Filmul The Wrestler, cu Mickey Rourke in rolul principal a castigat Leul de Aur la Venetia.

"Trebuie sa-i multumim lui Mickey Rourke pentru ca si-a deschis inima si sufletul in fata camerelor de filmat si ne-a aratat tuturor ce mare talent este", a declarat regizorul Darren Aronofsky.

Iata lista completa a castigatorilor:

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION JURY
GOLDEN LION "The Wrestler," (Darren Aronofsky, US)
SILVER LION "Paper Soldier" (Aleksey German Jr., Russia)
GRAND JURY PRIZE "Teza," (Haile Gerima, Ethiopia-Germany-France)
ACTOR Silvio Orlando ("Il Papa di Giovanna," Italy)
ACTRESS Dominique Blanc ("L’Autre," France)
BEST SCREENPLAY Haile Gerima ("Teza," Ethiopia-Germany-France)
TECHNICAL CONTRIBUTION (Cinematography) Alisher Khamidhodjev, Maxim Drozdov ("Paper Soldier," Russia)
MARCELLO MASTROIANNI PRIZE FOR YOUNG PERFORMER Jennifer Lawrence ("The Burning Plain," US)
SPECIAL LION FOR BODY OF WORK Werner Schroeter (Germany)
OTHER JURIES
LUIGI DE LAURENTIIS LION OF THE FUTURE "Pranzo di Ferragosto," (Gianni Di Gregorio, Italy)
VENICE HORIZONS "Melancholia" (Lav Diaz, Philippines)
VENICE HORIZONS DUCUMENTARY "Below Sea Level," (Aleksey Fedortchenko, Russia)
VENICE HORIZONS SPECIAL MENTION "Un Lac," (Philippe Grandrieux, France)
VENICE HORIZONS SECOND SPECIAL MENTION "Women," (Huang Wenhai, China-Switzerland)
Label Europa Cinemas - Venice Days 2008 Prize ""Machan," (Uberto Pasolini, Sri Lanka-Germany-Italy)
FIPRESCI (INTL. CRITIC'S ASSN) COMPETITION PRIZE "Gabbla" ("Inland") (Tariq Teguia, Algeria)
FIPRESCI HORIZONS AND CRITICS’ WEEK PRIZE "Goodbye Solo" (Ramin Bahrani, US)

SHORTS
Corto Cortissimo Prize "Tierra Y Pan," (Carlos Armella, Mexico)
Corto Cortissimo Special Mention "The Dinner," (Karchi Perlmann, Hungary)
UIP Prize for Best European Short "The Altruists," Koen Dejaegher (Belgium)