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The Leone d’Argento refers to a number of awards presented at the Venice Film Festival
Venice Film Festival

The Venice Film Festival is the oldest film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata in 1932 as the "Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica", the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the Lido di Venezia, Venice, Italy....
. The Silver Lion is awarded irregularly and have gone through several changes of purpose. Until 1995, Silver Lions were infrequently awarded to a number of films as second prize for those nominated for the Golden Lion
Golden Lion

The Leone d?Oro is the highest prize given to a film at the Venice Biennale Venice Film Festival. The prize was introduced in 1949 by the organizing committee and is now regarded as one of the film industry's most distinguished prizes....
. At various times, Silver Lions have also been awarded for debut films, short films and direction.








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The Leone d’Argento refers to a number of awards presented at the Venice Film Festival
Venice Film Festival

The Venice Film Festival is the oldest film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata in 1932 as the "Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica", the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the Lido di Venezia, Venice, Italy....
. The Silver Lion is awarded irregularly and have gone through several changes of purpose. Until 1995, Silver Lions were infrequently awarded to a number of films as second prize for those nominated for the Golden Lion
Golden Lion

The Leone d?Oro is the highest prize given to a film at the Venice Biennale Venice Film Festival. The prize was introduced in 1949 by the organizing committee and is now regarded as one of the film industry's most distinguished prizes....
. At various times, Silver Lions have also been awarded for debut films, short films and direction.

Silver Lion prize winners


1953-1957

From 1953 to 1957, Silver Lions were awarded to a number of films nominated for the Golden Lion
Golden Lion

The Leone d?Oro is the highest prize given to a film at the Venice Biennale Venice Film Festival. The prize was introduced in 1949 by the organizing committee and is now regarded as one of the film industry's most distinguished prizes....
 as a second prize.

  • 1953
    • Little Fugitive
      Little Fugitive

      Little Fugitive is film written and directed by Raymond Abrashkin , Morris Engel and Ruth Orkin. It stars Richard Brewster, Winifred Cushing, Jay Williams, and others....
       by Ray Ashley, Morris Engel
      Morris Engel

      Morris Engel was an United States photographer, cinematographer and filmmaker best known for directing the 1953 film The Little Fugitive in collaboration with his wife, photographer Ruth Orkin, and their friend, writer Raymond Abrashkin....
       and Ruth Orkin
      Ruth Orkin

      Ruth Orkin was an United States photographer.Orkin is perhaps best known for her photograph, American Girl in Italy, taken in 1951. She died of cancer....
    • Moulin Rouge
      Moulin Rouge (1952 film)

      Moulin Rouge is a film directed by John Huston, produced by Sir John Woolf and James Woolf of Romulus Films and released by United Artists....
       by John Huston
      John Huston

      John Marcellus Huston was an United States film director and actor. He was known for directing the films, The Maltese Falcon , The Asphalt Jungle , The Treasure of the Sierra Madre , Key Largo , The African Queen , The Misfits , and The Man Who Would Be King ....
    • Sadko
      Sadko (film)

      Sadko is a 1953 Russian fantasy film directed by Aleksandr Ptushko. The film is based on an opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, which was based on a Russian bylina with the same name, and scored with Rimsky-Korsakov's music from the opera....
       by Aleksandr Ptushko
      Aleksandr Ptushko

      Aleksandr Lukich Ptushko is a Soviet animation and fantasy film director, and Meritorious Artist. Ptushko is frequently referred to as "the Soviet Walt Disney," due to his prominent early role in animation in the Soviet Union, though a more accurate comparison would be to Willis O'Brien or Ray Harryhausen....
    • Thérèse Raquin by Marcel Carné
      Marcel Carné

      Marcel Carn? was a French film director.Born in Paris, France, he began his career in silent film as a trainee with director Jacques Feyder. By age 25, Carn? had already directed his first film, one that marked the beginning of a successful collaboration with surrealist poet and screenwriter Jacques Pr?vert....
    • Ugetsu
      Ugetsu

      is a 1953 in film film by Japanese director Kenji Mizoguchi. The film, set in Medieval Japan, stars Masayuki Mori and Machiko Kyo, and is inspired by short stories by Ueda Akinari and Guy de Maupassant....
       by Kenji Mizoguchi
      Kenji Mizoguchi

      Kenji Mizoguchi was a Japanese people filmmaker and screenwriter. He is most famous for his film Ugetsu which won the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival, and for his mastery of long take and mis-en-scene....
    • I vitelloni
      I Vitelloni

