The 68th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 31 August and 10 September 2011, at Venice Lido in Italy.
American filmmaker Darren Aronofsky was the jury president for the main competition. Italian actress Vittoria Puccini was the Host of the opening and closing ceremonies. The Golden Lion was awarded to Faust by Alexander Sokurov.
Italian filmmaker Marco Bellocchio received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement during the festival.
The festival opened with The Ides of March by George Clooney, and closed with Damsels in Distress by Whit Stillman.
Juries
Main competition (Venezia 68)
Controcampo Italiano
Opera Prima (Venice Award for a Debut Film)
Official Sections
In Competition
The following films were selected for the main competition:
Out of Competition
The following films were shown out of competition:
The following films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section:
Controcampo Italiano
The following films, representing "new trends in Italian cinema", were screened in this section:
In competition
Italian avant-garde retrospective
The following films were shown as part of a retrospective section on Italian avant-garde films, titled Orizzonti 1961-1978, spanning the years 1961 to 1978.
Independent Sections
Venice International Film Critics' Week
The following films were screened for this section:
Venice Days
The following films were screened as part of the Venice Days section The three nominees for the European Parliament's 2011 Lux Prize received screenings as part of this section.
Official Awards
In Competition (Venezia 68)
- Horizons Award: Kotoko by Shinya Tsukamoto
- Special Horizons jury prize: Whores' Glory by Michael Glawogger
- Horizons Award for medium-length film: Accidentes Gloriosos by Mauro Andrizzi and Marcus Lindeen
- Horizons Award for short film: In attesa dell'avvento by Felice D'Agostino and Arturo Lavorato
- Special mentions:
- O Le Tulafale by Tusi Tamasese
- All The Lines Flow Out by Charles LIM Yi Yong
Controcampo Italiano
"Luigi de Laurentis" Award for a Debut Film
Special Awards
- Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award: Al Pacino
- Persol 3D Award for the Most Creative Stereoscopic Film: Zapruder Filmmakers Group (David Zamagni, Nadia Ranocchi & Monaldo Moretti)
- L'Oréal Paris Award for Cinema: Nicole Grimaudo
Independent Sections Awards
Venice International Film Critics' Week
- Critics' Week Audience Award: LÃÂ -bas by Guido Lombardi
- Label Europa Cinemas Award: Guilty by Vincent Garenq
- Lina Mangiacapre Award: Shun Li and the Poet by Andrea Segre
- Laterna Magica Award: Shun Li and the Poet by Andrea Segre
- FEDIC Award: Shun Li and the Poet by Andrea Segre
Independent Awards
Francesco Pasinetti Award (SNGCI)
Cicae Prize
Leoncino d'oro Agiscuola Award
Cinema for UNICEF Award
- Terraferma by Emanuele Crialese
C.I.C.T. UNESCO Enrico Fulchignoni Award
Nazareno Taddei Award
CinemAvvenire Award â Best Film
Best Film â Il cerchio non è rotondo Award
- The Orator by Tusi Tamasese
Equal Opportunity Award
Future Film Festival Digital Award
- Faust by Alexander Sokurov
- Special mention: Kotoko by Shinya Tsukamoto
Gianni Astrei Award
Brian Award
Lina Mangiacapre Award â Special mention
- Maternity Blues by Fabrizio Cattani
AIF Forfilmfest Award
Biografilm Lancia Award
- Black Block by Carlo Augusto Bachschmidt
Mimmo Rotella Foundation Award
- The Last Man on Earth by Gian Alfonso Pacinotti
- Special mention: Pasta nera by Alessandro Piva (Controcampo Italiano)
Golden Mouse
Premio Open
References
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