Silver Lion

For the coin issued in 1790, see Brabant Revolution coinage.

Silver Lion
Country	Italy
Presented by	Venice Film Festival
Website	labiennale.org/en

The Silver Lion (or Leone d'Argento) refers to a number of awards presented at the Venice Film Festival. The prize is awarded irregularly and has gone through several changes of purpose. Until 1995, the award was infrequently given 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.

Since 1998, Silver Lion for Best Direction has begun to become an annual award presented for best directing achievements in a feature film at official competition section.

Silver Lion for Best Direction (1990–present)

Year	Director	Film	Original title	Nationality of director
1990s
1990 (47th)	Martin Scorsese	Goodfellas		United States
1998 (55th)	Emir Kusturica	Black Cat, White Cat	Црна мачка, бели мачор / Crna mačka, beli mačor	FR Yugoslavia
1999 (56th)	Zhang Yuan	Seventeen Years	過年回家 / guò nián huí jiā	China
2000s
2000 (57th)	Buddhadeb Dasgupta	Uttara (The Wrestlers)	উত্তরা / Uttara	India
2001 (58th)	Babak Payami	Secret Ballot	رأی مخفی / Ra'ye makhfi	Iran
2002 (59th)	Lee Chang-dong	Oasis	오아시스 / Oasiseu	South Korea
2003 (60th)	Takeshi Kitano	Zatōichi (The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi)	座頭市 / Zatōichi	Japan
2004 (61st)	Kim Ki-duk	3-Iron	빈집 / Bin-jip	South Korea
2005 (62nd)	Philippe Garrel	Regular Lovers	Les Amants réguliers	France
2006 (63rd)	Alain Resnais	Private Fears in Public Places	Cœurs
2007 (64th)	Brian De Palma	Redacted		United States
2008 (65th)	Aleksei Alekseivich German	Paper Soldier	Бумажный солдат / Bumazhnyy soldat	Russia
2009 (66th)	Shirin Neshat	Women Without Men		Iran
2010s
2010 (67th)	Álex de la Iglesia	The Last Circus	Balada triste de trompeta	Spain
2011 (68th)	Cai Shangjun	People Mountain People Sea	人山人海 / Rén shān rén hǎi	China
2012 (69th)	Paul Thomas Anderson	The Master		United States
2013 (70th)	Alexandros Avranas	Miss Violence		Greece
2014 (71st)	Andrei Konchalovsky	The Postman's White Nights	Белые ночи почтальона Алексея Тряпицына / Belye nochi pochtalona Alekseya Tryapitsyna	Russia
2015 (72nd)	Pablo Trapero	The Clan	El Clan	Argentina
2016 (73rd)	Amat Escalante	The Untamed	La región salvaje	Mexico
	Andrei Konchalovsky	Paradise	Рай / Ray	Russia
2017 (74th)	Xavier Legrand	Custody	Jusqu'à la garde	France
2018 (75th)	Jacques Audiard	The Sisters Brothers
2019 (76th)	Roy Andersson	About Endlessness	Om det oändliga	Sweden

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
  • Little Fugitive by Raymond Abrashkin, Morris Engel, and Ruth Orkin
  • Moulin Rouge by John Huston
  • Sadko by Aleksandr Ptushko
  • Thérèse Raquin by Marcel Carné
  • Ugetsu by Kenji Mizoguchi
  • I Vitelloni by Federico Fellini
• 1954
  • On the Waterfront by Elia Kazan
  • Sansho the Bailiff by Kenji Mizoguchi
  • Seven Samurai by Akira Kurosawa
  • La Strada by Federico Fellini
• 1955
  • Le Amiche by Michelangelo Antonioni
  • The Big Knife by Robert Aldrich
  • Ciske de Rat by Wolfgang Staudte
  • The Grasshopper by Samson Samsonov
• 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
  • Raise the Red Lantern by Zhang Yimou
  • The Fisher King by Terry Gilliam
  • J'entends plus la guitare by Philippe Garrel
• 1992
  • Hotel de lux by Dan Pița
  • Jamón Jamón by Bigas Luna
  • Un cœur en hiver by Claude Sautet
• 1993 – Kosh ba kosh by Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov
• 1994
  • Heavenly Creatures by Peter Jackson
  • Little Odessa by James Gray
  • Il toro by Carlo Mazzacurati

Silver Lion for Best First Work (1982)

• 1982
  • 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". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved May 28, 2008.

External links

• La Biennale di Venezia official website