      I Vitelloni is an Italy comedy drama film directed by Federico Fellini. The plot was initially written by Ennio Flaiano and was based on the life of a group of young men in Pescara ....
       - Federico Fellini
  • 1954
    • On the Waterfront
      On the Waterfront

      On the Waterfront is a United States drama film about mob violence and corruption among stevedore. The film was directed by Elia Kazan and written by Budd Schulberg....
       by Elia Kazan
      Elia Kazan

      Elia Kazan, September 7 1909 – September 28 2003, was an United States award-winning film director and Theatre direction, film producer and theatrical producer, screenwriter, novelist and co-founder of the influential Actors Studio in New York in 1947....
    • Sansho the Bailiff
      Sansho the Bailiff

      Sansho the Bailiff is a 1954 in film by Japanese people film director Kenji Mizoguchi. Based on a short story of the same name by Mori Ogai, it tells the story of two aristocratic children sold into slavery....
       Kenji Mizoguchi
      Kenji Mizoguchi

      Kenji Mizoguchi was a Japanese people filmmaker and screenwriter. He is most famous for his film Ugetsu which won the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival, and for his mastery of long take and mis-en-scene....
    • Seven Samurai by Akira Kurosawa
      Akira Kurosawa

      was a prominent Japanese people filmmaker, film producer, screenwriter and film editing. His first credited film as director, , was released in 1943, his last as director, , in 1993....
    • La strada
      La Strada (film)

      La strada is an Italian neorealism film, directed by Federico Fellini. The movie is a drama about a naive young girl who is sold to a brutish man in a coastal town in Italy....
       by Federico Fellini
      Federico Fellini

      Federico Fellini, Italian orders of merit was an Italy film director. Known for a distinct style which meshes fantasy and baroque images, he is considered as one of the most influential and widely revered filmmakers of the 20th century....
  • 1955
    • Le amiche
      Le amiche

      Le amiche is a 1955 in film Italy black-and-white drama film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. The film centers on Roman Courtier Clelia , who leaves Rome to work at a boutique in Torino....
       by Michelangelo Antonioni
      Michelangelo Antonioni

      Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian orders of merit was an Italian people modernist film director....
    • The Big Knife
      The Big Knife

      The Big Knife is a film noir film director and produced by Robert Aldrich from a screenplay by James Poe based on the play by Clifford Odets....
       by Robert Aldrich
      Robert Aldrich

      Robert Aldrich was an American film director, writer and Film producer, notable for such films as Kiss Me Deadly, The Big Knife, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? , The Flight of the Phoenix, Hush? Hush, Sweet Charlotte and The Dirty Dozen....
    • Ciske de Rat
      Ciske de Rat

      Ciske de Rat is a Children's literature by Netherlands author Piet Bakker. It is part of the Ciske trilogy which was written between 1941 and 1946....
       by Wolfgang Staudte
      Wolfgang Staudte

      Wolfgang Staudte was a German film director.He most important work came in the ten years following World War II, in which he worked with the Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft in East Germany....
    • The Cricket by Samson Samsonov
      Samson Samsonov

      Samson Iosifovich Samsonov was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter, he was granted the honorary title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1991....
  • 1956 - no award
  • 1957 - Le notti bianche
    Le notti bianche

    Le notti bianche is a 1957 Italy film directed by Italian Neorealism Luchino Visconti, and is one regarded as one of his best works ....
     by Luchino Visconti
    Luchino Visconti

    Luchino House of Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo was an Italian theatre director and film director and writer, best known for films such as The Leopard and Death in Venice ....


1958-1982

From 1958-1982 no Silver Lions were awarded.

1983-1987

From 1983-1989, a Silver Lion was awarded to the best film by a debut director.

