Silver Lion
| Silver Lion | |
|---|---|
| Leone d'argento (Italian) | |
| Location | Venice |
| Country | Italy |
| Presented by | Venice Film Festival |
| First awarded | 1953 |
| Website | labiennale |
The Silver Lion (Italian: Leone d'argento, also known as Silver Lion for Best Direction) is an annual award presented for best directing achievements in a feature film at official competition section of the Venice Film Festival since 1998.
The prize has been awarded irregularly and has gone through several changes of purpose. Between 1953 and 1994, the award was given infrequently to a number of films as second prize for those nominated for the Golden Lion. At various times, the Silver Lion has also been awarded for debut films, short films, and direction.
Silver Lion for Best Direction (1990–present)
| # | Indicates Ex-aequo winners |
|---|
Multiple winners
The following received two Best Director awards:
| Wins | Director | Nationality | Films |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Andrei Konchalovsky | Russia | The Postman's White Nights (2014), Paradise (2016) |
Defunct awards
Silver Lion Prize (1953–1994)
From 1953 to 1957, the Silver Lion was awarded to a number of films nominated for the Golden Lion as a second prize. Since 1988, the Silver Lion has been given to one or more films nominated for the Golden Lion.
- 1953
- 1954
- 1955
- 1956 – no award
- 1957 – Le Notti Bianche by Luchino Visconti
- 1988 – Landscape in the Mist by Theo Angelopoulos
- 1989
- Recordações da Casa Amarela by João César Monteiro
- Death of a Tea Master by Kei Kumai
- 1990 – no award
- 1991
- 1992
- 1993 – Kosh ba kosh by Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov
- 1994
Silver Lion for Best First Work(1981–1982)
- 1981
- 1982[1]
- Sciopèn by Luciano Odorisio
- The Hes Case (De smaak van water) by Orlow Seunke
Silver Lion for Best First Film (1983–1987)
- 1983 – Sugar Cane Alley by Euzhan Palcy
- 1984 – Sonatine by Micheline Lanctôt
- 1985 – Dust by Marion Hänsel
- 1986 – A King and His Movie by Carlos Sorín
- 1987 – Maurice by James Ivory
Silver Lion for Best Screenplay (1990)
- 1990 – Sirup by Helle Ryslinge
Silver Lion for Best Short Film (1996–2007)
- 1996 – O Tamaiti by Sima Urale
- 1999 – Portrait of a Young Man Drowning by Teboho Mahlatsi
- 2000 – A Telephone Call for Genevieve Snow by Peter Long
- 2001 – Freunde by Jan Krüger
- 2002 – Clown by Irina Evteeva
- 2003 – Neft by Murad Ibragimbekov
- 2004 – Signe d'appartenance by Kamel Cherif
- 2005 – Xiaozhan by Chien-ping Lin
- 2006 – Comment on freine dans une descente? by Alix Delaporte
- 2007 – Dog Altogether by Paddy Considine
Silver Lion for Revelation (2006)
- 2006 – Emanuele Crialese for Nuovomondo
References
- ^ "Venice Film Festival 1982 (Competition) – 39ª Mostra internazionale d'arte cinematografica di Venezia". letterboxd.com. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
- "Venice Film Festival". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved May 28, 2008.