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
61st Venice International Film Festival the official selection: 61st Venice International Film Festival The 61st annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 1 to 11 September 2004. The festival opened with Steven Spielberg's "The Terminal", and closed with Katsuhiro Otomo's "Steamboy". The Golden Lion was awarded to the film "Vera Drake", directed by Mike Leigh. On this edition of the festival, a new independent section, Venice Days ("Giornate degli autori"), has started "for free cinema, new talents and new stories". This section is organized by the ANAC (National Association of Cinematographic Authors) and the API (Independent Authors & Producers). Also in this edition, "The