Awards for 2010

Golden Lion

WINNER

Somewhere: Sofia Coppola

IN-COMPETITION

The Solitude of Prime Numbers: Saverio Costanzo
13 Assassins: Takashi Miike
Promises Written in Water: Vincent Gallo
Three: Tom Tykwer
La pecora nera: Ascanio Celestini
Potiche: François Ozon
Black Swan: Darren Aronofsky
Barney's Version: Richard J. Lewis
The Passion: Carlo Mazzacurati
Attenberg: Athina Rachel Tsangari
Post Mortem: Pablo Larraín
Four Lovers: Antony Cordier
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame: Hark Tsui
The Ditch: Bing Wang
The Last Circus: Álex de la Iglesia
Miral: Julian Schnabel
Road to Nowhere: Monte Hellman
Black Venus: Abdellatif Kechiche
Silent Souls: Aleksey Fedorchenko
Meek's Cutoff: Kelly Reichardt
Essential Killing: Jerzy Skolimowski
Norwegian Wood: Tran Anh Hung
We Believed: Mario Martone

Silver Lion

Best Director

WINNER

The Last Circus: Álex de la Iglesia

Special Jury Prize

WINNER

Essential Killing: Jerzy Skolimowski

Golden Osella

Best Screenplay

WINNER

The Last Circus: Álex de la Iglesia

Best Cinematography

IN-COMPETITION

Road to Nowhere: Josep M. Civit (director of photography)

Outstanding Technical Contribution

WINNER

Silent Souls: Mikhail Krichman
For the cinematography.

Volpi Cup

Best Actor

WINNER

Essential Killing: Vincent Gallo

Best Actress

WINNER

Attenberg: Ariane Labed

Marcello Mastroianni Award

WINNER

Black Swan: Mila Kunis

Luigi De Laurentiis Award

WINNER

Majority: Seren Yüce

IN-COMPETITION

Homeland: Syllas Tzoumerkas (director)

Controcampo Italiano Prize

WINNER

20 Cigarettes: Aureliano Amadei
Unanimously.

IN-COMPETITION

The First Assignment: Giorgia Cecere
Into Paradiso: Paola Randi
A Woman: Giada Colagrande
Lost Kisses: Roberta Torre

Controcampo Italiano Prize - Special Mention

WINNER

20 Cigarettes: Vinicio Marchioni
For his performance.

Venice Horizons Award

WINNER

Verano de Goliat: Nicolás Pereda

IN-COMPETITION

720 Degrees: Ishtiaque Zico (director) (Era Motion Pictures (production company))

Venice Horizons Award - Special Mention

WINNER

The Forgotten Space: Allan Sekula, Noel Burch

3-D Award

Most Creative 3D Film Stereoscopic Film of the Year

WINNERS

Avatar: James Cameron
Tied with 'Chris Sanders' and Dean DeBlois for How to Train Your Dragon.
How to Train Your Dragon: Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois
Tied with 'James Cameron' for Avatar.

Career Golden Lion

WINNER

Johnnie To

Best Short Film

Documentary

WINNER

Coming Attractions: Peter Tscherkassky

FIPRESCI Prize

Competition

WINNER

Silent Souls: Aleksey Fedorchenko

Parallel Sections

WINNER

El Sicario, Room 164: Gianfranco Rosi

Horizons and International Critics' Week

WINNER

El Sicario, Room 164

SIGNIS Award

WINNER

Meek's Cutoff: Kelly Reichardt

SIGNIS Award - Honorable Mention

WINNER

Silent Souls: Aleksey Fedorchenko

C.I.C.A.E. Award

WINNER

The Sleeping Beauty: Catherine Breillat

UNICEF Award

WINNER

Miral: Julian Schnabel

UNESCO Award

WINNER

Miral: Julian Schnabel

International Critics' Week Award

WINNER

Beyond: Pernilla August

IN-COMPETITION

Homeland: Syllas Tzoumerkas (director)
Martha: Marcelino Islas Hernández (director) (Zamora Films (production company), Cine Chacal (production company), Centro de Diseño, Cine y Televisión (production company))

Pasinetti Award

Best Film

WINNER

20 Cigarettes: Aureliano Amadei

Best Actor

WINNER


Not awarded.

Best Actress

WINNER

The Solitude of Prime Numbers: Alba Rohrwacher

Pasinetti Award - Special Mention

WINNER

20 Cigarettes: Gianni Romoli, Tilde Corsi, Vinicio Marchioni, Claudio Bonivento, Giorgio Colangeli, Carolina Crescentini
To the cast and the producers of the film.

FEDIC Award

WINNER

Dark Love: Antonio Capuano

Little Golden Lion

WINNER

Barney's Version: Richard J. Lewis

Queer Lion

WINNER

En el futuro: Mauro Andrizzi

Label Europa Cinemas

WINNER

The Clink of Ice: Bertrand Blier

Young Cinema Award

Best Film Venezia 67

WINNER

The Last Circus: Álex de la Iglesia

Best Italian Film

WINNER

20 Cigarettes: Aureliano Amadei

Gianni Astrei Award

WINNER

Dark Love: Antonio Capuano

Lina Mangiacapre Award

WINNER

Attenberg: Athina Rachel Tsangari

Lina Mangiacapre Award - Special Mention

WINNER

The Accordion: Jafar Panahi

Brian Award

WINNER

Lost Kisses: Roberta Torre

Future Film Festival Digital Award - Special Mention

WINNER

13 Assassins: Takashi Miike

Laterna Magica Prize

WINNER

Dark Love: Antonio Capuano

Christopher D. Smithers Foundation Special Award

WINNER

Beyond: Pernilla August

Biografilm Award

Documentary

WINNERS

I'm Still Here: Casey Affleck
El Sicario, Room 164

Fiction

WINNER

20 Cigarettes: Aureliano Amadei

Nazareno Taddei Award

WINNER

Silent Souls: Aleksey Fedorchenko

'CinemAvvenire' Award

Best Film

WINNER

Essential Killing: Jerzy Skolimowski

Award of the City of Rome

Best Film

WINNER

Passione: John Turturro

Kodak Award

WINNER

20 Cigarettes: Aureliano Amadei

Special Lion for the Overall Work

WINNER

Monte Hellman

Equal Opportunity Award

WINNER

Black Venus: Abdellatif Kechiche

AIF - For Film Fest Award

WINNER

Dark Love: Antonio Capuano

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