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 "Biennale".

The Festival in 2003 will be the 60th.

Golden Lion winners

Year	Film	Director
2002	The Magdalene Sisters[?]	Peter Mullan[?]
2001	Monsoon Wedding[?]	Mira Nair
2000	The Circle (Dayereh)	Jafar Panahi[?]
1999	Not One Less[?] (Yi ge dou bu neng shao)	Yimou Zhang[?]
1998	The Way We Laughed[?] (Cosė ridevano)	Gianni Amelio[?]