Venice Film Festival
The International Venice Film Festival (Italian Mostra internazionale d' arte cinematografica di Venezia ) are held every year in late August / early September on the Lido in Venice from 6 August 1932. They are the oldest existing film festival in the world and are today - together with the Cannes Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival - the three most important international film festivals. They are part of the Biennale of Contemporary Art.
History and competition
Hauptaufführungsort is the historic Palazzo del Cinema.
The main prizes for the best films were awarded in the 1934 to 1942 after his early Italian dictator named Coppa Mussolini. The award in each case was the best Italian and best foreign film. Since 1947 only one film will be awarded the grand prize. After the Great International Prize of Venice, and in 1949 the Lion of San Marco had been awarded in the years 1947 and 1948, it has since become the Golden Lion ( Leone d' Oro Italian ). Him receives each of the director of the film in question.
Currently (competition, short films, "Horizons ", debut film ), the film festival will be held in four categories. More government awards include the Silver Lion, which will be awarded in various categories, while the best actor in a film in competition with the Coppa Volpi be excellent. Other prizes will be awarded in film- technical categories.
Since 2012, Alberto Barbera succeeds Marco Mueller as director of the film festival.
The 69th edition was held from August 29 to September 8, 2012. The Office of the Jury President held the American director Michael Mann. In the 70th edition from 28 August contest will run until September 7, 2013 as the only German film The wife of the police by Philip Groening.
Awards
The main awards:
Other award at the film festival awards:
- EIUC Human Rights Film Award (since 2004)
- Queer Lion ( since 2007)