52nd Venice International Film Festival

Jury

• Jorge Semprún
• Guglielmo Biraghi
• Jean-Pierre Jeunet
• Abbas Kiarostami
• Margarethe von Trotta
• Mario Martone
• Peter Rainer
• Moses Rothman

  Official selection

In competition

Awards

• Golden Lion:
• * Xich lo by Anh Hung Tran
• Grand Special Jury Prize:
• * A Comédia de Deus by João César Monteiro
• * L'uomo delle stelle by Giuseppe Tornatore
• Golden Osella:
• *Best Director - Kenneth Branagh for In the Bleak Midwinter
• *Best Cinematography - Masao Nakabori for Maborosi
• *Best Screenplay - Abolfazl Jalili for Det Yani Dokhtar
• Volpi Cup:
• *Best Actor - Götz George for The Deathmaker
• *Best Actress - Sandrine Bonnaire & Isabelle Huppert for La Cérémonie
• *Best Supporting Performer - Ian Hart for Nothing Personal
• *Best Supporting Performer - Isabella Ferrari for Romanzo di un giovane povero
• The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal:
• *Marco Tullio Giordana for Pasolini, un delitto italiano
• Career Golden Lion:
• *Woody Allen
• *Alain Resnais
• *Martin Scorsese
• *Ennio Morricone
• *Alberto Sordi
• *Monica Vitti
• *Goffredo Lombardo
• *Giuseppe De Santis
• FIPRESCI Prize:
• * Xich lo by Anh Hung Tran
• * Beyond the Clouds by Michelangelo Antonioni & Wim Wenders
• OCIC Award - Honorable Mention:
• * Hirokazu Koreeda for Maborosi
• Pasinetti Award:
• *Best Film - A Comédia de Deus by João César Monteiro
• *Best Actor - Sergio Castellitto for L'uomo delle stelle
• *Best Actress - Sandrine Bonnaire & Isabelle Huppert for La Cérémonie
• Pietro Bianchi Award:
• *Giuseppe Rotunno
• *Luigi Magni
• Elvira Notari Prize - Special Mention:
• *Márta Mészáros & Maia Morgenstern for Siódmy pokój
• AIACE Award:
• *Carlo Sigon for Ketchup