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Silver Lion
The Silver Lion (, also known as Silver Lion for Best Direction) is an annual award presented for best directing achievements in a feature film in the official competition section of the Venice Film Festival since 1998. The prize has been awarded irregularly and has gone through several changes of purpose. Between 1953 and 1994, the award was given infrequently to a number of films as second prize for those nominated for the Golden Lion. At various times, the Silver Lion has also been awarded for Silver Lion#Defunct Categories, debut films, short films, direction, and writing. Since 47th Venice International Film Festival, 1990, the Silver Lion has been presented to the director of a feature film in the official competition; Martin Scorsese was the first official winner of the award for ''Goodfellas'', while Brady Corbet is the most recent winner for The Brutalist, ''The Brutalist'' in 81st Venice International Film Festival, 2024. Silver Lion for Best Direction (1990–pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brady Corbet
Brady James Monson Corbet ( ; born August 17, 1988) is an American filmmaker and former actor. He had roles in films such as ''Thirteen (2003 film), Thirteen'' (2003), ''Mysterious Skin'' (2004), ''Funny Games (2007 film), Funny Games'' (2007), ''Martha Marcy May Marlene'' (2011), ''Melancholia (2011 film), Melancholia'' (2011), and ''Clouds of Sils Maria'' (2014), as well as the series ''24 (TV series), 24'' (2006) and ''Olive Kitteridge (miniseries), Olive Kitteridge'' (2014). Corbet made his directorial debut with the psychological drama ''The Childhood of a Leader (film), The Childhood of a Leader'' (2015). He has since co-written and directed the musical drama ''Vox Lux'' (2018) and the period epic ''The Brutalist'' (2024). The latter earned him the Silver Lion at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, Venice International Film Festival and the Best Director at Golden Globe Award for Best Director, Golden Globe Award and BAFTA Award for Best Direction, BAFTA Award, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Cat, White Cat
''Black Cat, White Cat'' () is a 1998 Serbian romantic black comedy film directed by Emir Kusturica. It won the Silver Lion for Best Direction at the Venice Film Festival. The literal translation of the title is actually "Black pussycat, white tomcat". The movie characters speak in Romani, Serbian, and Bulgarian frequently switching among them. Plot Matko Destanov, a small-time Romani smuggler and profiteer, lives with his teenage son Zare in a ramshackle house by the Danube River in eastern Serbia near the Bulgarian border. He has plans to steal a whole train of smuggled fuel. To obtain a loan that would subsidize the heist, he visits Grga Pitić, a wheelchair-using old gangster, who is an old friend of Zarije Destanov, Matko's father and Zare's grandfather. Matko plots the details of the job with an ally named Dadan, a rich, fun-living, drug-snorting gangster who has a harem, juggles grenades, and cheats at gambling. However, Dadan double-crosses him and glitches u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
62nd Venice International Film Festival
The 62nd annual Venice International Film Festival, was held from 31 August 2005 to 10 September 2005, at Venice Lido in Italy. Italian production and costume designer Dante Ferretti was the jury president for the main competition. Spanish actress Inés Sastre hosted the opening and closing nights of the festival. The Golden Lion was awarded to ''Brokeback Mountain'' by Ang Lee. Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki and Italian actress Stefania Sandrelli the recipients of the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement. Digital films competed in all categories for the first time in the festival's history. During this edition of the festival, an International Design Competition of the new Palazzo del Cinema took place. The winner of the competition was ''5+1 & Rudy Ricciotti''. The purpose of the new building is to house the main headquarters of the Film Festival, as well as congresses and cultural events. The festival opened with '' Seven Swords'' by Tsui Hark, and closed with '' P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3-Iron
