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Sofia Coppola’s ‘Somewhere’ Wins Venice

By MIKE FLEMING | Saturday September 11, 2010 @ 11:41am PDTTags: 67th Venice International Film Festival, Benicio Del Toro, Michelle Monaghan, Quentin Tarantino, Sofia Coppola, Sofia Coppola Somewhere, Somewhere Venice Film Festival, Stephen Dorff, Venice International Film Festival

BREAKING NEWS: The Sofia Coppola-directed Somewhere has won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. The film, which stars Stephen Dorff, Michelle Monaghan, and Benicio Del Toro, won by unanimous decison of a jury headed by Quentin Tarantino. Focus Features releases the film in the U.S. Here’s the full list of winners:

WINNERS OF THE 67TH VENICE FILM FESTIVAL

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION JURY
GOLDEN LION
Somewhere – Sofia Coppola (U.S.)

SILVER LION
The Last Circus “Balada triste de trompeta” – Alex de la Iglesia (Spain, France)

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Essential Killing – Jerzy Skolimowski (Poland, Norway, Hungary, Ireland)

ACTOR
Vincent Gallo – Essential Killing

ACTRESS
Ariane Labed – Attenberg (Greece)

MARCELLO MASTROIANNI PRIZE FOR YOUNG PERFORMER
Mila Kunis – Black Swan (U.S.)

BEST SCREENPLAY
Alex de le Iglesia – The Last Circus “Balada triste de trompeta” (Spain, France)

TECHNICAL CONTRIBUTION — Best Cinematography
Mikhail Krichman - Silent Souls “Aleksei Fedorchenko (Russia)

SPECIAL LION (FOR THE OVERALL BODY OF HIS WORK)
Monte Hellman (U.S.)

LUIGI DE LAURENTIIS LION OF THE FUTURE
Majority – by Seren Yuce (Turkey)

HORIZONS PRIZES
FEATURE FILM
Verano De Goliat – Nicolas Pereda (Mexico, Canada)

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE FOR FEATURE FILMS
The Forgotten Space – Noel Burch, Allan Sekula (The Netherlands, Austria)

SHORT FILM
Coming Attractions – Peter Tscherkassy (Austria)

MEDIUM LENGTH FILM
Out – Roee Rosen (Israel)

SPECIAL MENTION
Jean Gentil – Laura Guzman and Israel Cardenas (Dominican Republic, Mexico, Germany)

VENICE SHORT NOMINEE FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS
The External World – David O’Reilly (Germany)

CONTROCAMPO ITALIANO
20 Cigarette – Aureliano Amadei (Italy)

L’Oreal Paris Prize
Vittoria Puccini (Italy)

JAEGER–LECOULTRE GLORY TO THE FILMMAKER AWARD
Mani Ratnam (India)

Persol 3-D Prize for most creative 3D film of the year
(tied) Avatar – James Cameron (U.S.)
(tied) How To Train Your Dragon – Chris Sanders and Dean Deblois (U.S.)

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UK Critics Tout Natalie Portman For Oscar In Venice Opener ‘Black Swan’

By TIM ADLER in London | Thursday September 2, 2010 @ 1:36am PDTTags: 67th Venice International Film Festival, Ballet, Ballet Thriller, Black Swan, Black Swan Venice Film Festival, Crirtics Venice Film Festival, Darren Aronofsky Black Swan, Natalie Portman, Natalie Portman Black Swan, Venice Film Festival Opener

The fest audience gave Darren Aronofsky’s latest a standing ovation as credits rolled. London newspaper critics are giving the psychosexual ballet thriller rave reviews. “Portman is astounding,” says the Times of London. “Awards are sure to follow.” The Independent agrees, … Read More »

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Venice Confirms ‘Black Swan’ As Opener

By TIM ADLER in London | Thursday July 22, 2010 @ 4:58am PDTTags: 67th Venice International Film Festival, Ballet, Black Swan, Black Swan Venice Film Festival, Darren Aronofsky, Fox Searchlight, Mila Kunis, Natalie Portman, Psychological Thriller, Venice Film Festival Opener, Venice International Film Festival, Vincent Cassel, Winona Ryder

Darren Aronofsky’s ballet psychological thriller will open the 67th Venice International Film Festival on September 1. Natalie Portman stars as a ballerina who finds herself locked in a web of competitive intrigue with new rival Mila Kunis. Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey and Winona Ryder also star in the Fox Searchlight … Read More »

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