  • 1983 - Sugar Cane Alley
    Sugar Cane Alley

    Sugar Cane Alley is a 1983 in film film directed by Euzhan Palcy. It is set in Martinique in the 1930's, where blacks working sugarcane fields were still treated harshly by the white ruling class....
     by Euzhan Palcy
    Euzhan Palcy

    Euzhan Palcy is a film director from Martinique, France. Notable for being the first Black woman to direct a mainstream Hollywood film: A Dry White Season which starred Donald Sutherland and Marlon Brando....
  • 1984 - Sonatine by Micheline Lanctôt
    Micheline Lanctôt

    Micheline Lanct?t is an actor, film director, screenwriter, and musician....
  • 1985 - Dust by Marion Hänsel
  • 1986 - A King and His Movie
    A King and His Movie

    A King and His Movie is a 1986 in film Argentina comedy drama film, directed by Carlos Sor?n, and written by Sor?n and Jorge Goldenberg. The movie features Ulises Dumont, Julio Ch?vez, among others....
     by Carlos Sorin
    Carlos Sorín

    Carlos Sor?n is a film director, screenplay writer, cinematographer, and film producer. He works mainly in the cinema of Argentina.His most recent work which won wide acclaim from film critics was Historias m?nimas ....
  • 1987 - Hip hip hurra! by Kjell Grede


1988-1994


Since 1988, the award has been given to one or more films nominated for the Golden Lion.

  • 1988 - Landscape in the Mist
    Landscape in the Mist

    Landscape in the Mist is a 1988 film directed by Theo Angelopoulos....
     by Theodoros Angelopoulos
  • 1989
    • Recordações da Casa Amarela by João César Monteiro
      João César Monteiro

      Jo?o C?sar Monteiro was a Portugal film director, actor, writer and film critic . He was born in Figueira da Foz in February 2, 1939 and died of cancer in Lisbon on February 3, 2003....
    • Death of a Tea Master by Kei Kumai
      Kei Kumai

      was a Japanese movie director. After his studies in literature he worked as director's assistant.Perhaps his best-known film is Sandakan No. 8, which received widespread acclaim for tackling the issue of a woman forced into prostitution in Borneo before the outbreak of World War II....
  • 1990 - no award
  • 1991
    • Raise the Red Lantern
      Raise the Red Lantern

      Raise the Red Lantern is an award-winning 1991 China-Hong Kong-Taiwanese co-produced film, directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Gong Li. It is an adaption by Ni Zhen of the 1990 novel Wives and Concubines by Su Tong....
       by Zhang Yimou
      Zhang Yimou

      Zhang Yimou is an internationally acclaimed China filmmaker and former cinematographer, and one of the best known of the Fifth Generation of Chinese film directors....
    • The Fisher King
      The Fisher King (film)

      The Fisher King is a comedy-drama film made in 1991 in film, written by Richard LaGravenese and directed by Terry Gilliam. It stars Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Mercedes Ruehl, Amanda Plummer and Michael Jeter....
       by Terry Gilliam
      Terry Gilliam

      Terrence Vance Gilliam is an American-born British writer, filmmaker, animator and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Gilliam is also known for directing several well-regarded films including Brazil , Twelve Monkeys , and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ....
    • J'entends plus la guitare by Philippe Garrel
      Philippe Garrel

      Philippe Garrel is a France film director, cinematographer, screenwriter, editor and film producer. His movies have won him awards at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival and Venice Film Festival....
  • 1992
    • Hotel de lux by Dan Pita
      Dan Pita

      Dan Pita is a Romanian film director and screenwriter.He has directed several award-winning films since 1970, including the 1985 hit Pas ?n doi....
    • Jamón, jamón
      Jamón, jamón

      Jam?n, jam?n is a 1992 Cinema of Spain drama/comedy film directed by Bigas Luna and starring Javier Bardem, Jordi Moll? and Pen?lope Cruz . It centers around a young woman named Silvia ....
       by Bigas Luna
      Bigas Luna

      Juan Jos? Bigas Luna is a Catalan people film director. He began his professional career in the design world, creating the Estudio Gris with Carlos Riart in 1969....
    • Un coeur en hiver by Claude Sautet
      Claude Sautet

      Claude Sautet was a France author and film director....
  • 1993 - Kosh ba kosh by Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov
    Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov

    Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov is a film director, film producer and screenwriter from Tajikistan. His most internationally famous film is the comedy Luna Papa ....
  • 1994
    • Heavenly Creatures
      Heavenly Creatures

      Heavenly Creatures is an acclaimed 1994 in film drama directed by Peter Jackson and written with his partner Fran Walsh. It is based on the notorious 1954 Parker-Hulme murder, committed by two teenage girls in Christchurch, New Zealand....
       by Peter Jackson
      Peter Jackson

      Peter Robert Jackson, New Zealand Order of Merit is a three-time Academy Award-winning New Zealand filmmaker, film producer and screenwriter, best known for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy trilogy adapted from the The Lord of the Rings by J....
    • Little Odessa
      Little Odessa

