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
69th Venice International Film Festival 69th Venice International Film Festival The 69th annual Venice International Film Festival, organized by Venice Biennale, took place at Venice Lido from 29 August to 8 September 2012. The festival opened with the Indian director Mira Nair's "The Reluctant Fundamentalist", and closed with the Out of Competition film "The Man Who Laughs", directed by Jean-Pierre Ameris. Terrence Malick's film "To the Wonder" was met with both boos and cheers from critics at its premiere. The Golden Lion for Best Film was won by "Pietà", directed by South Korean filmmaker Kim Ki-duk. Paul Thomas Anderson for "The Master" won the Silver