival where it received the Golden Lion award for best picture. It tells the story of a stimulated man who lives in the luxury hotel, surrounded by parties, girls and pills. Then an 11-year-old girl, his daughter of the failed marriage, comes to his life.
Lebanon: It's about a tank which is dispatched to search for the hostile town after the bombing from Israeli Air Force. Written and directed by Israeli filmmaker Samuel Maoz, this film takes a tour to the immerse and crucial war. Viewers can experience the smoke, diesel fuel, explosive fumes, bomb explosion, blood and sweat... in Lebanon. Golden Lion winner at 2009 Venice Film Festival, it's a combat film like no other war film.
Part 3: Top Ten Grossing Venice Golden Lion Winning Movies
Even the most prestigious Leone d'oro award does not guarantee the success in box-office. Among the ten Golden Lion winners between 2001 and 2010, there is rare a film which passes the $100 million threshold, which again suggests that top prize may not turn into cash money. However, some winners have received relatively high global earnings. Below are the top ten grossing Venice Film Festival winners, with the winner in 2005 Ang Lee' Brokeback Mountain, which raked in $178 million, takes the top spot of the most grossing winners of Golden Lion.
No. |
Title |
Director |
Year |
Box Office |
1 |
Brokeback Mountain |
Ang Lee |
2005 |
$83,043,761 |
2 |
The Wrestler |
Darren Aronofsky |
2008 |
$26,238,243 |
3 |
Monsoon Wedding |
Mira Nair |
2001 |
$13,885,966 |
4 |
Atlantic City |
Louis Malle |
1980 |
$12,729,675 |
5 |
Michael Collins |
Neil Jordan |
1996 |
$11,092,559 |
6 |
Short Cuts | Robert Altman |
1993 |
$6,110,979 |
7 |
The Magdelene Sisters | Peter Mullan |
2002 |
$4,890,878 |
8 |
Lust, Caution | Ang Lee |
2007 |
$4,604,982 |
9 |
Au Revoir, Les Enfants | Louis Malle |
1987 |
$4,542,825 |
10 |
Gloria | John Cassavetes |
1980 |
$4,059,673 |
Part 4: 2022 Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion Awarded Movies
The lineup for the 71st Venice Film Festival has been revealed in recent days. See below for 73rd 2022 Venice Film Festival winners updated as they are announced:
No. |
Award |
Film/Actor/Actress |
1 |
Golden Lion, Best Film |
A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting On Existence |
2 |
Silver Lion, Best Director |
Andrei Konchalovsky, The Postman’s White Nights |
3 |
Grand Jury Prize |
The Look Of Silence |
4 |
Volpi Cup, Best Actress |
Alba Rohrwacher, Hungry Hearts |
5 |
Volpi Cup, Best Actor |
Adam Driver, Hungry Hearts |
6 |
Marcello Mastroianni Award for for Best New Young Actor or Actress | Romain Paul, Le Dernier Coup De Marteau |
7 |
Best Screenplay | Ghesseha |
8 |
Special Jury Prize | Sivas |
9 |
Lion of the Future – "Luigi De Laurentiis" Venice Award for a debut film | Court |
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