COLLATERAL AWARDS OF THE 66TH FESTIVAL
FIPRESCI Award/Best Film Venezia 66: Lourdes by Jessica Hausner
FIPRESCI Award/Best Film Orizzonti and International Critics’ Week: Choi Voi by Bui Thac Chuyen
SIGNIS Award: Lourdes by Jessica Hausner
special mention: Lebanon by Samuel Maoz
24th International Critics Week “Regione del Veneto per il cinema di qualità” Award, consisting of 5000 Euro, to Tehroun by Takmil Homayoun Nader
Francesco Pasinetti (SNGCI) Award: Baarìa by Giuseppe Tornatore
Best Film: Lo spazio bianco by Francesca Comencini
Best Male Actor: Filippo Timi for La doppia ora
Best Female Actor: Margherita Buy for Lo spazio bianco
Special Pasinetti Award to Riccardo Scamarcio for Il grande sogno
Special Pasinetti Award to Armando Testa - Povero ma moderno by Pappi Corsicato
Label Europa Cinemas Award - Venice Days 2009: The last days of Emma Blank by Alex van Warmerdam
Leoncino d'oro Award 2009: Capitalism: A love story by Michael Moore
Cinema for UNICEF commendation: Women Without Men by Shirin Neshat
La Navicella - Venezia Cinema Award: Lourdes by Jessica Hausner
C.I.C.T. UNESCO Enrico Fulchignoni Award: Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans by Werner Herzog
Christopher D. Smithers Foundation Special Award: Al Mosafer (The Traveller) by Ahmed Maher
Biografilm Lancia Award - fiction: Mr. Nobody by Jaco Van Dormael
Biografilm Lancia Award - documentary: Negli occhi by Francesco Del Grosso and Daniele Anzellotti
Nazareno Taddei Award: Lebanon by Samuel Maoz
Future Film Festival Digital Award: Metropia by Tarik Saleh
special mention: Up by Pete Docter
Brian Award: Lourdes by Jessica Hausner
Queer Lion Award: A Single Man by Tom Ford
Lanterna Magica Award (Cgs): Cosmonauta by Susanna Nicchiarelli
FEDIC Award: Lo spazio bianco by Francesca Comencini
special mention: Di me cosa ne sai by Valerio Jalongo
Arca Cinemagiovani Award/Best Film Venezia 66: Soul Kitchen by Fatih Akin
Arca Cinemagiovani Award/Best Italian Film: La doppia ora by Giuseppe Capotondi
Lina Mangiacapre Award: Ehky ya Schahrazad (Scheherazade, tell me a story) by Yousry Nasrallah
Air For Film Fest Award: Lo spazio bianco by Francesca Comencini
Open Award 2009: Capitalism: A love story by Michael Moore
Gianni Astrei Award: Lo spazio bianco by Francesca Comencini
CORTO CORTISSIMO AWARDS
The Corto Cortissimo jury, chaired by Stuart Gordon and composed of Sitora Alieva and Steve Ricci, has decided to award:
A Special Mention to Felicità by Salomé Aleksi, Georgia
“for providing a fresh and funny look at a serious economic and political problem”
The Short Film Nominee Venice for the European Film Awards 2009 has been assigned to Sinner by Meni Philip, Israel
“for its sensitive and courageus exploration of a universal tragedy”
the Corto Cortissimo Lion for Best Short Film to Etienne Kallos with the film Eersgeborene (Firstborn) South Africa/USA
“for its skillful and powerful exploration of profoundly disturbing family relationships”