69TH VENICE FILM FESTIVAL:  Golden Lion for Best Film to Pieta by KIM Ki-duk 69TH VENICE FILM FESTIVAL:  Silver Lion for the Best Director to The Master by Paul Thomas Anderson (Philip Seymour Hoffman collects award) 69TH VENICE FILM FESTIVAL:  Special Jury Prize to Paradies: Glaube by Ulrich Seidl 69TH VENICE FILM FESTIVAL:  Coppa Volpi for Best Actor to Philip Seymour Hoffman (photo) and Joaquin Phoenix 69TH VENICE FILM FESTIVAL:  Coppa Volpi for Best Actress to Hadas Yaron 69TH VENICE FILM FESTIVAL:  Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best New Young Actor or Actress to Fabrizio Falco 69TH VENICE FILM FESTIVAL:  Award for Best Screenplay to Olivier Assayas (Après Mai) 69TH VENICE FILM FESTIVAL:  Award for the Best Technical Contribution (Cinematography) to Daniele Ciprì (È stato il figlio) 69TH VENICE FILM FESTIVAL:  Lion of the Future “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film to Küf (Mold) by Ali Aydin 69TH VENICE FILM FESTIVAL:  Orizzonti Award for Best Film to San zimei by WANG Bing 69TH VENICE FILM FESTIVAL:  Special Orizzonti Jury Prize to Tango Libre by Frédéric Fonteyne

69TH VENICE FILM FESTIVAL:  Orizzonti YouTube Award for Best Short Film to Cho-de by Yoo Min-young 69TH VENICE FILM FESTIVAL:  Philip Seymour Hoffman 69TH VENICE FILM FESTIVAL:  Hadas Yaron 69TH VENICE FILM FESTIVAL:  Ulrich Seidl 69TH VENICE FILM FESTIVAL:  KIM Ki-duk