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
71st Venice International Film Festival 71st Venice International Film Festival The 71st annual Venice International Film Festival took place in Venice, Italy between 27 August to 6 September 2014. The festival opened with Alejandro G. Iñárritu's film "Birdman", and closed with Ann Hui's drama film "The Golden Era". Italian actress Luisa Ranieri hosted the opening and closing nights of the festival. The Swedish film "A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence", directed by Roy Andersson, won the Golden Lion, and Joshua Oppenheimer's "The Look of Silence" won the Grand Jury Prize. American filmmakers Thelma Schoonmaker and Frederick Wiseman were the recipients of the