''3-Iron'' () is a 2004 romantic drama film written, produced and directed by Kim Ki-duk. An international co-production between South Korea and Japan, the film stars Jae Hee as a young drifter who develops a relationship with an abused housewife (Lee Seung-yeon). The film's title is derived from a type of golf club used prominently throughout the narrative. ''3-Iron'' premiered in competition at the 61st Venice International Film Festival in September 2004, where it was nominated for the Golden Lion and won Kim the Silver Lion for Best Direction. It was released in South Korea on April 29, 2005, and received generally positive reviews and numerous accolades, including the FIPRESCI Grand Prix award at the San Sebastián Film Festival. Plot Tae-suk ( Jae Hee) is a loner who drives around on his motorbike, taping takeout menus over the keyholes of front doors and breaking into apartments where the menus have not been removed. He lives in those apartments while their owners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
61st Venice International Film Festival
The 61st annual Venice International Film Festival, was held from 1 and 11 September 2004, at Venice Lido in Italy. British filmmaker John Boorman was the jury president for the main competition. The Golden Lion was awarded to ''Vera Drake'', directed by Mike Leigh. On this edition, a new independent section, Venice Days ('' Giornate degli autori''), was created "for free cinema, new talents and new stories". This section is organized by the ANAC (National Association of Cinematographic Authors) and the API (Independent Authors & Producers). Also in this edition, ''The Secret History of Italian Cinema'' was launched, a new official retrospective section, with the aim of restoring and systematically rediscovering sides of the Italian cinema that have been "forgotten, invisible, unknown or misunderstood". The retrospective was planned for the following four editions (61st to 64th editions), later was extended with the ''These Phantoms: Italian Cinema Rediscovered'' (65th editi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zatōichi (2003 Film)
(released in the US as ''The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi'') is a 2003 Japanese ''jidaigeki'' action film, directed, written, co-edited by and starring Takeshi Kitano ("Beat" Takeshi) in his eleventh directorial venture. Kitano plays the role of the blind swordsman, with Tadanobu Asano, Michiyo Okusu, Yui Natsukawa, Guadalcanal Taka, Daigoro Tachibana, Yuko Daike, Ittoku Kishibe, Saburo Ishikura, and Akira Emoto in supporting roles. A revival of the classic '' Zatoichi'' series of samurai film and television dramas, the film premiered on 2 September 2003 at the Venice International Film Festival, where it won the prestigious Silver Lion for Best Director award, and went on to numerous other awards both at home and abroad. Plot The film's plot follows a traditional theme, with Zatoichi (a blind swordsman) coming to the defense of townspeople caught up in a local yakuza gang war and being forced to pay excessive amounts of protection money. Meanwhile, Zatoichi befriends a loc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
60th Venice International Film Festival
The 60th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 27 August to 6 September 2003, at Venice Lido in Italy. Italian filmmaker Mario Monicelli was the Jury President of the main competition. The Golden Lion was awarded to '' The Return'' by Andrey Zvyagintsev. The festival opened with '' Anything Else'' by Woody Allen. Juries Main Competition (''Venezia 60'') * Mario Monicelli, Italian filmmaker - Jury President * Stefano Accorsi, Italian actor * Michael Ballhaus, German cinematographer * Ann Hui, Chinese director * Pierre Jolivet, French director, actor, screenwriter, and producer * Monty Montgomery, American actor and filmmaker * Assumpta Serna, Spanish actress Upstream (''Controcorrente'') The following people were selected to confer the San Marco Prize for best film, the Special Director's Award, an Upstream Prize for Best Actor, and one for Best Actress: * Laure Adler, French Journalist - Jury President * Vito Amoruso, Italian literary critic * Sami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oasis (2002 Film)
''Oasis'' () is a 2002 South Korean psychological drama romance film directed by Lee Chang-dong. The film's plot tells about the difficult romance between a mildly mentally disabled man who has just been released from jail after a -year sentence for involuntary manslaughter and a woman with severe cerebral palsy. Starring in these roles are Sul Kyung-gu and Moon So-ri, who played the couple in Chang-dong's previous film, '' Peppermint Candy'' (1999). The movie also shows how the two main characters are treated by their families and perceived by the people around them. The film was a critical success, earning prizes in numerous film festivals. Among the most important were Silver Lion for Best Direction and the Special Director's prize given to Lee Chang-dong at the 2002 Venice Film Festival and the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Emerging Actor or Actress given to Moon So-ri at the same event. Plot Upon his release from prison, Hong Jong-du ( Sul Kyung-gu) goes looking for his r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