      Little Odessa is an USA crime film released in 1994 in film by James Gray , featuring Tim Roth, Edward Furlong, Moira Kelly and Vanessa Redgrave....
       by James Gray
      James Gray

      James or Jim Gray may refer to:* Sir James Gray, 1st Baronet , armiger and merchant-Burgess of Edinburgh* Sir James Gray, 2nd Baronet , diplomat and antiquary...
    • Il Toro by Carlo Mazzacurati
      Carlo Mazzacurati

      Carlo Mazzacurati is an Italian film director and screenwriter born in Padua. He started his cinema career in 1980.His better known movies include Il Toro and La lingua del santo ....
  • 1995-present - No award


Silver Lion for Best Screenplay


1990 - Sirup by Helle Ryslinge

Silver Lion for Best Short Film


  • 1999 - Portrait of a Young Man Drowning by Teboho Mahlatsi
  • 2000 - A Telephone Call for Genevieve Snow by Peter Long
  • 2001 - Freunde
    Freunde

    "Freunde" is a song by Die Toten Hosen. It's the fourth single and the twelfth track from the album Zur?ck zum Gl?ck.The song is a hymn and an ode to friendship overall....
     by Jan Krüger
  • 2002 - Clown by Irina Efteeva
  • 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
    Dog Altogether

    Dog Altogether is a short film written & directed by Paddy Considine. It was filmed on Jan 22nd 2007 in Glasgow...
     by Paddy Considine
    Paddy Considine

    Patrick "Paddy" Considine is an England actor, director, screenwriter and frequent collaborator with Shane Meadows. To international audiences, he may be more familiar for his roles in In America, The Bourne Ultimatum , 24 Hour Party People, My Summer of Love and Hot Fuzz....


Silver Lion for Best Direction

  • 1990 Martin Scorsese
    Martin Scorsese

    Martin Marcantonio Luciano Scorsese is an Academy Award-winning American filmmaker, screenwriter, film producer, and film historian. Also affectionately known as "Marty", he is the founder of the World Cinema Foundation and a recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award for his contributions to the cinema and has won awards from the Gol...
     for Goodfellas
    Goodfellas

    Goodfellas is a crime film drama film film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is based on the non-fiction book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi, who also co-wrote the screenplay for the film with Scorsese....
  • 1991-7 - no awards
  • 1998 Emir Kusturica
    Emir Kusturica

    Emir Kusturica, Ordre des Arts et des Lettres is a filmmaker, actor and musician of Bosnian ancestry living in Serbia. He has converted to the Serbian Orthodox Church faith and considers himself to be Serb....
     for Black Cat, White Cat
    Black Cat, White Cat

    Black Cat, White Cat is a FR Yugoslavia Romantic comedy film directed by Emir Kusturica in 1998. It won the Silver Lion for Best Direction at the Venice Film Festival....
  • 1999-2004 - no awards
  • 2005 Philippe Garrel
    Philippe Garrel

    Philippe Garrel is a France film director, cinematographer, screenwriter, editor and film producer. His movies have won him awards at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival and Venice Film Festival....
     for Regular Lovers
  • 2006 Alain Resnais
    Alain Resnais

    'Alain Resnais' is a French film director whose early works are often grouped within the French New Wave or nouvelle vague film movement. Although he has had a long and fruitful career, Resnais is best known for three early works that deal with themes of memory and trauma: Night and Fog , Hiroshima Mon Amour , and Last Year at M...
     for Coeurs
  • 2007 Brian De Palma
    Brian De Palma

    Brian De Palma is an US film director. In a career spanning over forty years, he is probably best known for his suspense and thriller films, including such box office successes as Carrie , Dressed to Kill , Scarface , The Untouchables , and Mission: Impossible ....
     for Redacted
    Redacted (film)

    Redacted is a film written and directed by Brian De Palma that is a fictional drama loosely based on the Mahmudiyah killings in Iraq. This film, which is a companion to an earlier film by De Palma, 1989's Casualties of War, was shot in Jordan....
  • 2008 Aleksei German Jr. for Paper Soldier


Silver Lion: Revelation

  • 2006 Emanuele Crialese
    Emanuele Crialese

    Emanuele Crialese is an Italian people film screenwriter and Film director. He studied Film Making in New York City. Born in Rome, in 1965....
     for Nuovomondo
    Nuovomondo

    Nuovomondo literally, new world is a 2006 in film drama based around a family's migration from Italy to New York during the beginning of the 20th Century....


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