65th Venice Film Festival (2008)
Golden Lion:
Achilles and the Tortoise / アキレスと亀 (Takeshi Kitano - Japan)
Birdwatchers / La terra degli uomini rossi (Marco Bechis - Italy)
The Burning Plain (Guillermo Arriaga - United States)
Gabbla (Tariq Teguia - Algeria, France)
Giovanna's Father / Il papà di Giovanna (Pupi Avati - Italy)
The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow - United States)
Inju: The Beast in the Shadow / Inju, la bête dans l'ombre (Barbet Schroeder - France)
Jerichow (Christian Petzold - Germany)
Milk / Süt (Semih Kaplanoglu - Turkey, France, Germany)
The Other One / L’Autre (Patrick Mario Bernard, Pierre Trividic - France)
Paper Soldier / Бумажный солдат (Aleksei German - Russia)
A Perfect Day / Un giorno perfetto (Ferzan Özpetek - Italy)
Plastic City / 荡寇 (Yu Lik-wai - Brazil, China, China (Hong Kong), Japan)
Ponyo / 崖の上のポニョ (Hayao Miyazaki - Japan)
Rachel Getting Married (Jonathan Demme - United States)
The Seed of Discord / Il seme della discordia (Pappi Corsicato - Italy)
The Sky Crawlers / スカイ·クロラ (Mamoru Oshii - Japan)
Teza / ጤዛ (Haile Gerima - Ethiopia, Germany, France)
This Night / Nuit de Chien (Werner Schroeter - France, Germany, Portugal)
Vegas: Based on a True Story (Amir Naderi - United States)
The Wrestler (Darren Aronofsky - United States, France)
Special Jury Prize:
Teza by Haile Gerima
Silver Lion for Best Director:
Aleksei Alekseivich German for Paper Soldier
Volpi Cup for Best Actor:
Silvio Orlando for Giovanna's Father
Volpi Cup for Best Actress:
Dominique Blanc for The Other One
Golden Osella for Best Screenplay:
Haile Gerima for Teza
Golden Osella for Best Cinematography:
Alisher Khamidhodjaev and Maxim Drozdov for Paper Soldier
Marcello Mastroianni Award:
Jennifer Lawrence for Burning Plain
Special Lion:
Werner Schroeter