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
Prem (film director) Prem (film director) Kiran Kumar (born 22 October 1976), known by his screen name Prem called as "Jogi Prem" is an Indian film director and actor in Kannada cinema. He is also an occasional singer and lyricist. He is also Producer and runs his own banner called " Preamdreamspictures". He is considered one of the star directors in the Kannada film industry. He started his film career from Hello yama doing a small role. Making his debut as director in the 2003 released "Kariya", he directed back-to-back three successful films and is popularly addressed as "Hatrick Director". He made his