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
72nd Venice International Film Festival 72nd Venice International Film Festival The 72nd annual Venice International Film Festival took place from 2 to 12 September 2015. Alfonso Cuarón served as the President of the Jury for the main competition. A restored version of Federico Fellini's film "Amarcord" was shown at the festival. The Venezuelan film "From Afar" by Lorenzo Vigas won the Golden Lion award. "Everest" was selected as the festival's opening night film, while Guan Hu's drama film "Mr. Six" served as the closing night film. Actress and director Elisa Sednaoui hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the festival. The festival poster featured Nastassja