Friday, April 26

2008 Venice Film Festival – Golden Lion – Best Film Winner and Nominees

2008 Venice Film Festival – Golden Lion – Best Film Winner

The Wrestler Darren Aronofsky

The Wrestler

Darren Aronofsky

A faded professional wrestler must retire, but finds his quest for a new life outside the ring a dispiriting struggle.

2008 Venice Film Festival – Golden Lion – Best Film Nominees

A Perfect Day Ferzan Ozpetek
A Perfect Day
Ferzan Ozpetek
Achilles and the Tortoise Takeshi Kitano
Achilles and the Tortoise
Takeshi Kitano
Birdwatchers Marco Bechis
Birdwatchers
Marco Bechis
Gabbla Tariq Teguia
Gabbla
Tariq Teguia
Giovanna's Father Pupi Avati
Giovanna’s Father
Pupi Avati
Il seme della discordia Pappi Corsicato
Il seme della discordia
Pappi Corsicato
Inju: The Beast in the Shadow Barbet Schroeder
Inju: The Beast in the Shadow
Barbet Schroeder
Jerichow Christian Petzold
Jerichow
Christian Petzold
Milk Semih Kaplanoglu
Milk
Semih Kaplanoglu
Paper Soldier Aleksey German Jr.
Paper Soldier
Aleksey German Jr.
Plastic City Nelson Lik-wai Yu
Plastic City
Nelson Lik-wai Yu
Ponyo Hayao Miyazaki
Ponyo
Hayao Miyazaki
Rachel Getting Married Jonathan Demme
Rachel Getting Married
Jonathan Demme
Teza Haile Gerima
Teza
Haile Gerima
The Burning Plain Guillermo Arriaga
The Burning Plain
Guillermo Arriaga
The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow
The Hurt Locker
Kathryn Bigelow
The Other One Patrick-Mario Bernard
The Other One
Patrick-Mario Bernard
The Sky Crawlers Mamoru Oshii
The Sky Crawlers
Mamoru Oshii
This Night Werner Schroeter
This Night
Werner Schroeter
Vegas: Based on a True Story Amir Naderi
Vegas: Based on a True Story
Amir Naderi