65th Venice International Film Festival 65th Venice International Film Festival The 65th annual Venice International Film Festival, held in Venice, Italy, was opened on August 27, 2008, by "Burn After Reading", and closed on September 6, 2008. International competition jury, led by Wim Wenders, awarded Leone d'Oro to "The Wrestler", directed by Darren Aronofsky. 77-year-old Italian film director Ermanno Olmi received a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement. The festival opened on August 27, 2008, with the highly anticipated film directed by the Coen brothers, "Burn After Reading". "Burn" is not running in the official competition and thus is ineligible to win any prizes, but reaction
Dancing in the Dark (1986 film) and because of this it was then picked up by many other film festivals across the world such as the Toronto International Film Festival and the New York Film Festival. Dancing in the Dark was shown at the Festival of Festival's in Toronto on September 5, 1986. The festival which has now been renamed the Toronto International Film Festival, consisted of thirty-eight different film titles, sixteen of which were feature-length documentaries. By being a part of the festival each film was automatically eligible to win $15,000 sponsored by the City of Toronto and City-TV. Although they did not win the