The Leone d’Argento (English: Silver Lion) refers to a number of awards presented at the Venice Film Festival. The Silver Lion is awarded irregularly and have gone through several changes of purpose. Until 1995, Silver Lions were infrequently awarded to a number of films as second prize for those nominated for the Golden Lion. At various times, Silver Lions have also been awarded for debut films, short films and direction.
Contents |
Silver Lion prize winners
1953-1957
From 1953 to 1957, Silver Lions were awarded to a number of films nominated for the Golden Lion as a second prize.
- 1953
- Little Fugitive by Ray Ashley, Morris Engel and Ruth Orkin
- Moulin Rouge by John Huston
- Sadko by Aleksandr Ptushko
- Thérèse Raquin by Marcel Carné
- Ugetsu by Kenji Mizoguchi
- I vitelloni - Federico Fellini
- 1954
- 1955
- Le amiche by Michelangelo Antonioni
- The Big Knife by Robert Aldrich
- Ciske de Rat by Wolfgang Staudte
- The Cricket by Samson Samsonov
- 1956 - no award
- 1957 - Le notti bianche by Luchino Visconti
1958-1982
- 1966 - Chappaqua by Conrad Rooks
1983-1987
From 1983-1989, a Silver Lion was awarded to the best film by a debut director.
- 1983 - Sugar Cane Alley by Euzhan Palcy
- 1984 - Sonatine by Micheline Lanctôt
- 1985 - Dust by Marion Hänsel
- 1986 - A King and His Movie by Carlos Sorin
- 1987 - Hip hip hurra! by Kjell Grede
1988-1994
Since 1988, the award has been given to one or more films nominated for the Golden Lion.
- 1988 - Landscape in the Mist by Theodoros Angelopoulos
- 1989
- Recordações da Casa Amarela by João César Monteiro
- Death of a Tea Master by Kei Kumai
- 1990 - no award
- 1991
- Raise the Red Lantern by Zhang Yimou
- The Fisher King by Terry Gilliam
- J'entends plus la guitare by Philippe Garrel
- 1992
- Hotel de lux by Dan Pita
- Jamón, jamón by Bigas Luna
- Un coeur en hiver by Claude Sautet
- 1993 - Kosh ba kosh by Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov
- 1994
- Heavenly Creatures by Peter Jackson
- Little Odessa by James Gray
- Il Toro by Carlo Mazzacurati
- 1995-present - No award
Silver Lion for Best Screenplay
1990 - Sirup by Helle Ryslinge
Silver Lion for Best Short Film
- 1996 - O Tamaiti by Sima Urale
- 1999 - Portrait of a Young Man Drowning by Teboho Mahlatsi
- 2000 - A Telephone Call for Genevieve Snow by Peter Long
- 2001 - Freunde by Jan Krüger
- 2002 - Clown by Irina Efteeva
- 2003 - Neft by Murad Ibragimbekov
- 2004 - Signe d'appartenance by Kamel Cherif
- 2005 - Xiaozhan by Chien-ping Lin
- 2006 - Comment on freine dans une descente? by Alix Delaporte
- 2007 - Dog Altogether by Paddy Considine
Silver Lion for Best Direction
- 1990 Martin Scorsese for Goodfellas
- 1991 to Zhang Yimou for Da hong deng long gao gao gua, Terry Gilliam for The Fisher King, Philippe Garrel for J'entends plus la guitare
- 1992-1994: to complete
- 1995-1997 - no awards
- 1998 Emir Kusturica for Black Cat, White Cat
- 1999-2004: to complete
- 2005 Philippe Garrel for Regular Lovers
- 2006 Alain Resnais for Coeurs
- 2007 Brian De Palma for Redacted
- 2008 Aleksei German Jr. for Paper Soldier
- 2009 Shirin Neshat for Women Without Men
Silver Lion: Revelation
- 2006 Emanuele Crialese for Nuovomondo
References
- "The Venice Film Festival and Awards Result Summaries". The Internet Movie Database. 2008. http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Venice_Film_Festival. Retrieved 2008-05-28.
External links
|
||||||||
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
