The following prizes have been awarded at the 59th Venice Film Festival today: Golden Lion for best film: THE MAGDALENE SISTERS by Peter Mullan Jury Grand Prix to DOM DURAKOV/La maison de fous by Andrei Konchalovsky Special Director's Award to OASIS by Lee Chang-dong Award for an Outstanding Individual Contribution to ED LACHMAN, director of photography for Far From Heaven by Todd Haynes Coppa Volpi for Best Actor to STEFANO ACCORSI in the film Un viaggio chiamato amore by Michele Placido Coppa Volpi for Best Actress to JULIANNE MOORE in the film Far From Heaven by Todd Haynes "Marcello Mastroianni" Award for Best Young Actor or Actress to MOON SO-RI in the film Oasis by Lee Chang-dong Short Films Silver Lion for best short film to CLOWN by Irina Efteeva UIP Award for Best European Short Film to KALÓZOK SZERETÖJE/Lover of Pirates by Zsofia Péterffy Special Mention to TEMPO by Per Carleson Controcorrente (Upstream) San Marco Award to the film XIAO CHENG ZHI CHUN/Springtime in a Small Town by Tian Zhuangzhuang Jury's Special Award to the film ROKUGATSU NO HEBI/A Snake of June by Shinya Tsukamoto Special Mentions to the films LA VIRGEN DE LA LUJURIA by Arturo Ripstein and RENMIN GONGCHE/Public Toilet by Fruit Chan "Luigi De Laurentiis" Venice Award for a First Film The international Jury of the "Luigi De Laurentiis" Venice Award for a First Film - Lion of the Future has assigned the Lion of the Future Award ex-aequo to the films DUE AMICI by Spiro Scimone and Francesco Sframeli and ROGER DODGER by Dylan Kidd http://194.185.28.38/gb/cinema/59mostra/scheda_press.cfm?ID=1945 Gloria Monti ______________________________ Gloria Monti, Ph.D. e-mail: [log in to unmask] "if veganism has a prime value, it is simply that life-respecting compassion overrides individual issues of custom, convenience, comfort, or cuisine." ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] stanley m. sapon, a philosophy of vegan values