1995 Venice Film Festival - Silver Lion - Grand Jury Prize WinnerGod's ComedyJoão César MonteiroJoão de Deus is the manager of an ice-cream shop owned by an ex-prostitute, Paraíso dos Gelados (Ice-Cream Paradise). Through a unmoved desire of perfection, he seeks, through cleansing and...AmazonThe Star MakerGiuseppe TornatoreA photographer and the types of people he encounters.Amazon

1996 Venice Film Festival - Silver Lion - Grand Jury Prize WinnerBrigands-Chapter VIIOtar IosselianiKing Vano rides bravely off into battle, but only after ensuring his passionate Queen is safely locked in her chastity belt.Amazon

1997 Venice Film Festival - Silver Lion - Grand Jury Prize WinnerHardboiled EggPaolo VirzìThe story of Piero from childhood to fatherhood, over the background of Livorno's neighborhood Ovosodo.Amazon

1998 Venice Film Festival - Silver Lion - Grand Jury Prize WinnerNext Stop ParadiseLucian PintilieThe Bucharest's suburb, a torrid summer day. Norica, a waitress and Mitu, a swineherd, meet and tease each other and starts a beverage competition. Their relationship is not just a ...Amazon

1999 Venice Film Festival - Silver Lion - Grand Jury Prize WinnerThe Wind Will Carry UsAbbas KiarostamiIrreverent city engineer Behzad comes to a rural village in Iran to keep vigil for a dying relative. In the meanwhile the film follows his efforts to fit in with the local community and how he changes his own attitudes as a result.Amazon

2000 Venice Film Festival - Silver Lion - Grand Jury Prize WinnerBefore Night FallsJulian SchnabelThe life of Cuban poet and novelist, Reinaldo Arenas.Amazon

2001 Venice Film Festival - Silver Lion - Grand Jury Prize WinnerDog DaysUlrich SeidlIn a suburb of Vienna during some hot summer days: A teacher who is in bondage to a sleazy pimp, a very importunate hitchhiker, a private detective on the run for some car vandals, a couple...Amazon

2002 Venice Film Festival - Silver Lion - Grand Jury Prize WinnerHouse of FoolsAndrey KonchalovskiyIn the midst of the Chechen War, a remote psychiatric institution is left without staff leaving the patients to fend for themselves. Based on a true story.Amazon

2003 Venice Film Festival - Silver Lion - Grand Jury Prize WinnerThe KiteRanda Chahal SabagA young 15 year old girl, Lamia, lives in a southern Lebanese village on the border with Israel. She is given in marriage to her cousin on the other side of the border. As Lamia crosses the...Amazon

2004 Venice Film Festival - Silver Lion - Grand Jury Prize WinnerThe Sea InsideAlejandro AmenábarThe factual story of Spaniard Ramon Sampedro, who fought a thirty-year campaign in favor of euthanasia and his own right to die.Amazon