Silver Lion

For the coin issued in 1790, see Coinage of the United States of Belgium.

The Leone d’Argento or Silver Lion refers to a number of awards presented at the Venice Film Festival. The Silver Lion is awarded irregularly and has 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. 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 as a second prize.

• 1953
  • Little Fugitive by Ray Ashley, 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 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 Cricket by Samson Samsonov
• 1956 - no award
• 1957 - Le notti bianche by Luchino Visconti

1958-1982

• 1966 - Chappaqua by Conrad Rooks

1983-1987

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

• 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 Sorin
• 1987 - Maurice by James Ivory

1988-1994

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

• 1988 - Landscape in the Mist by Theodoros 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 coeur 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
• 1995-present - No award

Silver Lion for Best Screenplay

1990 - Sirup by Helle Ryslinge

Silver Lion for Best Short Film

• 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 Best Direction

• 1990 - Martin Scorsese for Goodfellas
• 1991 - Zhang Yimou for Da hong deng long gao gao gua, Terry Gilliam for The Fisher King, Philippe Garrel for J'entends plus la guitare
• 1992-1994: to complete
• 1995-1997 - no awards
• 1998 - Emir Kusturica for Black Cat, White Cat
• 1999 - Zhang Yuan for Seventeen Years
• 2000 - Buddhadeb Dasgupta for Uttara
• 2001 - Babak Payami for Secret Ballot
• 2002 - Lee Chang-dong for Oasis
• 2003 - Takeshi Kitano for Zatōichi
• 2004 - Kim Ki-duk for 3-Iron
• 2005 - Philippe Garrel for Regular Lovers
• 2006 - Alain Resnais for Coeurs
• 2007 - Brian De Palma for Redacted
• 2008 - Aleksei German Jr. for Paper Soldier
• 2009 - Shirin Neshat for Women Without Men
• 2010 - Álex de la Iglesia for A Sad Trumpet Ballad
• 2011 - Cai Shangjun for People Mountain People Sea
• 2012 - Paul Thomas Anderson for The Master
• 2013 - Alexandros Avranas for Miss Violence
• 2014 - Andrei Konchalovsky for The Postman's White Nights
• 2015 - Pablo Trapero for El Clan

Silver Lion: Revelation

• 2006 - Emanuele Crialese for Nuovomondo

External links

• La Biennale di Venezia official website