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Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival (Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica) takes place every year in late August/early September on the Lido di Venezia in the historic Palazzo del Cinema on the Lungomare Marconi, in Venice, Italy.
Its main award is the "Leone d'Oro" (Golden Lion). Recently, a new award has been added, the San Marco Award for the best film in the "controcorrente" section.
The Venice Film Festival is part of the Venice Biennale, a major biennial exhibition and festival for contemporary art.
The festival in 2004 held from 1 September to 11 September was the 61st.
Golden Lion winners
| Year | Film | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Vera Drake | Mike Leigh |
| 2003 | Vozvrashcheniye (The Return) | Andrey Zvyaguintsev |
| 2002 | The Magdalene Sisters | Peter Mullan |
| 2001 | Monsoon Wedding | Mira Nair |
| 2000 | The Circle (Dayereh) | Jafar Panahi |
| 1999 | Yi ge dou bu neng shao (Not One Less) | Zhang Yimou |
| 1998 | Così ridevano (The Way We Laughed ) | Gianni Amelio |
| 1997 | Hana-bi (Fireworks) | Takeshi Kitano |
| 1996 | Michael Collins | Neil Jordan |
| 1995 | Xich lo (Cyclo) | Anh Hung Tran |
| 1994 | Aiqing wansui (Vive L'Amour) | Tsai Ming-Liang |
| 1994 | Pred dozhdot (Before The Rain) | Milcho Manchevski |
| 1993 | Short Cuts | Robert Altman |
| 1993 | Trois Couleurs: Bleu (Three Colors: Blue) | Krzysztof Kieslowski |
| 1992 | Qui Ju da guan si (The Story Of Qui Ju) | Zhang Yimou |
| 1991 | Urga (Close To Eden) | Nikita Mikhalkov |
| 1990 | Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead | Tom Stoppard |
| 1989 | Beiqing chengshi (A City of Sadness) | Hou Hsiao-Hsien |
| 1988 | La Leggenda del santo bevitore (The Legend Of The Holy Drinker) | Ermano Olmi |
| 1987 | Au revoir les enfants | Louis Malle |
| 1986 | Le Rayon vert (The Green Ray) | Eric Rohmer |
| 1985 | Sans toit ni loi (Vagabond) | Agnès Varda |
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