67th Venice International Film Festival jury made in awarding prizes, and singled out Tarantino, accusing him of favoritism. He denied the charge. The international juries of the 67th Venice International Film Festival were composed as follows: Main Competition (Venezia 67) Horizons (Orizzonti) Opera Prima ("Luigi de Laurentiis" Award for a Debut Film) Controcampo Italiano Persol 3-D The Leone d'oro (Golden Lion) 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
Francis Ford Coppola was dismissed in February 1998 because Coppola had waited too long to file suit. After a 10-year hiatus, Coppola returned to directing with "Youth Without Youth" in 2007, based on the novella of the same name by Romanian author Mircea Eliade. The film was poorly reviewed, currently holding a 30% 'rotten' rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It was made for about $19 million and was given a limited release, only managing $2,624,759 at the box-office. As a result, Coppola announced his plans to produce his own films in order to avoid the marketing input that goes into most films that results