66th Venice International Film Festival 66th Venice International Film Festival The 66th annual Venice International Film Festival, held in Venice, Italy, was held from 2 to 12 September 2009, with Maria Grazia Cucinotta serving as the festival's hostess. The opening film of the festival was "Baarìa" by Giuseppe Tornatore and the closing film was "Chengdu, I Love You" by Fruit Chan and Cui Jian. The international competition jury, chaired by Ang Lee, awarded the Golden Lion to "Lebanon" by Samuel Maoz. The international juries of the 66th Venice International Film Festival were composed as follows: Main competition (Venezia 66) Horizons (Orizzonti) Opera Prima ("Luigi de
68th Venice International Film Festival by Whit Stillman. The international juries of the 68th Venice International Film Festival were composed as follows: Main competition (Venezia 68) Horizons (Orizzonti) Controcampo Italiano Opera Prima (Venice Award for a Debut Film) The following films were selected to compete for the Golden Lion: The following films were shown out of competition: The following films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section: The following films, representing "new trends in Italian cinema", were screened in this section: In competition Out of competition The following films were screened for this section: The following films were screened as part of the Venice Days