Korean Movie “Pieta” Wins Prestigious Venice International Film Festival Award
The Korean movie “Pieta” beat other films from various country in the recently concluded 2012 Venice International Film Festival Award! “Pietà”, directed by Kim Ki-duk, took home the Golden Lion Award for the best film. The best actress award went to Israel’s Hadas Yaron for the movie “Fill the Void.”
Here is the complete list of winners for the 69th Venice International Film Festival:
Leone d’Oro (Golden Lion) for the best film: Pietà by Kim Ki-duk
Leone d’Argento (Silver Lion) for the best director: Paul Thomas Anderson, for The Master
Special Jury Prize: Paradise: Faith by Ulrich Seidl
Coppa Volpi for the Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix, for The Master
Coppa Volpi for the Best Actress: Hadas Yaron, for Fill the Void
Premio Marcello Mastroianni, for the best emerging actor or actress: Fabrizio Falco, for Dormant Beauty and È stato il figlio
Osella for Best Cinematography: Daniele Cipri for È stato il figlio
Osella for Best Screenplay: Olivier Assayas, for Something in the Air
“Luigi de Laurentis” Award for a Debut Film: Mold by Ali Ayd?n