67th Venice International Film Festival


The 67th annual Venice International Film Festival held in Venice, Italy, took place from 1 to 11 September 2010. American film director and screenwriter Quentin Tarantino was the head of the Jury. The opening film of the festival was Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan, and the closing film was Julie Taymor's The Tempest. John Woo was awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement prior to the start of the Festival.
The Golden Lion for the Best Film In Competition was awarded to Somewhere, directed by Sofia Coppola. The Silver Lion Award for Best Director was given to Álex de la Iglesia, for A Sad Trumpet Ballad. In a break with tradition of limiting a film to receiving no more than one major award, the Special Jury Prize and the Best Actor went to the same film, Jerzy Skolimowski's Essential Killing. In the past, no one film had been given two major awards. Representing the jury, American director Quentin Tarantino appealed to Festival head Marco Müller to alter the rules. This rule change will be upheld for future editions of the Festival.
Following the Festival, Italian film critic Paolo Mereghetti criticised the decisions the jury made in awarding prizes, and singled out Tarantino, accusing him of favoritism. He denied the charge.

Juries

The international juries of the 67th Venice International Film Festival were composed as follows:
Main Competition
Horizons
Opera Prima
Controcampo Italiano
Persol 3-D

In competition

The Leone d'oro award was won by Somewhere, directed by Sofia Coppola, a film based in part on Coppola's childhood as the daughter of acclaimed American director Francis Ford Coppola. Quentin Tarantino, the president of the jury that awarded the prize, hailed the film saying, "it grew and grew in our hearts, in our minds, in our affections". The jury's decision was unanimous. Upon receiving the award, Coppola paid credit to her father for "teaching me". The Russian film Silent Souls and the Chilean film Post Mortem had been considered favourites for the award.
The following films competed for the award:

Out of competition

The following films were shown out of competition.

Horizons

From 2010 on, this section, dedicated to new trends in world cinema, has opened itself to all "extra-format" works, while four new awards have been established for it.
Feature films
Short and medium-length films

Controcampo Italiano

The following films, representing "new trends in Italian cinema", were screened in this section:
In competition
Out of competition - Feature films and documentaries
TitleGenreDirectorCountry
Flaiano: Il meglio è passatoDocumentaryGiancarlo Rolandi, Steve Della CasaItaly
Fughe e approdiDocumentaryGiovanna TavianiItaly
Late Summer DramaAntonio Di Trapani, Marco De AngelisItaly
Il Loro NataleDocumentaryGaetano Di VaioItaly
Se hai una montagna di neve, tienila all'ombraDocumentaryElisabetta Sgarbi, Eugenio LioItaly
Ward 54DocumentaryMonica MaggioniItaly, USA

Italian comedy retrospective

The following films were shown as part of a retrospective section on Italian comedy, titled The State of Things, spanning the years 1937 to 1988.
Italian titleEnglish titleDirectorReleased
Le quattro veritàThree Fables of LoveAlessandro Blasetti1962
Non ti pago!Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia1942
I cuori infrantiVittorio Caprioli1963
CasottoBeach HouseSergio Citti1977
Io non spezzo... rompoBruno Corbucci1971
Il domesticoLuigi Filippo D'Amico1974
Allegri masnadieriThe Make Believe PiratesMarco Elter1937
Tutta la città cantaRiccardo Freda1945
Lo scatenatoCatch as Catch CanFranco Indovina1967
Imputato alzatevi!Mario Mattoli1939
È arrivato il cavaliere!Mario Monicelli, Steno1950
Guardie e ladriCops and RobbersMario Monicelli, Steno1951
Fracchia la belva umanaNeri Parenti1981
L'onorata societàRiccardo Pazzaglia1961
Lo scapoloThe BachelorAntonio Pietrangeli1955
Il ragazzo di campagnaCastellano & Pipolo1984
Il commissario Lo GattoDino Risi1987
Il giovedìThe ThursdayDino Risi1963
Le pillole di ErcoleLuciano Salce1962
Botta e rispostaI'm in the RevueMario Soldati1950
Un giorno in preturaA Day in CourtSteno1954
Febbre da cavalloSteno1976
Il mantenutoHis WomenUgo Tognazzi1961
Eccezzziunale... veramenteCarlo Vanzina1982
Vacanze di NataleCarlo Vanzina1983
Compagni di scuolaCarlo Verdone1988

Autonomous sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following films were selected for the 25th International Film Critics' Week:

Venice Days

The following films were selected for the 7th edition of Venice Days autonomous section:

Awards

Starting with the 67th edition of the festival, four new awards were established for the Orizzonti section: the Orizzonti Award, the Special Jury Orizzonti Prize, the Orizzonti Award for Short Films and the Orizzonti Award for Medium-length Films.

Official selection

The following Official selection awards were conferred at the festival:
In Competition
Horizons
Controcampo Italiano
Special awards
The following official and collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections:
Venice International Film Critics' Week
Venice Days
The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection: