66th Venice International Film Festival
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66th Venice International Film Festival
| 66th Venice International Film Festival | |
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| Location | Venice, Italy |
| Founded | 1932 |
| Awards | Golden Lion Silver Lion |
| Festival date | September 2–12, 2009 |
| http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/ | |
The 66th annual Venice Film Festival held in Venice, Italy, was opened on September 2, 2009 by Baarìa - La porta del vento. International competition jury, led by Ang Lee, awarded Leone d'Oro to Lebanon.[1] The festival was closed on September 12, 2009, with Maria Grazia Cucinotta serving as the festival's hostess.[2][3]
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Festival line-up
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country | |
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| Opener | Baarìa - La porta del vento[4] | Giuseppe Tornatore |  Italy |
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| Closer | Chengdu, I Love You | Fruit Chan & Cui Jian |  China |
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Films in competition
The following 25 films competed for the Leone d'oro.[5]
Films out of competition
The following films were shown out of competition:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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| Brooklyn's Finest | Antoine Fuqua |  United States |
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| Chengdu, I Love You | Fruit Chan & Cui Jian | China |
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| Delhi-6 | दिल्ली 6 | Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra |  India |
| Dev.D | Anurag Kashyap | India |
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| Gulaal | गुलाल | Anurag Kashyap | India |
| L'oro di cuba | Giuliano Montaldo | Italy |
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| Le ombre rosse | Francesco Maselli | Italy |
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| Napoli Napoli Napoli | Abel Ferrara | Italy |
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| Prove per una tragedia siciliana | Roman Paska & John Turturro | Italy |
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| REC 2 | Jaume Balagueró & Paco Plaza |  Spain |
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| Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story | Ehki ya shahrazade | Yousry Nasrallah |  Egypt |
| South of the Border | Oliver Stone | United States |
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| The Hole in 3D | Joe Dante | United States |
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| The Informant! | Steven Soderbergh | United States |
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| The Men Who Stare at Goats | Grant Heslov | United States |
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| Toy Story 3D | John Lasseter | United States |
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| Toy Story 2 3D | John Lasseter, Ash Brannon & Lee Unkrich | United States |
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| Valhalla Rising | Nicolas Winding Refn |  Denmark/ United Kingdom |
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| Yona Yona Penguin | Yonayona pengin | Rintaro |  Japan/ France |
References
- ^ "Official Awards". la Biennale di Venezia. 2009-09-12. http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/premi/awards.html?back=true. Retrieved 2009-09-12.
- ^ "BBC News: Ang Lee to head Venice festival". BBC News. 2009-02-27. Archived from the original on 2 March 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7915196.stm. Retrieved 2009-03-12.
- ^ "Cinema". la Biennale di Venezia. 2009-08-18. Archived from the original on 4 October 2009. http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/news/cucinotta.html. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
- ^ "BBC News:Venice announces Italian opener". BBC News. 2009-06-11. Archived from the original on 14 June 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8094651.stm. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
- ^ 66th Venice Film Festival Line Up
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