64th Venice International Film Festival
Festival poster
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| Location | Venice, Italy |
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| Founded | 1932 |
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Golden Lion – Se, Jie Silver Lion – I'm Not There and La graine et le mulet |
| Festival date | August 29–September 8, 2007 |
| Website | http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/ |
The 64th Venice International Film Festival, held in Venice, Italy, opened on August 29, 2007, with Joe Wright's Atonement and closed September 8, 2007. Host of the event was Italian actress Ambra Angiolini. The Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to American director Tim Burton. Once again all the films running the contest were shown for the first time as world premieres in keeping with the festival tradition since the Second World War.
The international juries of the 64th Venice International Film Festival were composed as follows:
Nominated films are in alphabetical order by the name of the director.
International competition of full-length films in 35mm and digital format running for Golden Lion for best picture.
Shown below are new works by authors who were honored in past festivals, as well as movies shown in the midnight time band.
New trends of cinema with full-length films in 35mm and digital format, and documentary-movies.
Evento Orizzonti
Special monographic sessions dedicated to the secret story of Italian cinema. This is the fourth part of the retrospective, initiated at the 61st edition of the festival; the patron of this edition, focused on Italian Spaghetti Western, was the director Quentin Tarantino.
Intolerance (1916), David Wark Griffith
These movies were given the following recognitions:
The prize awarded to Cate Blanchett was received by Heath Ledger on behalf of the actress, who could not be present.
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