59th Venice International Film Festival
The 59th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 29 August to 8 September 2002, at Venice Lido in Italy. Chinese actress Gong Li was the Jury President of the main competition. The Golden Lion was awarded to ''The Magdalene Sisters'' by Peter Mullan. Jury The following people comprised the 2001 jury: Main Competition * Gong Li, Chinese actress - Jury President * Jacques Audiard, French filmmaker * , German film producer * László Kovács, Hungarian cinematographer * Francesca Neri, Italian actress * Yeşim Ustaoğlu, Turkish filmmaker * Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Russian poet Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Feature * Katinka Faragó, Swedish film producer - Jury President * Reinhard Hauff, German filmmaker * Derek Malcolm, English film critic * Paolo Virzì, Italian filmmaker * Eva Zaoralova, Czech film critic Controcorrente * Ghassan Abdul Khalek, Lebanese film critic - Jury President * Catherine Breillat, French filmmaker * Peggy Chiao, Tai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secret Ballot (film)
''Secret Ballot'' () is an Iranian film from 2001. It was directed by Babak Payami. The film covers a day in the life of an agent collecting votes on an island in Iran. Plot summary The story begins at a small, two-man army post on a remote island. It is voting day, and an election agent is due to arrive by boat. A young woman arrives, collects the official voting box, and demands that the soldier on duty escort her around the island. They climb into a military jeep and begin driving around, looking for voters. The nameless woman is totally dedicated to her duty, a true believer in the importance of voting, a tireless worker, rather voluble and certainly not submissive. This confuses and angers the soldier, who feels that a man should be the voting agent and, in any event, the election is a waste of time. Chador and all, she's clearly a liberated woman, a "city gal" as described by the soldier. The couple-by-necessity do eventually (jeep trouble aside) scour the land to find el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
58th Venice International Film Festival
The 58th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 29 August to 8 September 2001. The opening night film was ''Dust'' by Milcho Manchevski. Italian filmmaker Nanni Moretti was the Jury President of the main competition. Mira Nair's '' Monsoon Wedding'' was the Golden Lion winner. Jury The following people comprised the 2001 jury: Main Competition * Nanni Moretti, Italian director and actor - Jury President * Jeanne Balibar, French actress and singer * Amitav Ghosh, Indian author * Taylor Hackford, American director * Cecilia Roth, Argentine actress * Jerzy Skolimowski, Polish director and actor * Vibeke Windeløv, Danish producer Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Feature * Francesco Casetti, Italian film theorist * Cédric Kahn, French director * Jafar Panahi, Iranian director * Jean-Loup Passek, French film critic * Ruth Vitale, American producer Cinema of the Present (Cinema del presente) * Michel Ciment, French film critic * Piera Detassis, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uttara (film)
''Uttara'' (, ) is a 2000 Bengali language drama film thriller directed by Bengali poet Buddhadev Dasgupta. Based on a short story by Samaresh Bose, it stars Jaya Seal as Uttara, Tapas Paul, Shankar Chakraborty, Raisul Islam Asad as a Christian missionary. The film contrasts violence, human vices and lawlessness in a seemingly peaceful setting, in a quiet village in Purulia district in Bengal. ''Uttara'' premiered at the Venice Film Festival on 30 August 2000 and was the winner of the festivals' Special Director award. It was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2000 and on 22 May it was shown in the US at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival The film was released in France on 13 June 2001 and won the Audience Award at the Nantes festival. It opened the Pusan Film Festival in South Korea. Buddhadeb Dasgupta won the National Film Award for Best Direction in 2000 for this movie. Due to its homoerotic undertones, ''Uttara'' was shown at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
