67th Venice International Film Festival
Festival poster | |
| Opening film | Black Swan |
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| Closing film | The Tempest |
| Location | Venice, Italy |
| Founded | 1932 |
| Awards | Golden Lion: Somewhere |
| Festival date | 1 – 11 September 2010 |
| Website | Website |
The 67th annual Venice International Film Festival, was held from 1 to 11 September 2010, at Venice Lido in Italy.
American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino was the jury president for the main competition. The Golden Lion was awarded to Somewhere by Sofia Coppola.
Chinese-Hong Kong filmmaker John Woo received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement during the festival.
In a break with tradition of limiting a film to receiving no more than one major award, the Special Jury Prize and the Volpi Cup for Best Actor (Vincent Gallo) went to the same film, Jerzy Skolimowski's Essential Killing. In the past, no one film had been given two major awards. Representing the jury, American director Quentin Tarantino appealed to Festival head Marco Müller to alter the rules. This rule change continues to be upheld for future editions of the Festival. Following the Festival, Italian film critic Paolo Mereghetti criticized the decisions that the jury made in awarding prizes, and singled out Tarantino, accusing him of favoritism, which he denied.
The festival opened with Black Swan by Darren Aronofsky, and closed with The Tempest by Julie Taymor.